If you have a wordy person in your life, they will love this book. We all know a few proverbs and while some are fairly self-explanatory, others seem to fall into the realm of ridiculous. Broadcaster and entertainer Max Cryer is a language expert who knows a thing or two about a thing or two […]
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Once again, author Simon Kernick promises and delivers a fast-paced thriller. Ex-cop Dennis Milne is a man with a past that involves murder. Milne has earned his living killing the bad guys who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he is in Manila, awaiting word on his next target. Detective Tina Boyd is also
Not Kernick’s best but still a good read Read Post »
I’m no great fan of self-help books and anyone who knows me will understand why it is my sister who is the social worker of the family and not me. However, this is one of those books that even a cynic like me can see the benefit of owning because it offers sound advice and
Helpful but not a hug-fest Read Post »
I have a couple of slow cookers and am a big fan of the easy meals that can be produced with the help of these great little kitchen staples. I bought my first one way back in the mists of time, when I first moved out of my parents’ house and into my first flat.
New book from slow cooker converts Read Post »
Waikato author Michelle Holman’s latest book features bad girl April Ritchie, who returns home to Pisa after a nine-year absence. April was a bit of a spoilt brat who never made a lot of friends in the town and her speedy departure from Pisa on her 17th birthday left plenty of unanswered questions. The locals
Chick lit … but I enjoyed them Read Post »
December 5 marked the the anniversary of the death of one of New Zealand’s true adventurers, Sir Peter Blake, and I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who remembers distinctly where I was when I heard the awful news that Sir Peter had died at the hands of bandits on the Amazon River.
A personal look at a great Kiwi adventurer Read Post »
This is a revised edition of Martin Hawes’ best-selling book. It aims to help anyone make money on the sharemarket, no matter how experienced or inexperienced they might be. The author explains what he says are the seven secrets to becoming a successful investor and as with all his books, does it in plain English.
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Best-selling author Richelle Mead has made her name writing the Vampire Academy novels but this novel is the first in a different series, still in the fantasy realm but minus the fangs. Otherworld is an embattled realm mystically entwined with our world. Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham is the best at banishing entities trespassing in the mortal
Even the bonking can’t save this one Read Post »
This picturesque little country we live in could have been custom-made to fill postcards: from the soaring mountains to the flowing rivers to even the sheep, most of it looks pretty good through a camera lens. And while there are plenty of people out there who reckoned postcards were on their way out with the
There’s no doubt that most of us enjoy a good spot of gossip but David Hartnell is one of those very few people in the world who has managed to make a career of it. It wasn’t always such a glamorous life, though, and for young David Segetin (as he was then) growing up was
Amusing study of gossip writer’s life Read Post »
