Radio programme December 2nd
Our radio programme on Access Radio 783AM, December 2nd 4.30pm, features Under the covers Vol. 1 by Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs.
Walking on custard
Mouth watering photographs of food, why you can walk on custard, heroic adventures, Leonardo da Vinci’s self propelled armoured tank and pompoms are among the topics covered in our latest children’s non fiction. See how fun physics can be with prize-winning ‘Can you feel the force?’, by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond.
Flashes from the Welsh Pulpit
This month our buyers recommend new books by Victoria Beckham and Joan Collins, and titles on Georgette Heyer’s regency England and surviving children’s parties. ‘Fish who answer the telephone and other bizarre books’ is full of gems such as ‘Scouts in Bondage’, ‘Moles and their Meaning’, and ‘Premature Burial and How it May Be Prevented’.
Change of leadership
Our latest In the news feature is on the National Party’s change of leadership. We link to some of the latest NZ and Australian newspaper articles, and some useful books.
Bargains at library book sale
Our book sale starts 5 December at 9.30am. Bag a bargain, find a gem or complete a collection – items from only 50 cents!
Throughout beautiful New Zealand
Our latest New Zealand recent picks look at NZ in the nuclear age, Crown Lynn pottery, disasters, magnificent maps, bed and breakfasts, Polish NZers and the Foxton Windmill.
Humours and homunculi
Our new popular science books include gorgeous Te Papa Press publications ‘Extinct birds of New Zealand’ and ‘Eagle’s complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand’. ‘Ghosts of Gondwana: the history of life in New Zealand’ by Wellingtonian George Gibbs is a fascinating account of our natural history.
Petulant princesses and vengeful owls
We have many great new short stories, including collections by Margaret Atwood, Susanna Clarke (she of ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’), Colm Toibin and Joyce Carol Oates. Visit the wacky world of womanless wedding fund-raisers, watch a pack of vindictive salesgirls give a haughty fashionista a deadly dressing-down, survive an Iowa blizzard and meet a a conceited Regency clergyman.
A cabal of sorceresses
Lurking among our new science fiction and fantasy novels, a female android with a conscience, plague, Never Dead Ned (commander of the Ogre Company) and Grafenwalder’s bestiary. Lara, the Queen of Xy, Vlad Taltos, Adrilankha and Siyee continue the ever amusing naming conventions of these genres.
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