Remembering Diana: The Way We Were, by Paul Burrell (HarperCollins, $34.99): The life and tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was played out under the harsh glare of camera flashes and glossy magazines. It seemed that she couldn’t make a…
Author: Jillian Allison-Aitken
Second in series as fun as the first
Motor Mouth, by Janet Evanovich (HarperCollins, $34.99): Alexandra Barnaby (better known to her friends as Barney) and race-car driver Sam Hooker are back in a new novel that follows on from the best-selling Metro Girl. Barney is now Sam’s raceday spotter and during…
Brilliant telling of Beaconsfield story
Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue, by Tony Wright (HarperCollins, $36.99): When the earth moved in the Tasmanian mining town of Beaconsfield on Anzac Day last year, trapping three miners underground, it had a profound impact on everyone in…
A love story that changed my mind
Mozart and the Whale, by Jerry and Mary Newport, with Johnny Dodd (Allen and Unwin, $35): I’m not a fan of love stories, soppy things that they are. However, this one got my attention and managed to hold it for the…
Safe as houses
Smart Moves, by Marnie Adams (Random House, RRP $29.99): With the current boisterous real estate market, you can understand why so many people see selling property as a good way to make a living. Marnie Adams is one of New Zealand’s top real…
Are you from Yachtlandia?
Shoot the Breeze: How to Speak Yachtie, by Sarah Ell (Random House, RRP $19.99): If you felt totally out of your depth during the recent America’s Cup racing, this book might just be what you need. Shoot the Breeze will teach you…
Story of personal loss raw but uplifting
Dear Charlie, by Reg Thompson (John Murray, $39.99): This moving family memoir gives the reader a glimpse into the grief of a father as he comes to terms with the ultimate loss for any parent: the loss of a child. Reg…
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The Black River
C K Stead’s latest offering a real gem: It may come as a surprise to some who know me when I say I like poetry. Not the flowery stuff of Shakespeare (no, that’s not an invitation for Shakespeare geeks to…
Industry out of control
The Truth About the Drug Companies, by Marcia Angell, MD (Macmillan, $30): The current state of the drug industry in the United States is being viewed as the potential future for those of us in Australasia. In the US, the public…
Dyer offers a fresh outlook
Future Tense The Coming World Order, by Gwynne Dyer (Scribe, $32): Freelance journalist-columnist Gwynne Dyer has a knack of taking complex, controversial stories and offering a fresh view. From the Middle East to Afghanistan, Dyer has a depth of understanding…