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A new way of looking at thingsAndrew Blechman was inspired to write Leisureville (UQP, December) after his next-door neighbours moved into a massive gated retirement community called ‘The Villages’, the largest in the world with a growing population bordering on 100,000.Published 1 December, 2008 
Andrew Blechman was inspired to write Leisureville (UQP, December) after his next-door neighbours moved into a massive gated retirement community called ‘The Villages’, the largest in the world with a growing population bordering on 100,000. Children aren’t allowed in these communities and while the author’s golf cart investigations are humorous and engaging, he also finds the trend increasingly disturbing. This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from New Releases
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The heart-racing follow-up to the international bestseller Simple Genius17 May, 2009 
A 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling classic.16 May, 2009 
From Nagasaki to Delhi, Pakistan to New York, Kamila Shamsie’s Burnt Shadows (Bloomsbury, May) is a sweeping, powerful look at love, loss, history and conflict in the tradition of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, or The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai.25 March, 2009 
How much science ‘really’ allows us to understand is explored in 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense (Profile Books, April).25 March, 2009 
Christian Cameron follows up the epic Tyrant with Tyrant: Storm of Arrows (Orion, April) about an exiled cavalry commander violently reclaiming his freedom.25 March, 2009 
Unmissable for Anzac Day is On the Paths of Ash (Pier 9, April), the diaries of Robert Holman, edited and given historical context by Peter Thomson.25 March, 2009 
Art at Te Papa (ed. William McAloon, Te Papa Press, April) presents the Te Papa collection, its history closely linked with that of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Over 400 artworks are on show, accompanied by mini essays.25 March, 2009 |
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