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Tikkun olam, David Zwartz

Posted on September 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History Leonard Bell and Diana Morrow (eds) Godwit, $55.00, ISBN 9781869621735 “Don’t skite!” said my loving family when I came home with the story of some success at school. Jewish Lives in New…

Tagged with: David Zwartz, Diana Morrow, Godwit, Issue 99, Leonard Bell, Spring 2012
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review

Beneath what we see, Max Oettli

Posted on June 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Marti Friedlander Leonard Bell Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869404444 What makes Marti Friedlander’s work such compelling viewing? Her work, even she herself, has taken on an iconic presence in the comfortable confines of our islands. And the photographs she…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 90, Leonard Bell, Marti Friedlander, Max Oettli, Winter 2010
Posted in Non-fiction, Photography, Review

Reading pictures, Jane Clendon

Posted on December 1, 1992 by NZ Books

Colonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840-1914 Leonard Bell, Auckland University Press, $69.95 The language of art historical discourse has become more complex and demanding since Leonard Bell published his first book, The Maori in European Art, in 1980. Now,…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 7, Jane Clendon, Leonard Bell, Summer 1992
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review