Pick of the paperbacks

Chinese Horoscopes, By Paula

Delsol. Western horoscopes are based on the sun; Chinese horoscopes are based on the moon. In this book you are no longer Pisces or Scorpio, but Tiger or Snake, Rooster or Rat accord ing to the year and not the month of your birth. Miss Delsol presents it all with a light touch. (Pan $1.40).

The Margaret Powell Cookery

BOOK, by Margaret Powell, the one time English housemaid who made her fame by writing a series of books (all available in Pan) on her below-stairs experiences. This is a no nonsense cook book and Margaret says that she's tried out all the 500 re cipes in it. (Pan $1.20).

I'M OK—YOU'RE OK, by Thomas A.

Harris. "Climb out of the cellar of your mind . . .", says the introduction to this runaway best seller in America, originally published as The Book of Choice. It's psychiatry made clear, mainly because Dr Harris defines his terms and avoids the usual medical jargon. There's commonsense and in sight in this pocket guide to living with yourself and it deserves its success. (Pan $1.95).

THE MASK OF THE ANDES, and NORTH FROM THURSDAY, are reprints of two successful novels by Australian Jon Cleary, the first set among the Boli vian Indians, and the second among the New Guinea Highlanders. North from Thursday is primarily a story of New Guinea's patrol officers, in novel form.

Both are good yarns. (Fontana, $1.20 each).

Pacific Islands Portraits, Edited

by J. W. Davidson and Deryck Scarr.

A larger paperback, but a paperback nonetheless, is this revised version of the hard cover first published in

1970, in which various writers tell the stories of 12 people or groups who have made their impact in the Pacific Islands. There are stories of labour recruiters, beachcombers, missionaries, and Islands leaders (including the first Cakobau, AAa'afu and King George Tupou I Tonga). An index and re ferences. Another book of portraits is said to be in the making. (Australian National University Press, $3.50).

How Computers Affect Manage

MENT, by Rosemary Stewart, is a con cise, readable guide for management on how to make use of computers. It is for those who are thinking of buying their first computer, as well as for those who have one. Well in dexed. Dr Stewart is a management expert. (Pan Management Series, $2.30).

Jesus Christ Superstar, Is The Au

thorised version of how the music and lyrics came to be written by young Englishmen Andrew Webber and Tim Rice and how Superstar became a recording and stage hit. It is no dull biography, but a graphic collection of interviews, comment and criticism presented in a way that will blow your mind. (Pan, $1.95).

Pan/Ballantine Illustrated His

TORY OF WORLD WAR 11. Selling for $1.65 each, new titles are always being added to this series of well-illustrated, large format paperbacks, on various campaigns and weapons, Curs and Theirs. The series includes books on New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and New Georgia (this last written by D. C.

Horton, former Solomons Coast watcher); latest titles are Germany's Panzer Division, The Winter War, (Russia Against Finland), Merrill's Marauders, and The Lancaster Bomber (how it was developed and what it achieved).