The Trigger, by Tim Butcher (Chatto & Windus, RRP $40): Most people know that it was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo that eventually triggered the beginning of World War I, but the story of the man who…
Month: March 2015
Climate debate heats up
Living in a Warmer World: How a changing climate will affect our lives, edited by Jim Salinger (Bateman, RRP $40): Eighteen essays by chiefly Australian and Kiwi scientists detail what is happening as our planet gets warmer and examine both…
What shaped our evolutionary path?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (Harvill Secker, RRP $38): With a PhD in history from Oxford University, Dr Yuval Noah Harari is well-qualified to examine the history of us – the human species. Sapiens: A Brief…
A good read, if you ignore the annoyances
The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins (Doubleday, RRP $37): Every morning, Rachel catches the same train to the same destination, to her same job, and passes the same houses on her journey. And every morning that train stops…
Hold it in your hands and feel the history
Paper: An Elegy, by Ian Sansom (Fourth Estate, RRP $30): Where would we be without paper? Sure, the digital age has changed the way we read our books, magazines and newspapers, but we didn’t get there without killing a few…
New name for publisher
Craig Potton Publishing is having a wee name change (to Potton & Burton), in a move the company says reflects the increasingly diverse range of New Zealand books it publishes. The change happens on today and marks the end of a…
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New Zealand in Watercolour
Showcasing a selection of beautiful watercolour paintings by 30 of our leading artists, New Zealand in Watercolour is an affordable coffee table or bookshelf addition for lovers of New Zealand art. Each of the artists has supplied four or five…