San Sombrero, by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch (Hardie Grant Books, $34.99): This cracking little guide to the fictional Central American country of San Sombrero is the latest offering in the Jetlag Travel Guide series. Described as the birthplace…
Author: Jillian Allison-Aitken
Want answers? This bloke has them
Little Red Book of Sales Answers, by Jeffrey Gitomer (Penguin, $24.95): This is the companion book to the Little Red Book of Selling and claims to contain 99.5 real-world answers that make sense, make sales and make money. I haven’t actually taken the…
Lots of surprises in this cracking read
Sharp Objects By Gillian Flynn (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, $36.99) When two young girls are abducted and killed, reporter Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to cover the case. The daughter of one of the richest families in the…
A world of details and descriptions
Eyes Like Butterflies, by Terence Hodgson (Chambers, $29.99): Compiled by Kiwi author Terence Hodgson, Eyes Like Butterflies is a collection of similes and metaphors drawn from modern English literature and presented in dictionary form. There are more than 3000 entries, covering…
Delightfully creepy deep-sea mystery
The Swarm, by Frank Schatzing (Hodder & Stoughton, $36.99): Off the Peruvian coast a fisherman drowns, dragged to his death by a mysterious underwater current. He is not alone. During the coming weeks, thousands like him will die each day — killed at…
Trade Me tale doesn’t quite hit the mark
Trade Me the Novel, by Geoff Vause (Tauiwi, $25): There’s been quite a buzz both online and off about this book, which delves into the world of auction website Trade Me as a basis for its plot. A trader auctions…
A cruisy existence
Cruising: A Guide For First Time Cruisers, by Catherine Stewart (published by author, $19.90): If you’re planning on taking yourself off for a cruise, Catherine Stewart has all the inside info you could possibly need. As a qualified cruise specialist…
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Tararewa
A chronicle of Mother Nature’s damage: When Mt Tarawera erupted early on the morning of June 10, 1886, 153 people died and New Zealand lost what was at the time the country’s greatest tourist attraction, the spectacular pink and white…
Dads, just for a laugh
Fathers’ Wit, by Rosemarie Jarski (Reed Publishing, $24.99): Dads have a knack of being funny — whether it’s in a corny way or fits more in the realm of truly, side-splittingly hilarious. Maybe it’s a side effect of fatherhood, all the…
Coming-of-age tale
Shipping Out: A Merchant Sailor’s Tale, by Gerry Evans (Sarah Bennett Books, RRP $29.99): Gerry Evans fell in love with the sea growing up in the Welsh seaside town of Aberystwyth and at the age of 16, he joined the British merchant…