Recommendations

These are a range of things we recommend that range from books to food, websites to travel.  It will be a work in progress as we will add things as we find and enjoy them...enjoy.

Books  
Contemporary Fiction  
the House of Blue Mangoes David Davidar
Paradise to Come Michael Morrissey
the God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
the Inscrutable Americans Anurag Mathur
A Bend in the River V.S. Naipaul
Paradise of the Blind Duong Thu Huong
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie
the Whale Rider Witi Ihimaera
Papillon Henri Charriere
My Year of Meat Ruth L Ozeki
   
Escape the Rat Race  
Urban Dreams, Rural Realities Daniel Butler & Bel Crewe
Snowball Oranges Peter Kerr
the Olive Grove Patrice Newell
Castaway & Faraway Lucy Irvine
A Year in Provence Peter Mayle
   
Sailing, Climbing and Adventure  
North to the Night Alvah Simon
Time on Ice Shapiro & Bjelke
In Siberia Colin Thubron
   
History, Travel, Politics & Science  
Longitude Dava Sobel
Color: A Natural History of the Palette Victoria Finlay
Among the Believers V.S. Naipaul
the Carpet Wars Christopher Kremmer
Bamboo Palace Christopher Kremmer
White Mughals William Dalrymple
City of Boiled Beans www.khosla.com
The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad
   
Autobiographical  
to the Is-Land Janet Frame
an angel at my table Janet Frame
the envoy from the mirror city Janet Frame
   
Cooking (mostly veggie)  
The New Moosewood Cookbook Katzen
The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden David Hirsch
cafe@home Julie Le Clerc
Vegetariana Susie Shaw & Wendy Baxter
   
Music (mostly NZ)
House, D&B, Trance   Reggae & Dub
Concord Dawn   Salmonella Dub
Minuit   Kora
Fat Freddy's Drop    
Shapeshifter    
     
Rock   Hip Hop
Goldenhorse   Scribe
Elemeno P  (pronounced L.M.N.O.P.)   P-Money
Ben Harper   Deceptikonz
Jack Johnson   fastCREW
    Misfits of Science
Travel (tips, facts and suggestions)
New Zealand

Visiting Us from Australia?  Then fly directly from Sydney to Queenstown.  Got more time?  Then fly to Christchurch and rent a car to drive down to Wanaka past Mt Cook.  Air NZ also flies daily direct flights from Christchurch to Wanaka.

 

 

 

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