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The willow path to peace, Hamish McDouall
John Wright’s Indian Summers John Wright with Sharda Ugra and Paul Thomas Hodder Moa Beckett, $49.99, ISBN 9781869710620 In a sport largely populated by talented solipsists, former New Zealand captain John Wright has always stood out within cricket for his…
Tagged with: Hamish McDouall, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 76, John Wright, Paul Thomas, Sharda Ugra, Summer 2006
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Over there, Tony Simpson
New Zealand and the Second World War Ian McGibbon Hodder Moa Beckett, $40.00, ISBN 1869589548 A Fair Sort of Battering: New Zealanders remember the Italian Campaign ed Megan Hutching HarperCollins, $40.00, ISBN 1869505050 The Desert Railway Brendan Judd Penguin, $29.95,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2004, Bee Dawson, Brendan Judd, Christopher Pugsley, HarperCollins, Hodder Moa Beckett, Ian McGibbon, Issue 65, Jim Rolfe, Megan Hutching, Penguin, Reed, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
All credit to the team, Garth Baker
Century in Black: 100 Years of All Black Test Rugby Ron Palenski Hodder Moa Beckett, $69.99, ISBN 1869589378 Heritage: Golden Years of All Black Rugby Paul Verdon Hill-Verdon Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0958238707 All Black Magic; 100 years of New Zealand…
Tagged with: Bob Howitt, Diane Haworth, Garth Baker, HarperSports, Hill-Verdon Publishing, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 62, John Matheson, Lindsay Knight, Paul Thomas, Paul Verdon, Penguin Books, Ron Palenski, Winter 2003
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Forging on, Roger Blackley
Good as Goldie: the amazing story of New Zealand’s most famous art forger Karl F Sim (C F Goldie) and Tim Wilson Hodder Moa Beckett, $35, ISBN 1869589076 You know me as a forger, but I’ve had more lives…
Tagged with: Autumn 2003, C F Goldie, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 61, Karl F Sim, Roger Blackley, Tim Wilson
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Speed reading, Bernard Carpinter
50 Years on Track Sandy Myhre Hodder Moa Beckett, $79.99, ISBN 186958936X Classic Racers – New Zealand’s Grand Prix Greats Eoin Young HarperSports, $34.99, ISBN 1869504607 If you noticed that McLaren cars won the first two Formula One Grands Prix…
Tagged with: Bernard Carpinter, Eoin Young, HarperSports, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 59, Sandy Myhre, Spring 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
“Who’s this Pinetree?” Chris Laidlaw
The Judas Game: The Betrayal of New Zealand rugby Joseph Romanos Darius Press, $29.95, ISBN 0958240906 Meads Brian Turner Hodder Moa Beckett $49.95, ISBN 1869589173 A little anecdote buried in Joseph Romanos’ latest book The Judas Game: The Betrayal of…
Tagged with: Brian Turner, Chris Laidlaw, Darius Press, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 58, Joseph Romanos, Winter 2002
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Like great sex only better, Robert Burgess
Gladiator: The Norm Hewitt Story Michael Laws Darius Press, $29.95, ISBN 0473078252 Loyal: The Todd Blackadder Story Phil Gifford Hodder Moa Beckett, $44.95, ISBN 1869588924 Head tilted back, eye-balling you. Norm on the front cover, bold and proud. And so…
Tagged with: Autumn 2001, Darius Press, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 53, Michael Laws, Norm Hewitt, Phil Gifford, Todd Blackadder
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
An eye on the ball, Graham Mourie
Rights of Passage: Beyond the New Zealand Identity Crisis Chris Laidlaw Hodder Moa Beckett, $29.95, ISBN 1 86958 723 5 Chris Laidlaw was a quality All Black in the late 1960s, who achieved prominence by firing a Parthian shot at…
Tagged with: Chris Laidlaw, Graham Mourie, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 42
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Our very own “Queen of Hearts”, Jane Bowron
Holmes Paul Holmes Hodder Moa Beckett, $44.95, ISBN 1 86958 758 8 There is something to be said for writing your autobiography at the end of your innings. A life recorded by those who have lived to the fullness of…
Tagged with: Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 41, Jane Bowron, Paul Holmes
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review