This month’s new New Zealand fiction includes books by Carl Shuker, Kirsty Gunn, Lloyd Jones and Ian Wedde. In one of Patricia Grace’s new short stories, a man falls in love with a carving. In ‘John Tomb’s head’ by Stephanie Johnson, the titular tattooed head wryly observes everyone who claims ownership.
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Baked caramel pots with strawberries and honey madeleines. Cherry frangipane. Irresistible pizzas. Yum. Also in our new cook books, grrrrowlicious food for dogs, a guide to food additives and a textbook on food and beverage service.
Our staff DVD picks for November include television shows Prison break, The good life, Reginald Perrin and The grid. Mark argues that Cronenberg’s ‘A history of violence’ doesn’t live up to its press (but is worth seeing anyway). Michael hugs his nearest during ‘Harvie Krumpet’. Karen thinks that both Lolitas are worth watching, but Nabokov’s book is better. Kini is pleased that ‘Prime’ doesn’t have a “sappy happy ending.”
Our new New Zealand books discuss the weather, curious place names, duelling, wearable art, cycling, music and many other subjects. ‘An illustrated guide to New Zealand hebes’ by M. J. Bayly and A. V. Kellow is gorgeous. ‘Aramoana : twenty-two hours of terror’ by Bill O’Brien tells the amazing story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
If the Goddess rises from her tomb, the fate of the Ice Eaters will be sealed. A charismatic Christian cleric threatens the stability of the pagan kingdom of Fortriu. Everyone who reads cursed book ‘The End of Mr. Y’ disappears. It takes a lot to kill an immortal. All this and more in our new science fiction and fantasy books.
We have new biographies about the impressionists, Europe’s most infamous rulers, Charles Dickens’s artist daughter Katey and Victorian celebrity chef Alexis Soyer. Our new autobiographies include titles by Gloria Vanderbilt, Lloyd Geering, Jonathan Franzen and David Profumo.
Our new sport and recreation books, DVDs and CDs look at kendo, ju-jitsu, the Lions tour of 2005 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ‘The personal trainer’s handbook: manage your business, know your clients’ by Rebecca Weissbort is designed for new trainers. Audio book ‘The Vincibles: a suburban cricket season’ by Gideon Haigh is an entertaining tale of playing for love, winning with grace, losing with humour, valuing your community, and other anachronistic notions.
Our latest management picks discuss communication for leaders, interviewing, how western managers can learn from Chinese entrepreneurs, improving employee performance and other useful topics. In the widely discussed ‘The long tail : how endless choice is creating unlimited demand’, Chris Anderson explores the implications to online retail of the high profit in sales of millions of items sold in small quantities.
Among our new contemporary fiction are books involving a wolf girl, a dark lean man, an orphaned love child, opium dens (in two of the books!), a brutal assassin with the heart of a poet, Romani harpists and a teenage eco-terrorist. An orphaned teenager’s greatest dream is to own his own hot-dog stand. Fired police sub-inspector Swami’s wife is obsessed with securing the Most Expensive Husbands in India.
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