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A Near-Run Affair: New Zealanders in the battle for Crete, 1941 Matthew Wright Reed Books, $30.95, ISBN 0790007320 A Unique Sort of Battle: New Zealanders Remember Crete ed Megan Hutching HarperCollins in association with the History Group, Ministry for Culture…
Maori Battalion: A Poetic Sequence Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Wai-te-ata Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877159115 This sequence of 72 short narrative poems with nine photographs is a loose, anecdotal treatment of the Maori Battalion’s part in World War 2. It also…
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…
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On the Way to an Ambush Bruce Connew Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 86473 376 3 So far there have been about 150 wars this century. Some are big-budget affairs like the recent imbroglio in the Balkans, others are…
Les Cleveland, Six Decades. Message from the Exterior City Gallery Wellington / Victoria University Press $39.95 ISBN 0 86473355 0 It is instructive to look at this book as a “package” that raises the now hoary debate about whether photography…
Scars on the Heart: Two Centuries of New Zealand at War Chris Pugsley with Laurie Barber, Buddy Mikaere, Nigel Prickett, Rose Young David Bateman in association with the Auckland Museum, $69.95, ISBN 1 86953 301 1 New Zealand and the…
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Laurie Barber,
Lawrence Watt,
Les Cleveland,
Nigel Prickett,
Oxford University Press,
Rose Young,
Summer 1997
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Dark Laughter: War in Song and Popular Culture Les Cleveland Praeger, US$49.95 ISBN 0275947645 Silent Casualties: New Zealand’s Unspoken Legacy of the Second World War Alison Parr Tandem Press, $29.95 ISBN 0908884672 Whistle As You Go: The Story of the…
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Terry Vaughan
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You Are Too Old to Drive Dear: Elderspeak and Ageism in an Ageing Society Sik Hung Ng Victoria University Press, $8.95, ISBN 0 864732813 Beyond Good Intentions: Support Work with Older People Anne Opie Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University…
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Auckland Institute of Technology Press,
Gary Courtenay,
GP Publications,
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Issue 20,
Jacques Vannoort,
K J Smith,
Les Cleveland,
Mary Tagg,
Noel Whittaker,
Roger Moses,
Sik Hung Ng,
Sue Waiter,
Summer 1995,
Tandem,
Victoria University Press
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Deep Jay: Kiwis At War In Vietnam Rod Eder Tandem Press, $19.95 ISBN 0 908884 55 9 Ensor’s Endeavour Vincent Orange Grub Street, London (also available from PO Box 2319, Christchurch), $59.95, ISBN 1 898 697 043 North From Taranto:…
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Spring 1995,
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Vincent Orange
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The Great New Zealand Songbook Les Cleveland, Godwit, Auckland, 1991, $29.95 Les Cleveland’s friendly and informal approach illuminates this collection of 60 New Zealand songs from early ballads to goldrush classics and Ruru Karaitiana’s ‘Blue Smoke’. An excellent introduction is…
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Nota Bene Music,
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Ross Harvey,
School of Music,
The Canterbury Series of Bibliographies,
University of Canterbury,
Winter 1992
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