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Theory vs practice, Colin Knox
The Intangibles of Managing A J (Tone) Borren Dunmore Press, $29.95 ISBN 0864692390 The New Zealand Small Business Guide Richard Higham and Sara Williams Penguin, $29.95 (revised edition) ISBN 0140132201 Marketing In New Zealand Alyse Boaz Longman Paul, $29.95 ISBN…
Tagged with: A J (Tone) Borren, Alyse Boaz, Colin Knox, Dunmore Press, Issue 24, Longman Paul, Penguin Books, Richard Higham, Sara Williams
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Chinese takeaways, Anne French
Maidenhome Ding Xiaoqi Otago University Press, $24.95 The Chinese Interpreter James Norcliffe Hazard Press, $24.95 Burning Boats: seventeen New Zealand short stories Owen Marshall (ed) Longman Paul, $19.95 We’ve all become experts on China in the past year or two,…
Tagged with: Anne French, Ding Xiaoqi, Hazard Press, Issue 15, James Norcliffe, Longman Paul, Otago University Press, Owen Marshall, Spring 1994
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
The basics of communication, Martin Taylor
Communicating Caring: A guide for health workers and caregivers Richard Bolstad with Margot Hamblett, Te Hata Ohlson, and Jan Hardie, Longman Paul, $32.95 In this book, Richard Bolstad provides a thorough introduction to the basics of communication, caring for others…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Issue 8, Jan Hardie, Longman Paul, Margot Hamblett, Martin Taylor, Richard Bolstad, Te Hata Ohlson
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
A multi‑media resource, Patrick King
Te Māhuri John C Moorfield, Longman Paul, $49.95 The first textbook of the Māori language published in New Zealand was Thomas Kendall’s A Korao no New Zealand; or the New Zealander’s First Book; being an attempt to compose some lessons…
Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Issue 8, John C Moorfield, Longman Paul, Patrick King
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Yes, but who let it become so? Colin James
New Zealand’s Constitution in Crisis: Reforming Our Political System Geoffrey Palmer, John McIndoe, $34.95 Electoral Behaviour In New Zealand Martin Holland (ed), Oxford University Press, $29.95 New Zealand Politics in Perspective (3rd Edition) Hyam Gold (ed), Longman Paul, $49.95 Sir…
Tagged with: Colin James, Geoffrey Palmer, Hyam Gold, Issue 7, John McIndoe, Longman Paul, Martin Holland, Oxford University Press, Summer 1992
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Effective writing, Gavin McLean
Check it Out: a Guide to Effective Writing Margaret McLaren, Longman Paul, Auckland, 1991, $12.95 In many ways, this slim paperback is a more useful book than the latest truncated New Zealand Style Book, since its advice on matters such…
Tagged with: Gavin McLean, Issue 6, Longman Paul, Margaret McLaren, Spring 1992
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review
An elegant and serious survey, Jonathan Else
Pleasures and Dangers: Artists of the 90s Trish Clark and Wystan Curnow (eds), Longman Paul, $34.95 This volume is a refreshing challenge to several assumptions that have become the dead wood of art theory and scholarship in New Zealand, and,…
Tagged with: Issue 6, Jonathan Else, Longman Paul, Spring 1992, Trish Clark, Wystan Curnow
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Politics and Society, Gavin McLean
The 1990 Election: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand E M McLeay (ed), Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 1991 The 1990 election was the dullest in recent decades, with a battered, cynical electorate sensing the inevitability…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Department of Politics, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, E M McLeay, Gavin McLean, Geoffrey Moss, GP Publications, Issue 6, John Deeks, Judy McGregor, Longman Paul, Margie Comrie, Moss Associates, Nick Perry, Richard Rudman, Spring 1992, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Maritime and general short reviews, Gavin McLean
Waitemata Ferry Tales Sally Fodie, Collins, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 Sally Fodie was the first woman master of an Auckland harbour ferry. Waitemata Ferry Tales, her short collection of nautical anecdotes, shows that it was not easy to elbow her way…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Collins, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Gavin McLean, Gillian Polson, Godwit, James McNeish, Jim Tucker, John McIndoe, John Patterson, Longman Paul, Richard Rudman, Sally Fodie, Vince Scully
Posted in Health, Māori, Memoir, Natural History, Non-fiction, Sociology
Posted in Health, Māori, Memoir, Natural History, Non-fiction, Sociology