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In this, the first book to consider Olivia Spencer Bower's life and work, art historian Julie King offers, through a lively and impeccably researched text and a selection of watercolours, paintings, drawings, prints and illustrations, a superb evocation of one of the most important and vital artists New Zealand has produced.

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(Hardback)

A guide to Prince's life, work and legacy, featuring facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the musician behind the music.

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Capturing the life of playwright Robert Lord from 1974, when he first moved to New York, until his death in Dunedin in 1992, the Robert Life Diaries reveals the internal world of one of Aotearoa's most influential and important figures in literature and theatre.

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(Hardback)

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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A fascinating biography of the poetry of Clive James

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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.

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Peek inside the life and career of John Wayne, or "The Duke," in this amazingly detailed book, featuring a review of the top 10 Wayne movies for each decade. Learn how he became a star, how he got along with his co-stars, his political influence and ambitions, his foray onto the small screen, and ultimately his diagnosis of incurable cancer.

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Uplifting, deep and profound... Lennon on love, life and religion.

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Recognised internationally as one of the 20th centurys great modernist innovators, Len Lye is most famous for his avant-garde experimental films and astonishing and playful kinetic sculptures. This timely and richly illustrated collection of essays considers Lyes place in modern art from a variety of fascinating and thought-provoking angles.

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This book charts the Fab Four's musical evolution through the sixties. Includes a fascinating biography of each member of the band, an introduction to the members' early years as school kids, and reveals the band's split and their lives after The Beatles, including the murder of John Lennon and the untimely death of George Harrison.

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Five notable twentieth-century New Zealanders who made their lives in Australia are the subject of this fascinating biographical investigation by award-winning author Stephanie Johnson.

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June Black (19102009) was a New Zealand sculptor, painter, printmaker and playwright, who exhibited nationally and internationally in the 1950s and 60s. Wing Dust is author Sheridan Keiths biography of her mother that quotes generously from the journals and gives her own perspective on a fascinating woman ahead of her time.

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(Paperback)

In this captivating book Len Lye's biographer, Roger Horrocks, weaves the artist's writings into a memoir of his fascinating life. Lye spent much of his life creating innovative art around the world, including New Zealand, London, New York, and Puerto Rico. Anyone interested in modern art and artists of the 20th century will be fascinated by these insights into Lye's mind and art.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

The queen of Australian TV tells all in a frank, funny and fabulous autobiography.

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The captivating true story of an underdog business a feminist bookshop founded in Thatchers Britain from a woman at the heart of the womens liberation movement.

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A funny, charming autobiography by one of our biggest and best-loved comedians, Michael McIntyre.

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A funny, charming autobiography by one of our biggest and best-loved comedians, Michael McIntyre.

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(Paperback)

Stephen "Steve-O" Glover-star of the legendary Jackass franchise, now a comedy-touring stalwart and a social media fixture-delivers a hilarious and practical guide to recovery, relationships, career, and how to keep thriving long after you should be dead.

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The long-awaited autobiograghy by TV's greatest leading man, Bryan Cranston
'By turns gritty, funny, and sad, this fiercely intelligent book from the Breaking Bad star defies celebrity memoir tropes' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY