The most memorable opening lines from philosophy journals
By Toby Manhire in Books
Issue Listener Plus 14th Jun 2013
15 of the best and funniest beginnings, as chosen by the smart cookies at New APPS.
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All that he is: an interview with James Salter
Subscriber contentBy Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3815 14th Jun 2013
Belatedly reclaimed as one of America’s great 20th-century novelists, the octogenarian writer proves a bit of a contrarian.
For the old salts: How to Sail a Boat, by Matt Vance
Subscriber contentBy John McCrystal in Books
Issue 3815 13th Jun 2013
When Vance introduces the personal stuff, it really picks up its skirts and skips along.
The Lost Pilot: A Memoir, by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Subscriber contentIssue 3815 13th Jun 2013
In a deeply moving memoir, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman comes to terms with the toxic fallout of war on his father and family.
Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand, by Jarrod Gilbert
Subscriber contentBy Celia Lashlie in Books
Issue 3815 13th Jun 2013
Jarrod Gilbert leaves readers to draw their own conclusions in his history of gangs in New Zealand.
The Anzus collapse revisited: Friendly Fire, by Gerald Hensley
Subscriber contentBy Denis Welch in Books
Issue 3815 13th Jun 2013
Gerald Hensley is a self-effacing narrator who ushers us behind the scenes of the great falling out between new Zealand and the united States over nuclear ship visits.
You won’t (forget about her). Catching up with Molly Ringwald
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3814 11th Jun 2013
There is much more to Molly Ringwald than her teen-queen past in John Hughes movies.
Khaled Hosseini: Echoes of greatness
Subscriber contentBy Sarah Lang in Books
Issue 3814 6th Jun 2013
Khaled Hosseini’s new novel nearly rivals The Kite Runner, his internationally best-selling debut.
Thatcher to a (Mrs) T - the authorised biography by Charles Moore
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3814 6th Jun 2013
Did she get into Parliament as a result of vote-rigging? Was she a feminist? Charles Moore talks about his revelatory biography of the divisive British Prime Minister.
Charles Moore interview - the extended version
By Guy Somerset in Books
Issue Listener Plus 6th Jun 2013
Margaret Thatcher's official biographer on her political cunning, the animosity towards her after her death, and why she thought women were the superior sex.