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'A Feeling for Food' began as a letter to two sons leaving home, giving them the recipes of the food they'd grown up with so they could feed themselves, but Lis Cowey soon realised she was giving them another kind of nourishment that was all about who they were, where they'd come from and the adventures awaiting them.

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"Poems are born to blow a kiss at everlasting life as they rise to the rim of language then bubble and cascade over" says Kevin Ireland, one of New Zealands best-loved and richly lived poets in this, his 24th collection. Here are poems that make us laugh, reflect, question, celebrate "its poetry going about its stunning business once again."

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Peter Bland's poems have an ecstatic sensibility and a vividly personal voice, or voices. In this new collection Peter continues his search for 'a lost sense of the sacred' and explores his 'wanting to be a child again.' These are poems of recovery and intervention, full of the intoxicating feeling his work evokes.

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90-year-old Christchurch author lives through a pandemic and keeps writing about the joys of the life in front of her.

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This book takes a global perspective, tracing the development of children's literature from ancient stories such as Aesop's Fables and the Indian Panchatantra, to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, to the highly collectable Ladybird books of the 20th century, and up to modern classics and bestsellers such as the Harry Potter series.

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In 2015 Natalie was diagnosed with breast cancer. By cultivating her inner resources, including her Christian belief and disarming sense of humour, she found new ways of coping as the illness progressed and became incurable. Hers is a story of diagnoses, delays, mistakes, inquiries and apologies - but also of faith and community, hope and family.

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Poems about growing up in the 1950s and a love of the natural world. Author Jan FitzGerald was involved in the literary scene in NZ as Jan Coad in the 1960s and 1970s but didn't release her first collection until 2005.

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In Anatomy, Jamie Trowers unique voice took the reader into the world of a person living with physical disability. In his new work he delves into mental health and its many faces.

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An Exquisite Legacy by George Gibbs, is the illustrated biography of G. V. Hudson, 1867-1946, one of New Zealand's greatest pioneer naturalists and artists, whose remarkable illustrations of this country's insects are a national treasure, while his huge, personal collection of insects is housed at Te Papa.

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This book is about the sources Coleridge used to write The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. A plausible explanation comes from the fact that his mathematics teacher, William Wales, was the navigator on Captain Cooks second voyage. On his return Wales related his experiences and his pupil, Coleridge, parlayed many of them into the Ancient Mariner.

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A dynamic day-to-day chronicle of the band. Organised by year, each chapter of the book gives an overview of the band's fortunes and presents in diary fashion exactly what the boys were doing including detailed information about concert tours, radio and television gigs, recording sessions, record releases and solo activities.

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Astride a Fierce Wind is a story of the life of an immigrant and what it means to leave one home behind and cross the world to find another.

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Gerald McGhie's insightful account of 40 years of service as a NZ diplomat, including two postings in Moscow - during Brezhnev and Cold Ward years and later during the fall of Gorbachev, the rise of Yeltsin and collapse of the Soviet Union.Samoa and New Guinea are also discussed

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Before the Birds and The River demonstrate Angie Farrows ability to humanise global political crises, and to use the symbolism and poetry of theatre to promote debate about some of the most contentious issues of our times.

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Helene Wong writes eloquently of her New Zealand childhood, student life in the 1960s, coming of age in Muldoon's New Zealand, and coming to terms with 'being Chinese'.

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Told through his own words, this essential introduction to Oscar Wildes extraordinary life and work is accompanied by stimulating commentary and stylish design and illustration. For new readers and devotees alike.

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A fascinating portrait of Albert Einstein in 50 defining facts, illustrated through 150 stunning infographics.

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'Bit Part Actor' is the memoir of the 50-year career of a Kiwi actor/writer in the film, television and theatre industries, who has featured in blockbusters 'King Kong' and 'The Hobbit', iconic theatre productions like 'Foreskin's Lament' and well-known Speight's ads and road safety campaigns.

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Russell Tregonning's memoir takes the reader through his medical career - from introducing pioneering techniques in reconstructive surgery, to personal struggles with depression, medical mishaps, run-ins with senior surgeons, and sexism in the workplace. It is a fascinating look behind the facade of one of the most respected of professions.

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