Politician and law professor Geoffrey Palmer recounts the events and forces that shaped him in this memoir, as well as his many adventures in reforming a wide range of institutions, laws, and policies. Reform has been a recurring theme throughout Geoffrey Palmer's life, not only during his career in politics and as a Prime Minister, but also as a law professor and law practitioner. He speaks of his early life and family background and the eventful lives of his pioneering ancestors. He examines the intellectual influences on his thinking, particularly the nature of his education both in New Zealand and the United States, and chronicles his life according to the issues: accident compensation, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Law Commission, liquor law, Maori issues, parliamentary reform, the Resource Management Act, law and order, prisons, and local government reform. Meticulously detailed and engagingly written, "Reform" is essential reading for anyone interested in New Zealand legal and political history.
Anna Murray, born on Friday the 13th, lived the first twelve years of her life in Kenya before moving to South Africa after the death of her parents; after four years in South Africa, she lived in England and then France before settling in the United States. Anna relates her life-long struggle with one string of bad luck after another--including the tragedy of her son's death and multiple serious injuries and illnesses--before finally finding a way to live with her fate.
If at first you don't succeed . . . destroy all evidence that you tried." --Office 101 A hip, photographically illustrated guide for cubicle slaves everywhere in any business setting, including the millions of office-bound college and high-school graduates. Following the success of Life 101, Geoffrey Day-Lewis provides today's cubicle dwellers with tips for workplace survival in this professional primer--a complementary mix of thoughtful office insights and edgy, full-color photographs. Ninety-six percent of the population is currently employed. Eighteen percent of the workforce logs in from home. That leaves seventy-eight percent of laborers who collaborate in office-based settings. To avoid the perils of un-professionalism and ensure you're not Dunder Mifflin-bound, Day-Lewis offers employable pointers for office workers everywhere: "Many hands make light work." "Make technology your friend." "Always give 100 percent of yourself. Monday--2 percent, Tuesday--13 percent, Wednesday--29 percent, Thursday--21 precent, Friday--35 percent.
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