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United they stood, Don Aimer
Black Prince: the biography of Fintan Patrick Walsh Graeme Hunt Penguin, $45.00, ISBN 014301935X The Big Blue: Snapshots of the 1951 Waterfront Lockout ed David Grant Canterbury University Press in association with The Trade Union History Project, $29.99, ISBN 1877257281…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, David Grant, Don Aimer, Graeme Hunt, Issue 67, Penguin, Spring 2004, Trade Union History Project
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Hard lines, David Grant
The Crisis in New Zealand Schools Martin Hames Education Forum in Association with Dunmore Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864694105 My initial reaction was that The Crisis in New Zealand schools would be redolent with jargon and full of half-truths and misinformation…
Tagged with: David Grant, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Education Forum, Issue 58, Martin Hames, Winter 2002
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
A bob each way, Jon Gadsby
The Other Side Of The Ditch: A cartoon century in the New Zealand-Australia relationship Ian F Grant Tandem Press, $19.95, ISBN 0958232008 Thoroughbreds, Trainers, Toffs and Tic Tac Men: A Cartoon History of Horse Racing in New Zealand David Grant…
Tagged with: David Grant, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Ian F Grant, Issue 56, Jon Gadsby, Summer 2001, Tandem Press
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Odds on, Joseph Romanos
Two Over Three on Goodtime Sugar: The New Zealand TAB turns 50 David Grant Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864734018 David Grant’s history of the Totalisator Agency Board should come with a warning: it is not to be approached by…
Tagged with: August 2001, Autumn 2001, David Grant, Issue 49, Joseph Romanos, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Not yet outflanked, David Grant
On the Loose Josh Kronfeld with Brian Turner Longacre Press, $44.95, ISBN 1 877135 30 5 Josh Kronfeld, All Black openside flanker, has always impressed me as an “aw shucks” kind of bloke. There are smiling eyes, a silly grin,…
Tagged with: Brian Turner, David Grant, Issue 43, Josh Kronfeld, Longacre Press
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Traversing cultural contrasts, David Grant
Winters of Revenge: The Bitter Rivalry Between the All Blacks and the Springboks Spiro Zavos Viking, $29.95, ISBN 0 670 87574 0 Lochore: An Authorised Biography As told to Alex Veysey, Gary Caffell, Ron Palenski Hodder Moa Beckett, HB$44.95, ISBN…
Tagged with: Alex Veysey, Bob Howitt, Brian Lochore, David Grant, Frank Bunce, Gary Caffell, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 30, Ron Palenski, Rugby, Spiro Zavos, Viking, Walter Little, Winter 1997
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Low rating, Brian Gaynor
Bulls, Bears and Elephants: A History of the New Zealand Stock Exchange David Grant Victoria University Press, $69.95, ISBN 0 86473 308 9 The stock exchange is an enigma to many. The organisation has a popular image as a wealthy…
Tagged with: Brian Gaynor, David Grant, Issue 30, Victoria University Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Economics, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, History, Non-fiction, Review
Reliable and comforting benchmark, David Grant
The Game of Our Lives Finlay MacDonald Viking, $39.95, IBSN 0 670 86907 4 For rugby aficionados 1996 has been a remarkable year. In the early part of the season, provincial conglomerates under names more reminiscent of those belonging to…
Tagged with: Autumn 1996, David Grant, Finlay Macdonald, Issue 25, Viking
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Authorised incompleteness, David Grant
Mike Brewer: The Authorised Biography Mike Brewer (with Phil Gifford) Rugby Publishers ISBN 0908630 530 New Zealand blokes are disciples of ritual. Most Saturday afternoons I happily participate in one myself. Following an hour or two chasing a petulant black…
Tagged with: David Grant, Issue 21, Phil Gifford, Rugby Publishers
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
An institutional story, David Grant
Coal, Class and Community: The United Mineworkers of New Zealand 1880‑1960 Len Richardson Auckland University Press, $39.95 ISBN 1 86940 113 1 Coalmining unionism has a long and tortured history in this country. The industry was first nurtured on…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David Grant, Issue 19, Len Richardson, Spring 1995
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology