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The debut studio album from Georgia Lines, ‘The Rose of Jericho’ is a ten-track album touching on grief, loss, heartache, as well as joy and lightness. 

The album is named for a plant that has come to symbolise rebirth and hope due to its seemingly magical ability to come back to life.  

She told RNZ that the last few years have left her feeling like a Rose of Jericho herself. 

"I am [also] in the process of coming back to life, remembering things that were lost and all of the things associated with that … my record was the rose inside." 

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Camino Island by John Grisham 

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars. 

Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts.  Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer’s block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious woman working for an even more mysterious company. A generous offer of money convinces Mercer to go undercover and infiltrate Bruce Cable’s circle of literary friends, ideally getting close enough to him to learn his secrets.  But eventually Mercer learns far too much, and there’s trouble in paradise as only John Grisham can deliver it. 

 

Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby 

June 1944: In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged their defeat in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The same month saw the Allies triumph on the beaches of Normandy, but, despite the myths that remain, it was the events on the Eastern Front that sealed Hitler's fate and destroyed Nazism.  In his new book, bestselling historian Jonathan Dimbleby describes and analyses this momentous year, covering the military, political and diplomatic story in his evocative style. Drawing on previously untranslated German, Russian and Polish sources, we see how sophisticated new forms of deception and ruthless Partisan warfare shifted the Soviets’ fortunes, how their triumphs effectively gave Stalin authority to occupy Eastern Europe and how it was the events of 1944 that enabled Stalin to dictate the terms of the post-war settlement, laying the foundations for the Cold War . . . 

 

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When it comes to burials there’s a couple of well-known options in coffins, caskets, and cremation. 

However, there are other options on offer as well, some more sustainable than others. 

Kate ‘Ethically Kate’ Hall joined Jack Tame to discuss sustainable and green burial options, and what people need to think about when looking at these options. 

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"It’s Italy in the extreme. She’s rough and ready and in your face. Gritty, gripping, daunting and intimidating to the uninitiated, mighty Naples is a southern Italian classic beyond comparison. It can strike newcomers as a hot mess. I have to confess that on several prior occasions, I haven’t ventured beyond the central train station in Naples, surrounded by Piazza Garibaldi. The ensuing piles of rubbish, swarms of beggars and general bad vibes on the streets outside the station proved to be potent turn-off – and I high-tailed it out of town bound for the Amalfi Coast. By train, it is the critical stepping-stone to reach Pompeii, Sorrento and beyond.  

"But last month, I was determined to give Naples a fair shake, eager to get a proper flavour of what this heaving, high-density city had to offer. Overcoming my fear of being ripped off, mugged, gunned down by the Camorra, or run down in a city where red lights are merely decorations, my urban safari in Naples was certainly eye-opening but undeniably rewarding. I was in town as a port call aboard Princess Cruises’ spectacular new flagship Sun Princess, so disembarking at the port terminal, Stazione Marittima, affords an effortless entrance into downtown Naples, on foot."

Read Mike's full article here.

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Wine: Durvillea 2023 Sauvignon Blanc $18 

Why I chose it:- Terrific wine, especially considering the difficult vintage (cyclone Gabriella) - Entry level wine for Astrolabe. Entry level price but not entry level quality. - You might remember the MV Rena grounded on the Astrolabe reef in 2021. By chance there were a couple of containers of Astrolabe wine on board. The wine and MV Rena were lost. 

What does it taste like?- One of the best examples of a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc from the 2023 vintage. Good intensity with restrained power and the perfect amount of punch without going overboard. Tantalising wine.                                                     

Why it’s a bargain:- Well below average price for SB but well above average quality 

Where can you buy it?- Vino Fino and Wine Freedom in Christchurch both have it for $14.99 

Food match?- A versatile food match. I like it with Feta cheese. Most seafoods are a happy match. 

Will it keep?- Good for two years, perhaps more. 

 

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New Zealand’s Best Homes with Phil Spencer 

Phil travels to the other side of the world to take a look inside some of the most amazing homes that New Zealand has to offer.  We will reveal each of these stunning properties through the eyes of the people – the architects, the builders and the owners – that dared to dream them into reality (TVNZ1 on Sundays, TVNZ+). 

 

Sweet Tooth Season 3 

On a perilous adventure in a post-apocalyptic world, a boy who's half-human and half deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector (Netflix).  

 

Blue Lights 

A new season of the excellent police procedural drama about three rookie police officers starting their careers on the beat in Belfast, Northern Ireland (ThreeNow). 

 

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