Man for All Seasons: The Life and Times of Ken Douglas

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    But Douglas doesn't see the weakening of union power in early nineties as having anything to do with the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states at the same time. The Soviet Union, which he visited a number of times as a SUP representative, was fundamentally weak because it denied workers any say in tackling problems of creating wealth, better job security and greater efficiencies.

    We're still controlled by the dictates of very small minorities. On the other hand he praises Prime Minister John Key as "a pragmatic person who wants to believe in a system of equity and fairness". It's very easy not to make mistakes, you just don't do anything and I'd rather be known as a person who made huge mistakes because I tried to do huge numbers of things.

    Truck driver, father of four, life-long socialist, pivotal figure in New Zealand's union movement for four decades. Sign into your NZ Herald. On the go and no time to finish that story right now?

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    The life and times of Red Ken - NZ Herald

    Come on, how can you NOT keep reading? Better and better, she's racing to save her granddaughter from a stone-cold hitwoman, at an erotic costume ball, in Reno, on Halloween, because her granddaughter got hold of some incriminating information belonging to the sleazy son of a crime lord mogul I could hardly read fast enough.

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    Get those words into my eyeballs, get them into my brain, I want to know what happens next! And then, what happens next is, after stopping to help deliver the baby of a hit-and-run victim dressed like a vampire, our gutsy granny gets shot through the heart. You might think that'd be it, that the book would then switch to the point of view of her granddaughter or something. But no, there are far weirder twists and surprises in store. Such as granny waking up in the morgue, and discovering not only isn't she dead anymore, not only doesn't she have cancer anymore, but she's young again.

    As if death itself glitched hence the title and respawned her as a previous version of herself, albeit with all her own memories and knowledge. So now, not only is she dealing with this assassin, she has this inexplicable stuff going on.

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    A lot of people are going to be very eager to get their hands on that secret, as she soon finds out. This book doesn't slow down, doesn't let up, keeps up the hectic headlong pace throughout I really enjoyed Death Glitch! This book was gripping and kept me interested from start to finish. It was hard to put down, therefore I read it in two long sittings. It takes more than cancer to slow down Izzy Eisenhower, a year-old grandmother determined to save her granddaughter's life.

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    So now, not only is she dealing with this assassin, she has this inexplicable stuff going on. Some union and left wing hardliners criticise his leadership of the Combined Trade Unions CTU - when the National government of the day was pushing its Employment Contracts Act in - as too weak. Open Preview See a Problem? A grammarian on nouns proper and… by Ray Prebble A look at the nuances of nouns. Lila and Izzy make a great team. It is a vivid social history, firstly of Wellington and New Zealand in the middle decades of last century when events, such as the waterfront lockout, influenced the young Douglas's politics. Working together on the Asia New Zealand Foundation board, I quickly realised there was much much more to Ken than the hardnosed union man.

    A chance meeting leaves her dead and then reborn as a young and healthy woman. This fast paced book has a cast of interesting characters and a surprise ending. I enjoyed this book.

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    Felt it was a little far fetched but I like books that are different and not the norm. I'm an author myself, and don't often get enough time to read for pleasure. So when I pick up a book, I want a good read. I got it and then some. Fabulous dialogue, laughs, suspense. Likable heroines to root for, bad guys, action, plot twists that are unpredictable Black to Blackie, who would have thought , cars, Glocks and aliens. Lila and Izzy make a great team. Put Thelma and Louise to shame. These two ladies are hot and you will want them on your side in a jam.