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What about the pets? Suzanne Innes-Kent
Recycled People: Forming New Relationships in Mid-life Coral Atkinson & Paula Wagemaker Shoal Bay Press, $24.95, ISBN 1877251046 Recycled People is a timely and welcome book. When one examines the generation of any timely idea, one discovers that it arises…
Tagged with: Coral Atkinson, Issue 48, Paula Wagemaker, Shoal Bay Press, Summer 1999, Suzanne Innes-Kent
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Happy days, Redmer Yska
I Live Here Now: Sarah Campion in 1950s New Zealand ed Rachel Scott Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877251054 Over the summer of 2000, National Radio was the unlikely backdrop for a rumble over New Zealand in the 1950s. The…
Tagged with: Issue 48, Rachel Scott, Redmer Yska, Sarah Campion, Shoal Bay Press, Summer 1999
Posted in Essays, History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Passion and precision, Chris Laidlaw
A Lucky Man Keith Quinn Shoal Bay Press, $44.95, ISBN 0908704917 It is one of life’s idiosyncrasies that the nicer a guy is, the more some people will feel compelled to hate him. Keith Quinn, the doyen of television sports…
Tagged with: Chris Laidlaw, Issue 47, Keith Quinn, Shoal Bay Press, Spring 1999
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
“They all knew”, Peter Russell
Strawberries with the Führer Helga Tiscenko Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 1877251038 The first chapters of Helga Tiscenko’s memoir of her life are in large part a tale of the ordinary. Her childhood with her younger sister Sigrid in…
Tagged with: Helga Tiscenko, Issue 46, Peter Russell, Shoal Bay Press, Winter 1999
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Moore’s almanac, Linda Clark
A Brief History of the Future Mike Moore Shoal Bay Press, $24.95, ISBN 0 908704 77 1 Aconversation with Mike Moore is like an adventure ride at a theme park. You’re bucked and rolled and threatened and sidetracked and at…
Tagged with: Issue 37, Linda Clark, Mike Moore, Shoal Bay Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
When anti-popery ruled, Nicholas Reid
Bishop in the dock Rory Sweetman Auckland University Press, $39:95, ISBN 1 86940 160 3 Henry Jacobs — A clergyman of calibre Helen Garrett Shoal Bay Press, $39:95, ISBN 0 906704 54 2 Doing theology ourselves Neil Darragh Accent Publications,$18.00,…
Tagged with: Accent Publications, Auckland University Press, Helen Garrett, Issue 30, Neil Darragh, Nicholas Reid, Rory Sweetman, Shoal Bay Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Built-in anodyne, Hamish Keith
Architects at Home — 30 New Zealand Architects and their Houses Adrienne Rewi & Euan Sarginson Shoal Bay Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 908704 32 1 The Bungalow in New Zealand Jeremy Ashford Viking, $34.95, ISBN 0-670-85673-8 Wellington’s Old Buildings David…
Tagged with: Adrienne Rewi, David Kernohan, Dunmore Press, Euan Sarginson, Hamish Keith, Issue 30, Jeremy Ashford, Lewis E Martin, Shoal Bay Press, Tony Kellaway, Victoria University Press, Viking, Winter 1997
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
War, love and self, Jane Stafford
Blood Money: the incredible true story of David Morris and the tragedy of Somalia Trisha Stratford Penguin Books, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 26323 3 Escape from Bosnia: Aza’s Story Sue McCauley Shoal Bay Press, $29.95, ISBN 0 908704 42 9…
Tagged with: David Morris, Issue 28, Jane Stafford, Neva Clarke McKenna, Penguin Books, Shoal Bay Press, Sue McCauley, Summer 1997, Tandem Press, Trisha Stratford
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review