Books on Saturday Morning, November 2008
(most recent programme at the top)
28 November
Kluge: the
Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Gary Marcus
(Faber &
Faber, ISBN: 9780571236510)
Places of
Wonder & Discovery
edited by
Geoff Steven
(OP
Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-86953-669-5)
Payback: Debt
and the Shadow Side of Wealth
by Margaret
Atwood
(Bloomsbury, ISBN:9780747598497)
The Time of My
Death
by Alan
Breslau
(E. P. Dutton
Co., 1977)
(Alan's new book,
The Beauty of Disfigurement: How to Cope With Looking, will be published in
2009.)
22 November
Getting There: an Autobiography
by Barbara Anderson
(Victoria University Press, ISBN: 978-0-86473-590-4)
My Word is My Bond
by Roger Moore
(HarperCollins, ISBN: 978-0-7322-8871-6)
Fat: an Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes
by Jennifer McLagan
(Ten Speed Press, ISBN: 978-1-58008-935-7)
Children's Books with Kate De Goldi:
There Was An Old Woman, by Gavin Bishop (Gecko, ISBN: 978 1 877467 16 5)
Creatures Aotearoa, by Dylan Owen (Gecko, ISBN: 978 1 877467 07 3)
My Favourite Place, by Martin Bailey (Mallinson Rendel, ISBN: 978 1 877423 20 8)
The Big Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook, by J.L. Brisley, illustrated by Clara Vulliamy (Kingfisher; ISBN: 9 780753 415900)
15 November
Dreamboat Dad
by Alan Duff
(Vintage, ISBN: 978-1-86979-024-0)
What Happened in Ohio? A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election
by Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis
(New Press, ISBN: 978-1595580696)
As Goes Ohio: Election Theft Since 2004
by Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis
(CICJ Books, ISBN: 978-1934849095)
Solartopia! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030
by Harvey Wasserman
(harveywasserman.com, ISBN: 978-0975340240)
Kate's Klassic:
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
(Puffin ISBN: 9780141321059)
Nourish
by Simon Gault, with photographs by Kieran Scott
(Random House, ISBN 978-1-86979-050-9)
On Top of Everything
by Sarah-Kate Lynch
(Black Swan, ISBN: 978-1-86941-997-4)
8 November
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
by Lawrence Lessig
(Penguin Press 2004, ISBN: 1594200068)
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
by Lawrence Lessig
(Penguin Press, ISBN: 978-1594201721)
Images of War: World War One
by Glyn Harper
(HarperCollins, ISBN 978-1-86950-676-6)
Show of Hands
by Anthony McCarten
(Vintage, ISBN: 9781869419950)
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi:
Kate discusses the I Can Read series from HarperCollins, the main rival through the 1950s to the Beginner Books series from Random House (whose star authors were Dr Seuss and P.D. Eastman). The discussion will include I Can Read books by Else Holmelund Minarik (whose Little Bear series, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, launched the series in 1957), Syd Hoff (Sammy the Seal, Danny the Dinosaur, A Horse in Harry's Room), Arnold Lobel (the Frog and Toad books, Owl at Home, Mouse Tales), Peggy Parish (the Amelia Bedelia books), Russell Hoban (the Frances the badger books) and Lillian Hoban (the Arthur the chimpanzee books).
1 November
Me Cheeta: The Autobiography
(Fourth Estate, ISBN: 978-0-00-728515-0)
Gary Manawatu (1964-2008): Death of a Fence-Post-Modernist
by David Geary
short story from The Six Pack Three
(NZ Book Month 2008, ISBN: 978-1-877192-34-0)
The Magician of Hoad
by Margaret Mahy
(HarperCollins, ISBN 978-1-86950-687-2, ISBN 978-1-86950-764-0)