This is a fantastic Kiwi Christmas picture book for your favourite littlie. Gavin Bishop and Joy Cowley will be familiar names to lots of our future readers, and to their mums, dads and teachers, too. Gavin Bishop has won the NZ Children’s Book of the Year award three times and been awarded the Margaret Mahy […]
Gorgeous book for Kiwi kids Read Post »
We really do have a passion for Zephyrs and Zodiacs in New Zealand and I doubt there are many of us who haven’t either owned one or had parents who owned one (my dad and brother were both big fans of these classy machines). There are clubs honouring these cars all around the country and
A New Zealand passion Read Post »
We all know someone who seems to absorb weird and wonderful facts so here’s the perfect book for all the those sponges of knowledge. This latest Guinness offering is the book of the decade version, and includes new content and features that recognise the record-breaking achievements of the noughties. Apart from all the usual longest,
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We all know about the favourite touristy places and events that everyone talks about but what about those that are just a little further off the beaten track and a little less populated by tourists? This book takes a look at those places we have all read about and compares them with similar, usually not-so-well-known
Getting off the beaten track Read Post »
Yes, this is it, the latest instalment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: part six of Douglas Adams’ trilogy in four parts. Sadly, Adams died before he was able to write the sixth book himself, although he once said he expected he would write a sixth because “five seems to be a wrong
Part six of the trilogy from a fan Read Post »
James Patterson has produced another page-turner with this latest book in the Alex Cross series. However, don’t be put off if you haven’t read any of the earlier Cross books because, like all of Patterson’s books, it’s an easy read that works perfectly well as a stand-alone story. The story is actually a story within
Compelling reading from Patterson Read Post »
I really wanted to love this book but, sadly, it just didn’t do it for me. Promoted as the world’s first digi-novel, Level 26: Dark Origins is the first novel from the bloke who came up with the CSI stable of TV programmes, Anthony E Zuiker. The title comes from the premise that those who
Digi-novel fell short of expectations Read Post »
He’s a Kiwi icon and a good southern bloke but there are probably a lot of us who still don’t know as much about Burt Munro as we really should. Munro was a bit of a maverick: he had a love of speed (and was quite fond of the ladies, too, from all accounts) and
Awesome value and in time for Christmas Read Post »
Our summers here in the south might sometimes be a wee bit dodgy but when we do get a good weekend, there’s nothing better than cracking open a nice cold beer and cranking up the barbecue. If you’re sick of the same old charred sausages and scorched chops, New Zealand’s first family of food have
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Did you spot the error in the title? If not, the tagline beneath the heading on the book’s cover might give you a hint: “including how to know the difference between your and you’re”. This brilliant wee gem of a book is a handy guide to all those tricky spelling and grammar traps that trip
Wordy help at hand Read Post »
