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Balancing the probabilities, Christopher Pugsley
Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson Potton and Burton, $35.00, ISBN 9780947503390 “What is it that we don’t understand? We’re going to lose this fucking war if…
Tagged with: Christopher Pugsley, Issue 119, Jon Stephenson, Nicky Hager, Potton and Burton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Cliquety-clique? David Hill
Twice Upon a Time James Norcliffe Puffin NZ, $17.00, ISBN 9780143770671 Into the White Joanna Grochowicz Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760293659 Taupo Blows! Doug Wilson Bateman, $19.00, ISBN 9781869539672 Those accusations from a few months back – the ones…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bateman, David Hill, Doug Wilson, Issue 119, James Norcliffe, Joanna Grochowicz, Puffin NZ, Spring 2017
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Infectious enjoyment, Fleur Adcock
Night Burns with a White Fire: The Essential Lauris Edmond Frances Edmond and Sue Fitchett (eds) Steele Roberts, $35.00, ISBN 9780947493448 This enjoyable anthology doesn’t pretend to be anything but an act of loving homage; as the editors admit, they…
Tagged with: Frances Edmond, Issue 119, Lauris Edmond, Night Burns, Spring 2017, Steele Roberts, Sue Fitchett
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Who is Sam? Phillip Mann
Star Sailors James McNaughton Victoria University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781776561018 This book is not science fiction; it is science fact. Global warming, unless controlled, will create an uninhabitable world. The threat is real: it is here, it is now and…
Tagged with: Issue 119, James McNaughton, Phillip Mann, Spring 2017, Victoria University Press
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
A prime ministerial primer, Simon Upton
New Zealand’s Prime Ministers: From Dick Seddon to John Key Michael Bassett David Ling Publishing, $50.00, ISBN 9781927305294 New Zealand’s Prime Ministers is a very large volume. It is also an extremely ambitious one that is challenging as a through-read.…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Dick Seddon, Issue 119, John Key, Michael Bassett, Simon Upton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
A place on my bookshelf, Helen Anderson
Disobedient Teaching: Surviving and Creating Change in Education Welby Ings Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927322666 One of the marvellous inventions found in my favourite libraries is the software that locates the book you are looking for and shows you…
Tagged with: Helen Anderson, Issue 119, Otago University Press, Spring 2017, Welby Ings
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Courting controversy, Emma Martin
Fiction The Suicide Club Sarah Quigley Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9780143771012 Midway through Sarah Quigley’s The Suicide Club, Lace, one of its three troubled young protagonists, recalls a story told to her by her father, a celebrated film-maker who, along with…
Tagged with: Emma Martin, Issue 119, Sarah Quigley, Spring 2017, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Fiasco, Jon Johansson
Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson Potton & Burton, $35.00, ISBN 9780947503390 As someone who has been around the political traps a fair while, my heuristic for…
Tagged with: Issue 119, Jon Johansson, Jon Stephenson, Nicky Hager, Potton & Burton, Spring 2017
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology