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This text represents Kuan-Chung Lo's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 AD. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and death that is as important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West.

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Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment sowed the seeds of his future career. In this, the story of his life with plants, we hear about his experiences at home and abroad and the plants, insects, birds and people he met along the way.

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Ruth Lynford graduated in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in 1946. Ruth then set out for Manhattan with her first husband, Franklyn. She joined a leading architectural firm but quickly encountered prejudice as a woman in a male profession. Ruth then broke stride and stepped into interior design, which was then in its infancy.

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Featuring 20 autobiographical stories from fa`afafine and LGBTIQ Samoans based in Smoa, Amerika Smoa, Australia, Aotearoa NZ, Hawai`i and USA. Includes a foreword and introduction by co-editors Yuki Kihara and Dan Taulapapa McMullin. Each story is accompanied by a portrait.

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Featuring 20 autobiographical stories from fa`afafine and LGBTIQ Samoans based in Smoa, Amerika Smoa, Australia, Aotearoa NZ, Hawai`i and USA. Includes a foreword and introduction by co-editors Yuki Kihara and Dan Taulapapa McMullin. Each story is accompanied by a portrait.

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Diane Keatons cabinet of saved and found photographic curiosities is a visual autobiography of sorts and scrapbook of her fascinations and reflections.

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Published to coincide with the Flying Squad's Centenary. No-holds barred history of the most celebrated police unit in the Country.

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The collection explores the work of five poets who have played an important, influential part in the development of Australian poetry: Judith Wright, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, David Malouf, Les Murray and Mark O'Connor.

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Auckland chef Simon Gault opened his first restaurant aged 22, piling up awards and accolades at Bell House, Gaults on Quay, Euro, Giraffe and more.

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Sing No Sad Songs is a heartbreaking and yet beautifully composed memoir by Rebecca's mother, Sandra Arnold. It is a haunting story of bereavement, survival, courage and acceptance, as well as a fiercely tender account of a close mother-daughter relationship cut far too short.

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A lighthearted and entertaining memoir, this book follows Edmund Bohan's international singing career. Mostly based in Britain, Bohan sang more than 170 different major choral, operatic, and orchestral works. This account chronicles a singer and writer's lifetime of achievement with wit and a sharply observant eye.

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In this eclectic and delightful mix of memoir, biography, and history, veteran journalist and broadcaster Eric Beardsley gives a candid account of his life. The narrative chronicles the reporter's experiences from his childhood in 1920s and 1930s Christchurch, New Zealand, to his achievements as lead writer at the Press and information officer for the University of Canterbury.

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Biography of a colourful and controversial politician, church elder and convicted debtor

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Honest, unapologetic and moving account of trauma, survival and advocacy by emerita professor in criminology and advocate for sexual assault survivors.

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A fascinating biography of the poetry of Clive James

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So Many Islands brings together stories from the distant shores of the island communities in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Pacific. Giving voice to their challenges and triumphs, these writers paint a vibrant portrait of what it is like to live, love and loose the things most precious to them on the small islands they call home.

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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.