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Travel book: <i>Tea with the Taliban: Travels in Afghanistan</i>
This book is the sort of journey it's great to read about from the comfort of your armchair.

Muting its message
How chick-flick Eat, Pray, Love sold out to the forces of materialism. By Guy Adams.

Book Review: <i>The Great Wrong War: New Zealand Society in World War I</i>
Put on trial and found wanting.

Rare superhero comics to go on sale
Eighty years of the daring exploits of super heroes Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon will go under the hammer when an Auckland man's collection of thousands of comics is expected to attract world-wide attention.

Book Review: <i>Coolangatta: A Homage</i>
She belies the conceit that readers only want primary characters who are likeable.

The curious relationships between people and animals
Hal Herzog, one of America's foremost psychologists, is dedicated to understanding our often contradictory behaviour towards different species.

Martin Hill's favourite things
Environmental artist Martin Hill says he tends to get more pleasure from personal experiences than from tangible objects.

NZ intelligence activities revealed in banned book
A book about the war in Afghanistan reveals details of the activities of New Zealand intelligence teams there.

Ghostwriter haunted by his own characters
Australian thriller writer Michael Robotham talks to Craig Sisterson about the importance of making characters seem real.

Brake point
Patience is a virtue when it comes to living the good life, discovers Wendyl Nissen in this extract from her new book, A Home Companion.

Unabomber aims for best seller
The man behind a 17-year terrorist campaign explains his attempts to destroy Western civilisation.

Brave heart
A mistake that almost cost Nicholas Evans his life helped him craft a novel rich in pathos, as Nicky Pellegrino explains.

Chris Carter to kiss and tell
Outspoken MP Chris Carter is writing a "kiss and tell" book about Labour's nine years in power.