Stuff the Planet, by Peter Janssen with Malcolm Evans (Hachette Livre, $19.99): Okay you tree-hugging, hairy armpit-toting hippies, look away now. This book isn’t for you. We’ve heard plenty about why global warming is a bad thing, but what about the…
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Not just for the Mac addicts
iWoz, by Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith (Hachette Livre/Headline Review, RRP $39.99): In 1973, Steve Wozniak decided to build a computer for a bit of fun. He called it Apple I. Fast forward 30 years and that bit of fun…
Inspirational author rises above awful childhood
Ugly, by Constance Briscoe (Hachette Livre, $36.99): Told she was ugly and subjected to unimaginable abuses at the hands of her mother, Constance Briscoe survived an awful childhood to become a practising barrister and one of the first black women…
Stephen Leather delivers again
Cold Kill, by Stephen Leather (Hachette Livre, $36.99): What’s even deadlier than terrorists? According to this book, it’s the men who’ve got them in their sights. Cold Kill kicks off with the Asian Boxing Day tsunami and the action just…