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Letters – Issue 73
Reviewer d’un certain age Dear John McCrystal, I don’t know you, and I have no idea of your age. Hence I have two questions. Just so I know in the event I get asked to review one of your books…
In and out of the mincer, Jan Jordan
Accusation: A Wife’s Story Mary Fielding (with Jane Westaway) Longacre Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877361151 ”J’accuse!” (I accuse!). Just over 100 years ago Emile Zola’s article in Le Figaro on the Dreyfus Affair appeared beneath this bold headline, and helped to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Issue 73, Jan Jordan, Jane Westaway, Longacre Press, Mary Fielding
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Editorial – Issue 73
Guest editorial Against complacency When I arrived in New Zealand 28 years ago I confessed to an eminent seismologist that, although an avid reader, I knew little about New Zealand writing. Fortunately for me he was a Renaissance man with…
Current account, Robin Johnson
Healthy Money Healthy Planet: Developing Sustainability Through New Money Systems Deirdre Kent Craig Potton Publishing, $34.99, ISBN 1877333298 This book is a serious critique of orthodox economic writing and attempts to set out an alternative interpretation of the role of…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Craig Potton Publishing, Deirdre Kent, Issue 73, Robin Johnson
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
What the Inspector of Nuisances saw, Deborah Montgomerie
Dirt: Filth and Decay in a New World Arcadia Pamela Wood Auckland University Press, $44.99, ISBN 1869403487 Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but dirt is so much more interesting. Pamela Wood’s smart and insightful history of the varieties of…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2006, Deborah Montgomerie, Issue 73, Pamela Wood
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Just the facts, ma’am, John Bonallack
Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero Alan Sefton Puffin, $16.95, ISBN 0143318306 Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli Leon Davidson Black Dog Books, $19.95, ISBN 1876372605 Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments: A Visual Guide…
Tagged with: Alan Sefton, Autumn 2006, Black Dog Books, HarperCollins, Ian Brodie, Issue 73, John Bonallack, John Parker, Leon Davidson, Peter Blake, Puffin, Scholastic New Zealand
Posted in Biography, Children, Media, Natural History, Review, War, Young adults
Posted in Biography, Children, Media, Natural History, Review, War, Young adults
Mahy wins “Little Nobel”
Posted in Comment