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Marathon 2500

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:58:01 UT

Heroes and Sparrows - new edition

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:56:59 UT

Roger on Running

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:53:03 UT

A new monthly column in Running Times On-Line

Review of Kathleen Jones, "Katherine Mansfield."

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:23:11 UT

Thanks for book sale

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:53:29 UT

The Story of Hong Gildong by Hur Kyun

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:39:39 UT

Gildong is a cross between Robin Hood and Houdini, magically escaping imprisonment, killing monsters and brigands, and also (like Robin Hood) symbolizing the emerging nationhood of Korea.

Poems for the Eighties

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:36:20 UT

This slim collection of nine poems by five poets has become a collector's piece, a small landmark book that pointed the way to the various directions poetry was to take in the subsequent decades.

H.G. Wells, The Food of the Gods

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:33:18 UT

In this little known science fantasy story about a war between the old world and a new race of giants, the always-extraordinary H.G. Wells imagines the effects of artificially engineered food that gets out of control.

The God Boy by Ian Cross

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:30:44 UT

The God Boy is a deceptively modest masterpiece...sometimes compared with The Catcher in the Rye

Katherine Mansfield: In From the Margin.

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:26:41 UT

This is a fine collection of original essays by international scholars (Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, USA). It revolutionized the perception of Mansfield, previously dismissed as minor short story writer

Julius Vogel, Anno Domini 2000; or, Woman's Destiny

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:22:12 UT

It is a key text in the history of the women's movement. In Parliament, Vogel introduced the bill to make New Zealand the first nation to give women the vote

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:17:05 UT

This splendid compilation surpasses all other guides to New Zealand literature...of consistently high standard, it is an extraordinary achievement. Most highly recommended

Other Running Books

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:12:56 UT

26.2 Marathon Stories

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:08:16 UT

26.2 Marathon Stories is, simply, the Book of the Marathon. It has been called one of the best five running books of all time

Running in Literature

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:00:46 UT

From ancient Greece to the most recent running books, Robinson brings into the light a key part of the history and the living culture of running.