Mainly novels
Hutchinson Publishing I concentrates mainly on novels, says New Zealand manager Mr N. Sturt, there are several of interest for Christmas. Most are priced around $B, and they include: • “The Shepherd” by Frederic Forsyth, a short story with a Christmas thread. An English pilot is returning home from Germany on Christmas Eve in a single-seater plane when he comes into danger of crashing. A ■ shepherd plane appears from out of the night to I help him, then vanishes.
• "Strangers For Tea” by Mary Scott, another human drama from the New Zealand writer about country life. • “Saladin” by Andrew Osmond, set around the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1972, and based on fact. The author was in the Middle East then to gather his information first-hand. • “Winged Escort” by , Douglas Reeman, a sea novel set against the background of World ' War 11. • “The Persian Ransom” by i Evelyn Anthony, about adventure, kidnapping and international business deals. • “Kirkby’s Changeling” by Madeleine Brent, a gothic romance of action and intrigue. Top books in the fiction line at the moment from this publisher are “Pick Of Punch,” a potpourri of the year’s best articles, illustrations and jokes from “Punch”; and “The Complete Woman Golfer,” a big, well-illustrated book of instructions by Vivien Saunders, the only professionnal woman golf teacher in Britain.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 9 December 1975, Page 17
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