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Tale of intrigue, Greg Newbold

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books
Rough Justice: The Rex Haig Story  Rex Haig and Rennie Gould Longacre Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460029 Rough Justice describes one of the most bizarre and perplexing murder cases ever to appear before a New Zealand court. The tale begins on…
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Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

A view from afar, Simon Upton

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books
My Father’s Shadow: A Portrait of Justice Peter Mahon Sam Mahon Longacre Press, $39.99, ISBN 9781877460173 I like Sam Mahon’s writerly qualities. This book confirms the literary reputation inaugurated with The Year of the Horse and broadened with delicious malice…
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Posted in Biography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

Sweet and upbeat, Paula Morris

Posted on March 1, 2009 by NZ Books
The 10pm Question Kate De Goldi Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 978977460203 “Every family has a secret,” says Alan Bennett, “and the secret is that it’s not like other families.” For Frankie Parsons, the clever, neurotic hero of Kate De Goldi’s…
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Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Up the line to death, Edmund Bohan

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books
March to the Sound of the Guns Ray Grover Longacre Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781877460012 Ray Grover’s extremely well written novel March to the Sound of the Guns traces the harrowing years of the First World War, and the years immediately…
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Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Darts and sledgehammers, Sue McCauley

Posted on December 1, 2008 by NZ Books
Two Little Boys Duncan Sarkies Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143020912 Acid Song Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 9781877460111 Girlie Gillian Ranstead Penguin Books, $28.00, ISBN 9780143010005 “I thought it was one of those boys’ books,” said a friend when…
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Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

No easy heroics, James Norcliffe

Posted on September 1, 2008 by NZ Books
Shadow of the Mountain  Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877460005 Smashed  Mandy Hager Random House, $18.99, ISBN 9781869419424 Gool  Maurice Gee Puffin, $19.95, ISBN 9780143304005   Each of these kidult novels tells a compelling story in a tightly written yet…
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Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Why we are here, Bernard Carpinter

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books
Looking for Darwin Lloyd Spencer Davis Longacre Press, $39.99, ISBN 0781877361227 Science has somehow acquired an almost inhuman reputation. Scientists are regarded as dry, dusty specimens, cut off from society and probably working on projects that will cause more harm…
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Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review

Skewed unforgettable normalities, Catharina van Bohemen

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books
At the End of Darwin Road – A Memoir  Fiona Kidman Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 9781869419448 Muck: A Memoir Craig Sherborne Victoria University Press, $30.00,  ISBN 9780864735683 Digging for Spain: A Writer’s Journey Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $29.99, ISBN 9781877361968 “The…
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Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review

Likely stories, James C Raymond

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books
Falling for Science: Asking the Big Questions Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $39.99, ISBN 9781877361722   Imagine yourself in Egypt in the third century BC. You believe the earth is round – what else would cause ships’ masts to appear before their…
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Posted in Non-fiction, Science

Breaking free, Jill Holt

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books
The Dumpster Saga Craig Harrison Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99,  ISBN 9781869438166 Salt Maurice Gee  Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303350 The Sea-wreck Stranger Anna Mackenzie  Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361883 It’s hard to imagine and salutary to recall that many teenagers do…
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Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
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