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The memoir includes behind-the-scene encounters with writers such as Margaret Mahy, Fiona Kidman and Dorothy Butler. Despite the traumatic loss of several loved family members and the challenges of ageing, Jennifers love of writing has continued, culminating in this memoir.

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This is the moving story of a woman who, throughout her life, has refused to be defined by what others think she can or cannot do. This book has the potential to change our views of what disability means.

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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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In this revelatory memoir, doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth other doctors don't always understand and often won't share if they do-that chronic illness is complicated, and that treatment is not just matter of test results and prescriptions but requires a more comprehensive approach.

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A brand new, accessible biography of Henry James. Written by British academic and author, Hazel Hutchison, Brief Lives: Henry James examines James' travels through Europe, his settling in England and the close relationships that shaped his life and writings - in particular the women that were to become his most renowned female heroines.

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Over the past two decades, New Zealand health care has grown more culturally aware, slowly incorporating practices that better cater to the needs of Maori. Bradford Haami chronicles this health care evolution by telling the story of Amohaere Tangitu, a woman responsible for pioneering change.

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Wes Lees second collection of poetry is raw, frank, yet exquisitely crafted, covering themes like violence domestic and sexual and mental health.

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"Published in association with the Hocken Collections"--T.p. verso.

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Former Listener columnist Denis Welch branches into poetry personal and political, with a splash of satire.

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John Davidson reinvents myths and historical events, shamelessly diving into fantasy.

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Bernard Brown taught law at the University of Auckland for over forty years, including to ex-Prime Ministers David Lange and Winston Peters. This book is an entertaining romp through Brown's wartime and post-war experiences before arriving in NZ. It includes his meetings with such formidable figures as Margaret Thatcher and author Anthony Burgess.

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In "Cohousing for Life", architect Robin Allison describes her journey from mother of two in the suburbs to determined driver of the development of New Zealands first cohousing community. It is a personal story of a collective endeavour, a heroic journey of despair and triumph, as the obstacles mount and success at times feels far from certain.

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Mark richards has been writing poetry for over 60 years. In this volume of collected works are poems from the second half of a distinguished writing career which has seen him produce 17 books, comprising poetry, drama and a series of novellas. An accompanying CD features Mark reading a selection of his poems.

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Douglas MacDiarmid has achieved an international reputation as an expatriate NZ painter. He defies labelling, acclaimed particularly as a superb colourist and for the diversity, technique and intellectual rigour of his paintings. His life and insights have the distinction of straddling almost a century of cultural trends and influences.

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"Creating Space An Experience of Gender" describes the extraordinary work of Jane Prichard, in her own words. It tells how Janes advocacy for women and girls in Aotearoa New Zealand began.

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Long overdue biography of a leading WW2 RAF Bomber Command Officer.

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In the wild there is an element that cannot be seen, tasted, heard or smelt - it can only be felt, and it is a feeling of enchantment.

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Double-edged Sword is a survival story like no other. In 2003 Simonne Butler's violent partner, high on methamphetamine, cut off both her hands with a samurai sword. Her hands were reattached in a groundbreaking marathon surgery and she spent the next decade healing her mind, body and spirit.

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Long-awaited biography of one of NZs first women poets and travel writers also a prison reformer, humanitarian, botanist and conservationist. One of the first writers with an authentic NZ voice.