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Decision Time on Iran

Wednesday, November 25 2009

The West’s standoff with the Iranian regime over its illicit nuclear activities simultaneously grows simpler and more vexatious. It grows simpler as we reach a more and more certain judgment about the regime’s intentions vis-à-vis its nuclear program; it grows more vexatious as the terrifying nature of that judgment crystallizes, and as our hopes that the West’s leaders possess strategic wisdom and moral courage sufficient to cope with its implications wane. The latest development is that Iran will break its…

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The Little Book of Big Expenses

Friday, November 20 2009

Or How to Live the MP Lifestyle, this little book follows on from the investigations of MPs in UK claiming outrageous expenses for flats they don't live in, duck houses for their ducks, cleaning moats, 59p boxes of matches and anything and everything they thought they could get away with. The books is very funny making lists of who claimed what who has tried to pay back and what has happened to those MPs who thought they could take the…

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Ricki Herbert A New Fire

Friday, November 20 2009

A quick and timely production hailing the progress of the All Whites and their recent victory. It's a behind the scenes look at how the team has been reformed and reinvigorated by the player turned coach. Footy fans will be keen to catch up and young soccer fans will need to read it as a point of reference of how and when the beautiful game became part of the sports scene in New Zealand- and not before time.

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The Lacuna

Friday, November 20 2009

Meek young Harrison Shepherd is an observer of life and he keeps notebooks which he assiduously updates.

Set in Mexico and America over the 1930s and 40s when revolution was in the air Barbara Kingsolver tells a wonderful tale of coincidence and politics with Howard Shepherd as the unlikely kingpin. A good read and Kingsolver fans will not be disappointed

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Good To Fault

Friday, November 20 2009

Clara Purdy has led a blameless life,when she causes a traffic accident involving a family who are actually living in their car she feels as though she has to do the Christian thing and take them into her home.But does doing good work and how far will she bend to redeem herself? Perfect for bookclubs and Marina Endicott is a name to add to your booklist if you haven't read her before.

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The Complaints

Friday, November 20 2009

Rankin at his best this time it is the police investigating one of their own and as the "Complaints Department" digs deeper the murky side of police and crime become so closely intertwined its hard to see who is villain and who is the victim.

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