Archive for September, 2006

Useful advice for landlords

September 23, 2006
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Useful advice for landlords

Mr Landlord, Mr Fix-It, by Roger Clist (Addenda Publishing, $29.95): If you’re planning on making your fortune as a landlord, chances are you’ll have maintenance and repair issues cropping up from time to time. Your bottom-line profit can take something of a beating if you have to pay cold hard cash for minor repairs....

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A story worth telling

September 23, 2006
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A story worth telling

Courage, Sacrifice, Devotion, by Noel Gillespie (Infinity Publishing, $35.95): This is the story of the last bastion of aviation exploration — the Antarctic. The United States Naval aviators, who in the early years of Operation Deep Freeze flew their twin-engine DC-3s over the frozen Antarctic waters from New Zealand to McMurdo Sound, were going...

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Take me to your leader

September 22, 2006
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Take me to your leader

Who Really Runs the World? by Thom Burnett and Alex Games (HarperCollins, $19.99): Here’s a nice juicy read for all the conspiracy theorists out there. Journalist Alex Games has co-authored this little gem with Thom Burnett, which is apparently a pseudonym for ” one of Britain’s leading experts on security and military matters”. This...

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Latest book lives up to expectations

September 2, 2006
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Latest book lives up to expectations

Shooting the Moon, by V M Jones (HarperCollins, $18.99): Following on from the award-winning Juggling With Mandarins, Christchurch author V M Jones’ latest novel picks up the story of 14-year-old Pip McLeod. The teen faced up to some tough challenges in the first book and now it seems his life is finally his own....

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