It will probably come as no surprise to learn that way back in the mists of time, when I was a young’un, I was a bit of a bookworm. I had an extensive collection of hard-cover Little Golden Books (including the classic Poky Little Puppy) that filled my own bookshelf and took over most of […]
Some Christmas gift ideas for your book-tacular friends and family. Please excuse the dodgy video quality (filmed with my webcam because I was too lazy to get my camcorder from the other room). Happy shopping … books are way better than socks, and much easier to wrap. 🙂 And yes, I have just tweaked this
Holy crap, Batman. It’s December! Read Post »
Butterflies may appear to be fragile creatures but their ability to colonise the tiny, scattered islands of the vast South Pacific ocean proves they are anything but fragile. From Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji in the west, to the far-flung Marquesas and Austral Islands in French Polynesia in the east, this book looks at the butterflies
■ REVIEW: Butterflies of the South Pacific
Butterflies prove resilient travellers Read Post »
It’s been 36 years since Colleen McCullough’s epic The Thorn Birds was first published, 30 years since it was made into that massive miniseries starring such luminaries as Richard Chamberlain, Barbara Stanwyck and Christopher Plummer. I remember both the book and the miniseries as being dramatic and just a little bit awesome. Given that, I was looking
■ REVIEW: Bittersweet
Epic sequel not so epic Read Post »
It’s been called the forgotten war, but for the New Zealanders who served in the Korean War during the 1950s, and their families, it hasn’t been forgotten. Forty-five Kiwis died during that conflict in a land many knew nothing about, in a war most didn’t understand. And still, decades later, it is a Cold War
