Ebony Hill Anna Mackenzie Longacre, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460487 Blood Lines T K Roxborogh Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143205050 Both these books are sequels to earlier publications honoured by the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and by other…
Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front Matthew Wright Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143020561 The Great Wrong War: New Zealand Society in WWI Stevan Eldred-Grigg Random House, $55.00, ISBN 9781869792633 In 2007 the…
I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru’s War, 1868-1869 James Belich Bridget Williams Books, $39.99, ISBN 9781877242496 In publishing a second edition of this work, first published in 1989, James Belich and Bridget Williams Books show their determination that knowledge and…
The Carbon Challenge: New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme Geoff Bertram and Simon Terry Bridget Williams Books, $39.99, ISBN 9781877242465 You will remember Pascal’s Wager. Blaise Pascal (1623-62) was a French mathematical prodigy and philosopher who suggested that even if…
Hand Me Down World Lloyd Jones Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143205098 Let me start by nailing my colours to the mast. Despite my aversion to the idea of “best” books, whether it take the form of lists (the top…
This Barren Rock: 1875, A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern Seas Sylvie Haisman HarperCollins, $34.99, ISBN 9780733325557 Why do we find survival stories endlessly thrilling? The book under review – a story of survival…
The Legend of Beau Baxter Ivan Dunn HarperCollins, $36.99, ISBN 9781869508234 A Perfect Gentleman: The Sir Wilson Whineray Story Bob Howitt HarperCollins, $49.99, ISBN 9781869508173 All Blacks Don’t Cry: A Story of Hope John Kirwan Penguin Books,…
Words Chosen Carefully: New Zealand Writers in Discussion Siobhan Harvey (ed) Cape Catley, $44.99, ISBN 9781877340307 Fifteen New Zealand writers interviewed by 15 more: 30 of them talking enthusiastically about their craft and themselves. In her introduction the…