Archive for May, 2012

Time-travel romance burrows in

May 29, 2012
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Time-travel romance burrows in

11.22.63, by Stephen King (Hodder, RRP $40): If you could go back in time, would you? If you could change history, fixing what appears to be an incredible wrong, would you? More to the point, should you? English teacher Jake Epping, from the little town of Lisbon Falls, is – like so many of...

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System failings the issue now

System failings the issue now

Trial by Ambush: The Trials of David Bain, by Joe Karam (HarperCollins, RRP $45): On June 20, 1994, David Bain called emergency services to report finding his entire family dead. His parents Robin and Margaret, sisters Arawa and Laniet and brother Stephen had all been shot in their Dunedin home and at first, there...

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Celebrating the bond between man and dog

Celebrating the bond between man and dog

Dogs Make Us Human, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Art Wolfe (Bloomsbury, RRP $50): Dogs have been getting some bad press lately, with a few wayward canines making headlines for all the wrong reasons. However, as the author of this beautiful book points out, the companionship of a dog is the oldest of all...

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