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Making it and making it up, C K Stead
Life as a Novel – A Biography of Maurice Shadbolt, Volume I, 1932-1973 Philip Temple David Ling, $45.00, ISBN 9781927305447 Recently, I have been writing an autobiography and consequently hunting out old letters. One I found, written to Kay from…
Tagged with: Autumn 2019, C K Stead, David Ling, Issue 125, Maurice Shadbolt, Philip Temple
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
“Bastards I have sailed with” Gavin McLean
Where Giants Dwell: a Sailor’s Tale Gerry Evans David Ling, $34.95, ISBN 0 908990 60 X In just three decades, first the container/bulk cargo handling revolution and then the Employment Contracts Act have virtually gutted the once mighty maritime unions.…
Too many toppings, Ruth Nichol
Human Remains Denis Welch David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0 908990 65 0 I know, I know – Andrea Porter would never have got through to Allen Terrill on his cellphone. It would have been switched off or out of range,…
Life stories from the edge, Ralph Crane
From the Edge of the Sky: A Memoir Maurice Shadbolt David Ling, $29.95, ISBN 0 908990 59 6 An Albatross Too Many James McNeish David Ling, $24.95, ISBN 0 908990 55 3 When in 1993 I enthusiastically reviewed Maurice Shadbolt’s…
Tagged with: David Ling, Issue 39, James McNeish, Maurice Shadbolt, Ralph Crane
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
The pommie twit and the puppetmaster, Tom Brooking
Hobson Governor of New Zealand 1840–42 Paul Moon David Ling, $49.95, ISBN 0 90899 054 5 To Be A Hero: A Biography of Sir George Grey, 1812–1898 Edmund Bohan HarperCollins, $49.95, ISBN 1 86950 279 5 It is hard to…
Tagged with: David Ling, Edmund Bohan, HarperCollins, Issue 38, Paul Moon, Tom Brooking
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Public postures, private lives, Erik Olssen
Waiting for the Revolution James Edwards David Ling, $24.95, ISBN 0 908990 51 0 Never a White Flag: The Memoirs of Jock Barnes ed Tom Bramble Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 86374 344 5 When I was an undergraduate…
Tagged with: David Ling, Erik Olssen, Issue 37, James Edwards, Tom Bramble, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Beyond the line of duty, Les Cleveland
Kippenberger: An Inspired New Zealand Commander Glyn Harper Harper Collins $49.95 ISBN 1 86950 255 8 Jack Hinton VC: A Man Among Men Gabrielle McDonald David Ling $24.95 ISBN 0 908990 43 X Glyn Harper’s study of Major-General Sir Howard…
Tagged with: David Ling, Gabrielle McDonald, Glyn Harper, HarperCollins, Issue 32, Jack Hinton, Sir Howard Kippenberger
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
New Zealand’s Van Gogh? Kirsty Farquharson
Colin McCahon: The Man and the Teacher Agnes Wood David Ling $39.95 ISBN 0 908990456 Most of us have had a teacher at some stage of our lives who has inspired us and whom we have worshipped to some degree.…
Tagged with: Agnes Wood, David Ling, Issue 32, Kirsty Farquharson
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Biography, Non-fiction, Review