Mune: An Autobiography, by Ian Mune (Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $49.99): Ian Mune is something of the elder statesman of acting here in New Zealand, with a pedigree that covers film, television and theatre. In this autobiography, the actor, writer…
Category: People
Great little read about a great little presenter
Or Is That Just Me? by Richard Hammond (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, RRP $39.99): For anyone out there who hasn’t watched Top Gear on TV (come out from under your rock), Richard “Hamster” Hammond is the little guy who helps present…
Plenty of flavour from professional taster
Cravat-A-Licious, by Matt Preston (Random House, RRP $42.99): The Aussie version of the MasterChef television phenomenon bore little resemblance to its Brit inspiration (and our Kiwi version even less so) but it did prove incredibly entertaining on several levels. It…
Awesome value and in time for Christmas
The World’s Fastest Indian, by Roger Donaldson (Random House NZ, RRP $55) 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…
Nothing too startling from a snotty little brother
Life With My Sister Madonna, by Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh (Simon & Schuster, RRP $28): Madonna’s brother has jumped on the publicity bandwagon with a book that I suppose will make him some money but certainly won’t gain him…
Entertaining diary from lovable rogue
God Bless America: Misadventures of a Big Mouth Brit, by Piers Morgan (Random House, RRP $39.99): We all love to hate a villain and Piers Morgan has presented American TV viewers with a prime example of lovable small-screen rogue. Morgan…
Ramsay cooks up perfect recipe
Playing with Fire, by Gordon Ramsay (HarperCollins, RRP $36.99): Gordon Ramsay is a bloke with a big mouth but he’s got the talent to back up all his noise. He seems to be popping up all over the telly these days…
I enjoyed this more than his movies
Mere Anarchy, by Woody Allen (Random House, RRP $34.99): Woody Allen is many things: playwright, screenwriter, actor, director, father, husband and — at least once — dodgy photographer. However, beyond all that, he’s also pretty funny. I’ve actually found I…
Branson’s adventures an entertaining read
Arctic Diary: Surviving on Thin Ice, by Sam and Richard Branson (Virgin, RRP $27.99): Richard Branson, the entrepreneur behind the wildly successful Virgin Group, is one of those astonishingly rich people who is also astonishingly adventurous. With all that money he…
Incredible story of survival and belief
Treading Water: Rob Hewitt’s Survival Story, by Rob Hewitt with Aaron Smale (Huia, RRP $30): We all felt for former All Black Norm Hewitt when the news broke back in February, 2006, that his brother Rob was the diver missing…