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Cracking up, David Cohen
Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression Michael Morrissey Polygraphia, $39.00, ISBN 9781877332968 Sing No Sad Songs Sandra Arnold Canterbury University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781927145067 Michael Morrissey’s account of his long encounter with mental affliction begins…
Tagged with: Canterbury University Press, David Cohen, Issue 98, Michael Morrissey, Polygraphia, Sandra Arnold, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Songs not lost, Nepia Mahuika
Nga Moteatea: An Introduction/He Kupu Arataki Jane McRae and Heni Jacob (trans) Auckland University Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781869404901 Jane McRae’s Nga Moteatea: An Introduction is a small book that seems longer because the comprehensive Maori translation by Heni Jacob…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Heni Jacob, Issue 98, Jane McRae, Nepia Mahuika, Winter 2012
Posted in History, Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Review
Problems with experts, Brian Easton
The New Zealand Tax System: New Zealand Taxes in Comparative Perspective Rob Salmond Institute of Policy Studies, $30.00, ISBN 9781877347450 The New Zealand Economy: An Introduction Ralph Lattimore and Shamubeel Eaqub Auckland University Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781869404895 To…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Brian Easton, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 98, Ralph Lattimore, Rob Salmond, Shamubeel Eaqub, Winter 2012
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Tracing ancient footprints, Brent Southgate
Digging Up the Past: Archaeology for the Young and Curious David Veart Auckland University Press, $39.99, ISBN 9781869404659 When I was about seven years old, I started a museum. It stood in our garden shed, and consisted of bones,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Brent Southgate, David Veart, Issue 98, Winter 2012
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Science
The cult of celebrity, Linda Burgess
Mike McRoberts: Beyond the Front Line Mike McRoberts HarperCollins, $39.99, ISBN 9781869509392 Scrim: The Man with a Mike William Renwick Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736956 “I like to think I have my father’s courage and humour, and…
Tagged with: Colin Scrimgeour, HarperCollins, Issue 98, Linda Burgess, Mike McRoberts, Scrim, Victoria University Press, William Renwick, Winter 2012
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Biography, Non-fiction, Review
When worlds collide, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Guns and Utu: A Short History of the Musket Wars Matthew Wright Penguin Books, $42.00, ISBN 9780143565659 From the time the first accounts of New Zealand’s native inhabitants began to reach Europe, Maori pugnacity and military prowess have featured high…
Tagged with: Issue 98, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Matthew Wright, Penguin Books, Winter 2012
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Grappling with the world, Jill Holt
Dirt Bomb Fleur Beale Random House, $19.95, ISBN 9781869795467 The Bridge Jane Higgins The Text Publishing Company, $26.00, ISBN 9781921758331 Calling the Gods Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $24.99, ISBN 9781869509484 These three novels shortlisted for the senior fiction…
Tagged with: Fleur Beale, HarperCollins, Issue 98, Jack Lasenby, Jane Higgins, Jill Holt, Random House, Text Publishing, Winter 2012
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Boy germs, Eirlys Hunter
The Flytrap Snaps Johanna Knox and Sabrina Malcolm (illus) Hinterland Press, $22.00, ISBN 9780473179960 Just Jack Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508869 Super Finn Leonie Agnew Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781869439996 The Puffin Books of my childhood carried…
Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Hinterland Press, Issue 98, Johanna Knox, Leonie Agnew, Sabrina Malcolm, Scholastic, Winter 2012
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
A corroded utopia, Don Aimer
Unions in Common Cause: The New Zealand Federation of Labour 1937-88 Peter Franks and Melanie Nolan (eds) Steele Roberts, $39.99, ISBN 9781877577338 Reconstructing New Zealand’s Labour Law: Consensus or Divergence Gordon Anderson Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864736574 …
Tagged with: Don Aimer, Gordon Anderson, Issue 98, Melanie Nolan, Peter Franks, Steele Roberts, Victoria University Press, Winter 2012
Posted in Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Politics & Law, Review
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