All New Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes, by Simon & Alison Holst (Hyndman Publishing, RRP $25): I have a couple of slow cookers and am a big fan of the easy meals that can be produced with the help of these great little kitchen staples. I bought my first one way back in the mists...
Hand Me Down, by Michelle Holman (HarperCollins, RRP $25): Waikato author Michelle Holman’s latest book features bad girl April Ritchie, who returns home to Pisa after a nine-year absence. April was a bit of a spoilt brat who never made a lot of friends in the town and her speedy departure from Pisa on...
Pippa Blake: Journey by Pippa Blake (Penguin, RRP $50): December 5 marked the the anniversary of the death of one of New Zealand’s true adventurers, Sir Peter Blake, and I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who remembers distinctly where I was when I heard the awful news that Sir Peter had...
Shares, by Martin Hawes (Penguin, $40): This is a revised edition of Martin Hawes’ best-selling book. It aims to help anyone make money on the sharemarket, no matter how experienced or inexperienced they might be. The author explains what he says are the seven secrets to becoming a successful investor and as with all...
Iron Crowned, by Richelle Mead (Bantam Press, RRP $40): Best-selling author Richelle Mead has made her name writing the Vampire Academy novels but this novel is the first in a different series, still in the fantasy realm but minus the fangs. Otherworld is an embattled realm mystically entwined with our world. Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham...
Postcards from New Zealand, by Bob McCree (Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $20): This picturesque little country we live in could have been custom-made to fill postcards: from the soaring mountains to the flowing rivers to even the sheep, most of it looks pretty good through a camera lens. And while there are plenty of...
Memoirs of a Gossip Columnist, by David Hartnell (Penguin, RRP $45): There’s no doubt that most of us enjoy a good spot of gossip but David Hartnell is one of those very few people in the world who has managed to make a career of it. It wasn’t always such a glamorous life, though,...
Do No Harm, by Carol Topolski (Fig Tree, RRP $40): Everyone knows about Virginia: about her stellar reputation as a gynaecologist; about her commitment to her women patients. But does anyone know about the knives? Everyone knows about Faisal too: about his gentle charm and his delight in his family; about his brilliance in...
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