Under the Dome by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton, RRP $39.99): This is the one I’d been not-so-patiently waiting for: an epic offering from the king of epic offerings, Stephen King. It’s a monster of a book, with close to 900 addictive pages in a weighty book that bears the label: his finest epic since...
Monty Python Live! edited by Eric Idle (Simon & Schuster, RRP $45): It’s been 30 years since we were lucky enough to have a new Monty Python book by all the surviving Python crew so this one is is well worth having for the discerning Python fan. The book covers the live stage show that...
Cowshed Christmas, by Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley (Random House, RRP $24.99): This is a fantastic Kiwi Christmas picture book for your favourite littlie. Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley will be familiar names to lots of our future readers, and to their mums, dads and teachers, too. Gavin Bishop has won the NZ Children’s...
Zephyrs and Zodiacs, by Tim Chadwick (HarperCollins, RRP $29.99): We really do have a passion for Zephyrs and Zodiacs in New Zealand and I doubt there are many of us who haven’t either owned one or had parents who owned one (my dad and brother were both big fans of these classy machines). There...
Guinness World Records 2010 ( RRP $54.99): We all know someone who seems to absorb weird and wonderful facts so here’s the perfect book for all the those sponges of knowledge. This latest Guinness offering is the book of the decade version, and includes new content and features that recognise the record-breaking achievements of...
The Road Less Travelled, foreword by Bill Bryson (Dorling Kindersley, RRP $80): We all know about the favourite touristy places and events that everyone talks about but what about those that are just a little further off the beaten track and a little less populated by tourists? This book takes a look at those...
And Another Thing, by Eion Colfer (Michael Joseph, RRP $45): Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was able to write the sixth book himself, although he once said he expected he...
Alex Cross’s Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo (Random House, RRP $38.99): James Patterson has produced another page-turner with this latest book in the Alex Cross series. However, don’t be put off if you haven’t read any of the earlier Cross books because, like all of Patterson’s books, it’s an easy read that...
Level 26: Dark Origins, by Anthony E Zuiker with Duane Swierczynski (Michael Joseph, RRP: $37): I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark Origins is the first novel from the bloke who came up with the CSI...
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