Unity Newsletter
Issue 39, Winter 2010
It's winter (in case you hadn't yet drawn the curtains) and it's seasons like these that make something warm desperately appealing...a book is great for burning, but that long sustained burn? You need to read it to get that. So here are some great reads to thaw you out and lighten the gloom.
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 | Abortion Then & Now: New Zealand Abortion Stories from 1940 to 1980Margaret Sparrow VUP $50.00
In the 1940s and 50s, abortion meant either death
or breaking the law. The 60s brought feminism and
contraception. The 70s saw abortion catapulted into
the public domain, and finally saw the introduction
of safe abortion services. After more than 30 years,
this book brings a wealth of reflection and insight-a
major step in reviewing the present system.
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| |  | Cat Among the PigeonsDame Catherine Tizard Random $40.00
Wit, grit and panache define Dame Cath's public and
personal herstory, and this memoir is no different. As
indicated by the title, this is a woman not averse to
clearing away the outmoded, challenging the status quo
and living life on her own terms. To appropriate from
a famous congratulatory telegram sent to Catherine
from the Queen, hers is a life "well jumped".
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 | Katherine Mansfield: The Story-TellerKathleen Jones Viking $65.00
The first biography of Mansfield to appear in 25
years, Jones' account draws heavily on Mansfield's
correspondence and journals and is rich in intimate
detail, aiming to correct the numerous misunderstandings
about Mansfield's illnesses and relationships. Jones also
examines Mansfield's afterlife: the handling of her
estate by her husband John Middleton Murry, and her
recognition as one of New Zealand's greatest writers.
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| |  | Man For All Seasons: the Life and Times of Ken DouglasDavid Grant Godwit $45.00
Marxist intellectual, leader of the Socialist Unity Party
in the 70s and 80s, president of the NZ Council of Trade
Unions to 1999, Porirua City Councillor, and multiple
board director, Ken Douglas remains in the public eye.
This authorised biography by historian and journalist
David Grant, provides context and illumination to his
changes in political and personal affiliations.
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 | Reading on the Farm: Victorian Fiction and the Colonial WorldLydia Wevers VUP $40.00
In Reading on the Farm, Lydia Wevers immerses herself in
the history of the Brancepeth Station in the Wairarapa.
The 2000 volume library was established in 1844, and
donated to Victoria University in 1966. Reflecting on
the meaning of books, reading and intellectual life
in a colonial nation, Wevers succeeds, yet again, in
writing a compelling piece of social history.
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| |  | Rebel With A CauseRay Avery Random $40.00
This is Ray Avery's autobiography-a scientist,
businessman and humanist whose scientific work has
made cataract surgery available to many in the third
world, he encourages other talented people to come on
board and tackle some of the big problems for the poor
in developing countries. Avery currently coordinates
these efforts from his garage in Mt Eden.
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 | Report on ExperienceJohn Mulgan VUP $40.00
This memoir from the author of Man Alone, contains
reflections on the New Zealand of Mulgan's youth, the
European war, the battles of El Alamein and his months
in Axis-occupied Greece. Edited by Peter Whiteford,
this new edition has a preface by Richard Mulgan, a
foreword by historian M.R.D. Foot and restores the
deletions and amendments of the original.
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| |  | Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western FrontMatthew Wright Penguin $45.00
Gallipoli and the subsequent campaign on the Western
Front destroyed the New Zealand fantasy that war is a
glorious schoolboy adventure on behalf of a beloved
Empire. These two campaigns shaped the lives of a
generation of New Zealanders and gave particular
meaning to the modern reality of war.
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![]() | The Great Wrong War: New Zealand Society in WWIStevan Eldred-Grigg Random $55.00
Stevan Eldred-Grigg believes that for New Zealand,
World War I was avoidable and almost disastrous. He
asks if the cost was too high for New Zealanders both
then and now. This and many other questions are
investigated in this fascinating book, as he looks at our
social history before, during and just after WWI.
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| |  | The Last Everyday Hero: The Bert Sutcliffe StoryRichard Boock Longacre $40.00
A double biography, this is the story of New Zealand's
first cricketing hero, Bert Sutcliffe, and Rod Nye, whose
lifelong dream it was to write Sutcliffe's biography.
Award-winning journalist Richard Boock joins these
two men to complete the story which is aptly dubbed
New Zealand cricket's Field of Dreams.
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