This quirky, literature-laden book by two British friends is a ''novel'' take on best-book compilations and the self-help genre, and is sure to delight bibliophiles.
Lloyd Jones has written a book about himself, his parents and his grandparents, and where he came from that made him who he is. He uses a patchwork of shifting and interwoven narratives that...
Helen Speirs reviews Skippers & the Shotover River, Queenstown.
Horse enthusiasts will love this; it is a real page-turner.
Years ago, my wife and I visited Norfolk Island in early summer for a holiday.
Who hasn't heard of John Profumo, a minister in Harold Macmillan's Tory government of the late '50s and early '60s, and good-time girls Christine Keeler and Mandy-Rice Davies?
Reading Bringing Them Up Royal I'm irrepressibly reminded of the old television series Blackadder, with Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) gurning and simpering his way through the series. All the while (initially at least) harried, bullied and threatened by his irascible father the King, (Brian Blessed).
Margaret Thatcher was, to many, a determined politician made famous for staring down trade unions, defeating Argentina over the Falklands and setting in place an asset sales programme followed by other economies.
Readers who remember the footage of the 2011 tsunami that swept over the foreshore of coastal settlements and tossed cars and houses about like toys, may be surprised to learn (as I was) that this same stretch of Japanese coastline had been hit by similarly destructive tsunamis in 1896 and 1933.
The 10th century has, by and large, had a bad press. It has been usual to tack it on to the Dark Ages and dismiss it as of little relevance.
I seldom read books that I think might give me nightmares, so I had to grit my teeth to read No Mercy because the content is the stuff of bad dreams.
This true account of a British tea-planter's feat in rescuing a large party of British civilians, Indian army soldiers and their servants from north Burma will sometimes test the reader's patience.
A few weeks ago, former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a speech in which she said it was time the United States had a female head of state.
For six decades the Royal New Zealand Ballet has toured the cities and heartlands of the country triggering inspiration, winning hearts and weaving dreams through its generous spirit and passion for dance.
A Fort of Nine Towers is an impressive addition to the growing stable of contemporary Afghan literature.
A political party struggling to win electoral favour.
Survival and strength of mind are key themes in Judith Tebbutt's true account of her kidnapping by Somali pirates from the Kenyan coast in 2011.
