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A prime ministerial primer, Simon Upton
New Zealand’s Prime Ministers: From Dick Seddon to John Key Michael Bassett David Ling Publishing, $50.00, ISBN 9781927305294 New Zealand’s Prime Ministers is a very large volume. It is also an extremely ambitious one that is challenging as a through-read.…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Dick Seddon, Issue 119, John Key, Michael Bassett, Simon Upton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Off the main drag, John McCrystal
Gravel Roads Peter Butler David Ling, $29.99, ISBN 9781877378461 The Widow’s Daughter Nicholas Edlin Penguin, $40.00, ISBN 9780143204091 Settlers’ Creek Carl Nixon Vintage, $29.99, ISBN 9781869794033 Quinine Kelly Ana Morey Huia, $35.00, ISBN 9781869694319 Peter Butler…
Tagged with: Carl Nixon, David Ling Publishing, Huia, Issue 94, John McCrystal, Kelly Ana Morey, Nicholas Edlin, Penguin, Peter Butler, Vintage, Winter 2011
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The stories pictures tell, Roger Blackley
New Zealand Portraits Richard Wolfe Penguin Books, $80.00, ISBN 9780670071777 The Power of Portraiture: Representing Leadership in New Zealand from 1840 to the Present Erin Griffey (with contributions from Brad Jackson and Paul Tapsell) Gus Fisher Gallery and David Ling,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, David Ling Publishing, Erin Griffey, Gus Fisher Gallery, Issue 85, Penguin Books, Richard Wolfe, Roger Blackley
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Lands lost and found, Martin Edmond
E Mervyn Taylor: Artist, Craftsman Bryan James Steele Roberts, $59.99, ISBN 1877338559 Trevor Moffitt: A Biography Chris Ronayne David Ling, $49.99, ISBN 1877378100 Joanna Margaret Paul: Drawing Jill Trevelyan and Sarah Treadwell Auckland University Press and Mahara Gallery, $49.99, ISBN…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bryan James, Chris Ronayne, David Ling Publishing, E Mervyn Taylor, Edward Lucie-Smith, Hinemoa Hilliard, Issue 78, Jill Trevelyan, Joanna Margaret Paul, Jonathon Mane-Wheoki, Mahara Gallery, Martin Edmond, Reed, Robyn Kahukiwa, Sarah Treadwell, Steele Roberts, Trevor Moffitt, Winter 2007
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Another country, Catharina van Bohemen
Alice and Luigi Graeme Lay David Ling, $29.99, ISBN 1877378070 In Touch with Grace Jenny Pattrick Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869417674 As we grow older, we look over our shoulders. We want to see where we came from, whether our…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Catharina van Bohemen, David Ling Publishing, Graeme Lay, Issue 78, Jenny Pattrick, Winter 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature
Posted in Fiction, Literature
View from the hilltop, Rawiri Taonui
State of the Maori Nation: Twenty-first Century Issues in Aotearoa Malcolm Mulholland and contributors Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790010429 Ngapua: The Political Life of Hone Heke Ngapua Paul Moon David Ling, $39.99, ISBN 187737802X The Maori population doubled during the two…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Hone Heke Ngapua, Issue 75, Malcolm Mulholland, Paul Moon, Rawiri Taonui, Reed, Spring 2006
Posted in Biography, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Call me “Sir”, Nicholas Reid
Henry Cooper of Auckland Grammar School Andrew Mason David Ling Publishing (in association with Auckland Grammar School Old Boys’ Association), $49.95, ISBN 1877378038 Personal confession and declaration of interest. I began my 25 years as a secondary-school teacher with a…
Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Autumn 2006, David Ling Publishing, Henry Cooper, Issue 73
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review
Under cover, Jenny Nicholls
Fronting up: Classic New Zealand Magazine Covers Richard Wolfe David Ling Publishing in association with Auckland War Memorial Museum, $49.99, ISBN 1877378062 There are too many magazines. But I would say that. For a number of years (outside the timespan…
Tagged with: Auckland War Memorial Museum, David Ling Publishing, Issue 72, Jenny Nicholls, Richard Wolfe, Summer 2005
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology