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Imperial identities, Tim Cook
For King And Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought In Other Services In The First World War Glyn Harper Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995102996 New Zealand, like Australia, Canada, India, Newfoundland and South Africa, contributed enormous numbers of…
Tagged with: Glyn Harper, Issue 128, Massey University Press, Summer 2019, Tim Cook
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Scaring them silly, Linda Burgess
Gladys Goes to War Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507208 Speed King David Hill (Phoebe Morris illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143507222 My Grandpa is a Dinosaur Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507192 Did You…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 117, Jenny Cooper, Linda Burgess, Phoebe Morris, Raymond McGrath, Richard Fairgray, Terry Jones
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Explaining WWI, Steven Loveridge
The Bantam and the Soldier Jennifer Beck (Robyn Belton illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775432074 The Anzac Puppy Peter Millett (Trish Bowles illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775430971 Best Mates: Three Lads Who Went to War Together Philippa Werry (Bob Kerr illus)…
Tagged with: Bob Kerr, Glyn Harper, Issue 108, Jennifer Beck, Jenny Cooper, New Holland, Peter Millett, Philippa Werry, Picture Puffin, Robyn Belton, Scholastic, Steven Loveridge, Summer 2014, Trish Bowles
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, War
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, War
Yesterday today, Glyn Harper
How We Remember: New Zealanders and the First World War Charles Ferrall and Harry Ricketts (eds) Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864739353 With the centenary of WWI now upon us, a flood of books on New Zealand’s role in that…
Tagged with: Charles Ferrall, Glyn Harper, Harry Ricketts, Issue 108, Summer 2014, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology, War
War means stories, David Hill
Ambiguity and Innocence: The New Zealand Division and the Occupation of Trieste, May 1945 Tony Simpson Silver Owl Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780986451980 The Battles of Monte Cassino: The Campaign and its Consequences Glyn Harper and John Tonkin-Covell Allen and Unwin,…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 104, John Tonkin-Covell, Silver Owl Press, Summer 2013, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Heroics, Ken Catran
Best and Bravest: Kiwis Awarded the Victoria Cross Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $17.99, ISBN 1869505239 Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier Janice Marriott HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 1869505697 War Zones Helen Beaglehole Steele Roberts,…
Tagged with: Colin Richardson, Glyn Harper, HarperCollins, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 76, Janice Marriott, Ken Catran, Steele Roberts, Summer 2006
Posted in Children, Fiction, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Children, Fiction, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War
In the jaws of Moloch, Les Cleveland
On My Way to the Somme Andrew Macdonald HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 11869505549 Galatas 1941 Lynn McConnell Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790010496 In the Face of the Enemy Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $35.99, ISBN 1869505220 The Big Show Alison Parr…
Victims of the times, Les Cleveland
Massacre at Passchendaele: The New Zealand Story Glyn Harper HarperCollins, $39.95, ISBN 1 86950 342 2 Dear Lizzie: A Kiwi Soldier Writes from the Battlefields of World War One ed Chrissie Ward HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 1 86950 340 6 Private…
Tagged with: Chrissie Ward, Glyn Harper, Greg Kerr, HarperCollins, Issue 44, John Crawford, Les Cleveland, Ngaio Press, Oxford University Press, Roger Smith
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
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