The Liberal Agenda – 1985 by Dominic Hoey review. 5 stars
I think Dominic Hoey is one of the most important Gen X writers NZ has. His beautiful 1985 is set…
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‘Navigators & Naturalists’ – the book
Navigators & Naturalists – French exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas 1769-1824 weaves together geographic, natural and human history. It sets the scientific exploration of New Zealand and the Pacific in the context of the French Enlightenment with its veneration of science and philosophy and the quest to map the whole world – and everything in it – minerals, plants, animals and peoples, that fuelled the Age of Discovery.
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GUEST BLOG: Dr Liz Gordon – The Fire & Fury review – 6 stars
Liz Gordon writes about Fire and Fury, the tell-all book about the White House of Donald Trump, which she read all day Saturday (a 7 hour read) (a must-read) (6 stars). She also recommends that Peter Jackson grab the film rights pronto!
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A Political Review of Constant Radical – the Life and Times of Sue Bradford
Global politics is in a state of change. Old orthodoxies are breaking down, and new projects are rising to challenge the status quo. These challenges come from both the left and right. While NZ hasn’t felt the same rupture as we have seen with Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders or Podemos in Spain, the global resurgence of left-wing politics is echoing here as well.
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`I’m comfortable with that’ A review of Gavin Ellis` ‘Complacent Nation’
Census figures reveal that the number of print, radio and television journalists fell from 2,214 to 1,170 between 2006 and 2013. Ellis notes that remaining journalists must respond to print, broadcasting and digital platforms as news budgets contract. Unsurprisingly, tabloid news values have predominated. Ellis` front page,weekday survey of five metropolitan dailies (during January 2014) showed that 60 per cent of the New Zealand Herald`s lead stories were about crime or emergencies.
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The Long Depression: Book Review
Roberts develops his argument that the GFC was not an accident or result of wrong decisions by central banks, or greedy Wall St traders. It was not an aberration of ‘financialisation’ where financial speculation undermined profits and created massive debt.
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Award winning book miseducates young readers about war
Being the son of Elsie Locke I was interested to see who won the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction at this year’s NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The Elsie Locke Award recognises my late mother’s contribution to children’s literature.
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The Cost of Living: A review of Thomas Owen’s ‘Patents, Pills and the Press’
Hidden within the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is a longstanding conflict between pharmaceutical corporations and health activists over the availability of generic medicines.