New Magazines galore. For men’s fashion and lifestyle, try ‘Details’ and ‘Men’s vogue’. The best of Harvard Business Review is featured in OnPoint (remember, HBR is available online in EBSCO). ‘Fair lady’ approaches the woman’s mag format from a South African perspective. The academic Catholic theology journal ‘Communio’ was founded by Joseph Ratzinger among others.
Our Health page is featuring books, websites and journal articles on epilepsy for Epilepsy Awareness Week 5th -12th September.
WCL members can use the Gale Health & Wellness database and EBSCO article database for health information anytime, anywhere with an internet connection.
Our new religion books discuss Krishnamurti, Satanism, Gabriel, female shamanism, meditation, the philosophy of religion, and more. If you prefer tasty tidbits, ‘The best American spiritual writing 2005′ has essays from many perspectives.
Our new craft books look at silk ‘paper’, gift wrapping, origami, hand-made journals, Victorian textiles, Mexican crafts and more. ‘Wearing propaganda: textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945′ features a kimono lined with images of U.S. planes blowing and a British scarf emblazoned with hopeful anti-rationing slogans.
New DIY and gardening books this month feature organic gardening, transforming T-shirts, home storage and pruning. Te Papa Press have published the sumptuous ‘An illustrated guide to New Zealand hebes’ by M. J. Bayly and A. V. Kellow. Hebes are NZ’s largest plant genus.
We have two new foodie books from Ramsey (is he stretching himself thin?) and essays from Bourdain. There’s a fascinating biography of the non-existent Betty Crocker, Korean recipes, Italian family dinners, and help for the gluten free, diabetic and more.
There my dear by Dimmer, Into the dojo by locals The Black Seeds, Real life by talented youngsters Evermore, the charming Deja Voodoo’s Back in brown and actress Lisa Chappell’s When then is now.
New Jazz CDs – jazz artists cover songs by alternative band Pavement on Gold sounds; 2006 sees the long-coming release of Diana Ross’s Blue , originally recorded in 1972; The complete Pacific jazz sessions from Gil Evans. In the Blues section we’ve got the 4 disc Million years blues by Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson. Compilation cds Super breaks 2 and 3 offer “essential funk, soul and jazz samples & break beats” from 1967-1978.
This month in history – Freud and Princess Diana died, the first Pizza Hut opened in NZ and the Dominion newspaper was first published. Also check out our new history page feature for this month – the Black Death.
For the latest music news, visit our popular music page. The Dudes are returning, the Pumpkins reuniting and a Bebop pianist has died.
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