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A collection of poetry and drawings by Bluff based poet, in which she explores the themes of homeland and loss and colonisation and displacement. Her writing also reflects the history and present reality of the Maori of southern New Zealand.

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Drawing on her own family experience & insights from her PhD inquiry, Celine Kearney travelled around Aotearoa to interview New Zealanders with Scottish & Irish backgrounds. Southern Celts uses autoethnography & narrative to explore how these New Zealanders live out their cultural connections to their Irish & Scottish backgrounds.

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For more than five decades, Alan Mark has been a voice for conservation in New Zealand.

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The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck.

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Rhianna Boyd's uncompromising story aims to dispel myths about this terrible mental illness, and to inspire others to keep fighting. It takes us through dark and desperate times, but in the end is about overcoming obstacles - and the power of hope.

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This is the extraordinary and unexpected life story of Dame Anna Crighton, city councillor and heritage advocate. 'Still Standing' will delight anyone interested in history, architecture and the arts, but, even more than that, it is a riveting story of a life lived with courage, and of triumph over adversity.

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Jam-packed full of fascinating information about Elvis Presley: his childhood as told by his father, Vernon, his rise to fame in the music world by his mid-twenties when the world lay at his feet, his military career, and sizable film career, and the pressures that led to his self-destructive behavior and early death.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Award-winning author Tessa Duder tells the gripping story of Sir Peter Blake's life for teenage readers, revealing what made him an inspirational leader. The book features boxes backgrounding sailing skills, the America's Cup and other key points, and is richly illustrated with photos from his life (including 8 pages of colour).

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Strong Words #2 showcases the long-listed entries for the 2019 and 2020 Landfall essay competitions.

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Strong Words is a striking collection of essays that show what Virginia Woolf once described as the art that can at once `sting us wide awake and yet also `fix us in a trance which is not sleep but rather an intensification of life. It celebrates an extraordinary year in New Zealand writing.

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Strong Words 3 showcases the best of the best of Aotearoas contemporary essays from 2021 & 2022, selected from entries into the prestigious Landfall Essay Competition. Strong Words 3 features compelling new writing on contemporary issues, tackling topics such as healthcare, gender, grief, lost language and the long aftermath of colonisation.

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Ginny Sullivan's poems move in and out of landscape, love, loss and enlightenment. Spare, lyrical, they celebrate moments of stillness and realisation, the sustaining importance of the small triumphs of the every day.

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This is the story of a man from humble beginnings who, thanks to hard work, creativity and persistence, and with considerable support from his wife, created an iconic business. Richly illustrated, 'Sure to Rise' is a fascinating slice of New Zealands social and culinary history.

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Poet, fiction writer, critic, essayist, teacher and academic, C.K. Stead has made his mark on all these disciplines.

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When Adrienne was first diagnosed with cardiomyopathy she asked, What is that She had never heard of the condition and had trouble finding information. Her book is designed to help others with cardiomyopathy and heart failure.

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.".. this personal memoir by Diane Brown is deftly 'marbled' throughout with social history. From carefully chosen anecdotes it slowly unfolds a vivid and compelling sense of character and the psychological dynamics within the family ... marshals deeply personal events and childhood memories in a delightfully astute, understated poetic form"--Publ

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Bob Calkin was born in 1935 and grew up as Aotearoa New Zealand was entering a period of unprecedented stability and boom times. Tales from the Lucky Generation follows Bobs rise from humble roots in working-class Whanganui to the world of law and business before a spectacular fall from grace landed him with a six-year prison sentence.

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In a reversal of the usual Tuscan Dream, a small Italian family of parents, daughter and dog, moved to New Zealand in 1996. They met adventures and natural disasters, observed animals and nature, while establishing a vineyard and doing many more things. The book also tells of their life in Italy and Japan, and holidays around the world.

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Activist, creative entrepreneur and counsellor Robin Woodsford is a Baby Boomer and in this moving reflection on his life and times he discovers that his personal story is also a universal one. More, he says the job's not done yet.

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Tangata Ngai Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngai Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngai Tahu into the present.

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Tangata Ngai Tahu, Volume Two remembers and celebrates the rich and diverse lives of the people of Ngai Tahu. Spanning time, geography and kaupapa, some fifty biographies bring Ngai Tahu into the present.

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