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Short history reviews, Dale Williams
Waiheke Island. A History Paul Monin, Dunmore Press, $34.95 Aucklanders are in love with the romantic idea of a sizeable, liveable island just 20 kilometres from their urban sprawl. But Waiheke’s wide range of natural resources have always been desired…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Canterbury University Press, Dale Williams, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 8, John Goodliffe, Paul Monin
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Outstanding biography, John Goodliffe
Vladimir Nabokov: the American years Brian Boyd, Chatto and Windus, London, 1992, $59.95 The first volume of Brian Boyd’s monumental biography of Vladimir Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov: the Russian Years, 1990) was accorded very high critical acclaim. This second volume, covering…
Tagged with: Issue 6, John Goodliffe, Spring 1992, Vladimir Nabokov
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review