Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips, by Max Cryer (Exisle Publishing, RRP $30): 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…
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Making the most of your money
Shares, by Martin Hawes (Penguin, $40): 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…
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Postcards from New Zealand
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The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook
McLaren proved Kiwis can fly: The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook, by Jan McLaren & Richard Becht (HarperCollins, RRP $60): In the world of motorsport, Bruce McLaren did it all: he was a driver, creator, designer, engineer, constructor and even a team…
Bookmarks: A selection of NZ books
Finding the Path by Kelvin Cruickshank with Margie Thomson (Penguin, RRP $42): Celebrity psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank is well known through his work on the television programme Sensing Murder but he also writes books on psychic ability. In this, his…
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Grahame Sydney’s Central Otago
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99 Ways Into New Zealand Poetry
Size doesn’t matter … even in poetry This massive 624-page beast of a book looks a little daunting at first glance but don’t let the size of the thing put you off. New Zealand has a diverse range of very…
The stories behind our stamps
It’s In The Post, by Richard Wolfe (Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $40): All the emailing and texting going on these days must make it hard for the budding stamp collectors out there, which is really a shame. When I was…
Soldiers’ letters bring home horror
Letters From Gallipoli: New Zealand Soldiers Write Home, edited by Glyn Harper (Auckland University Press, RRP $49.95): This latest book by Glyn Harper is one that brings home the trauma, hardship, heartache and horror of living through, and with, a…
Kiwi lingo in one book
Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms, by Tony Deverson (Oxford University Press, RRP $39.99): If you’ve ever had to explain one of those special Kiwi terms to someone online, or to a visitor from overseas, this might be the perfect book…