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It’s a knockout, Spiro Zavos

Posted on December 5, 2013 by NZ Books

Fighting Talk: Boxing and the Modern Lexicon Bob Jones Random House, $30.00, ISBN 9781775534389 Bob Jones – aka Sir Robert – has written an engrossing book on the fight game. It is satisfying intellectually and emotionally. It involves an original…

Tagged with: Bob Jones, Issue 104, Random House, Spiro Zavos, Summer 2013
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport

Modern, John Campbell

Posted on June 1, 1999 by NZ Books

Full Circle: A Modern Morality Tale Bob Jones Hazard Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877161764 Modern Morality Tale.” Let’s begin with those words. And of those words, there’s one in particular I really want you to think about: ”Modern”. “Modern” is…

Tagged with: Bob Jones, December 2000, Hazard Press, Issue 46, John Campbell
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Sweetening the demon, Paul Goldsmith

Posted on December 12, 1997 by NZ Books

Memories of Muldoon Bob Jones Canterbury University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 908812 69 8 Prime ministerial careers usually end in failure: it occurs to few to leave when they are on top. Sir Robert Muldoon’s time as Prime Minister was…

Tagged with: Bob Jones, Canterbury University Press, Issue 31, Paul Goldsmith, Spring 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review