For God and Country, by James Yee (Public Affairs, $49.95): James Yee could have been the poster boy for the United States Army. The West Point graduate and New Jersey native was a second-generation army man, following in the footsteps…
Month: January 2008
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…
Killers at Large
Killers at Large, by Nigel Cawthorne (Constable & Robinson, RRP $29.99): The proliferation of cop shows on television makes it clear that we have a fascination with solving mysteries. However, in real life, sometimes the mystery is never solved and the…
Hope for me yet
A Perfect Mess, by Eric Abrahamson and David H Freedman (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, RRP $35.99): So, we’ve had the self-help books that tell us how to organise our lives and have everything running like a well-oiled machine. It’s big business, this organising…