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Lies and damned lies, Gyles Beckford
Truthteller Stephen Davis Exisle Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9781925335897 “Aren’t we all investigative journalists?” my colleague asked, as we lamented the quality of the coffee at an early hour in the newsroom kitchen. “We’d all like to think so,” I replied.…
Tagged with: Exisle Publishing, Gyles Beckford, Issue 127, Spring 2019, Stephen Davis
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Boudicca does it for a jar of mead, David Hill
A Short History of Sheep in New Zealand Richard Wolfe Random House, $29.99, ISBN 1869418204 Instructions for New Zealanders Richard Wolfe Random House, $34.99, ISBN 1869418506 The Smell of Powder: A History of Duelling in New Zealand Donald Kerr Random…
Tagged with: Australian National Maritime Museum, David Hill, Donald Kerr, Exisle Publishing, Issue 79, John Dunmore, Nicola McCloy, Random House, Richard Wolfe, Spring 2007
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Standing up for it, Redmer Yska
God Defend New Zealand: A History of the National Anthem Ashley Heenan School of Music and University of Canterbury, $29.95, ISBN 0908718098 Hear Our Voices We Entreat: The Extraordinary Story of New Zealand’s National Anthems Max Cryer Exisle Publishing, $29.99,…
Tagged with: Ashley Heenan, Exisle Publishing, Issue 68, June 2005, Max Cryer, Redmer Yska, School of Music and University of Canterbury
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
We were just 17, if you know what I mean, Rosemary McLeod
Eight Days a Week: The Beatles’ Tour of New Zealand 1964 Graham Hutchins Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988559 Big Smoke: New Zealand City People in the ’60s and ’70s John Daley Random House, $39.95, ISBN 1869621085 Says Graham Hutchins, “Beatlemania…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Exisle Publishing, Graham Hutchins, Issue 65, John Daley, Random House, Rosemary McLeod
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Music, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
If it’s claggy, it must be Wellington, Kim Griggs
Auckland: The city in literature ed Witi Ihimaera Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988362 Dunedin: The city in literature ed Christine Johnston Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988451 Christchurch: The city in literature ed Anna Rogers Exisle Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0908988427 Wellington:…
Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Autumn 2004, Christine Johnston, Exisle Publishing, Issue 65, Kate Camp, Kim Griggs, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Literature, Review
Posted in Literature, Review
Prophesy and be damned! Alan Horsman
Anno Domini 2000 or Woman’s Destiny Julius Vogel (ed Roger Robinson) Exisle Publishing, $29.95, ISBN 0908988168 “There is no such thing as a load of old codswallop … the codswallop is always freshly made,” or at least it needs to…
Tagged with: Alan Horsman, Exisle Publishing, Issue 54, Julius Vogel, Roger Robinson, Winter 2001
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Localising the global, George Griffiths
From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland R C J Stone Auckland University Press, $59.95, ISBN 1869402596 Rolling Thunder: the Spirit of Karekare Bob Harvey Exisle Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0908988176 Remembering Godley: a Portrait of Canterbury’s Founder ed Mark Stocker Hazard Press, $29.95,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2001, Bob Harvey, Exisle Publishing, George Griffiths, Hazard Press, Issue 53, Julia Bradshaw, Mark Stocker, Otago University Press, R C J Stone
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
The perils of proximity, Michael Laws
Helen: Portrait of a Prime Minister Brian Edwards Exisle Publishing, $44.95, ISBN 0908988206 Biography is a fraught art. If the subject is dead, then the Author is reliant upon a myriad of sources, often contradictory, to capture the essence of…
Tagged with: Brian Edwards, Exisle Publishing, Helen Clarke, Issue 52, Michael Laws, Summer 2002
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
What do you want to do that for? Brian Turner
Arawata Bill: The Story of Legendary Gold Prospector William James O’Leary lan Dougherty Exisle Publishing $24.95 ISBN 0 9088 07 9 Once, many many years ago, my grandmother (my dad’s mother), when hearing that I was going sailing offshore, said:…
Tagged with: Brian Turner, Exisle Publishing, Issue 32, lan Dougherty, William James O'Leary
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
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