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By: William H. McRaven
ISBN: 9781538729748
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th August 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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By: Tom Scott
ISBN: 9781988516608
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2021
Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd
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Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. He won two Victoria Crosses (the only combat soldier ever to do so) and in the opinion of his superiors deserved many more.
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By: Douglas Thompson
ISBN: 9781789461374
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2019
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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The autobiography of the beautiful young model at the centre of the sex-and-spying scandal that brought down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair'- revised and updated since her death in 2017.
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By: Marty Skovlund
ISBN: 9780063039896
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who was killed at the age of 35 by a suicide bomber while hunting high value targets on a classified mission in Syria in 2019.
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By: Emily Wilson
ISBN: 9780718193508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality.
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By: Jamie Pennell
ISBN: 9781775542384
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
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By: Sarah Gaitanos
ISBN: 9781776562176
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
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Shirley Smith was one of the most remarkable New Zealanders of the 20th century, a woman whose lifelong commitment to social justice, legal reform, gender equality and community service left a profound legacy.
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By: Alexa Johnston
ISBN: 9780143006466
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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A biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, it follows him around the world, from his childhood in New Zealand to his humanitarian work with the Himalayan Sherpa people, from climbing to the summit of Everest, to his tractor expedition to the South Pole, and jet boat adventures on the Ganga. It draws on his personal archives and includes photographs.
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By: Grantlee Kieza
ISBN: 9780733343292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: ABC Books
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By: Colin Burgess
ISBN: 9781761632587
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
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(Paperback)
By: Colin Burgess
ISBN: 9781761109089
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
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Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy
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By: Leslie Brody
ISBN: 9781580057691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2021
UK Publication Date: 17th December 2020
Publisher: Seal Press
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The biography of Louise Fitzhugh, author of the groundbreaking Harriet the Spy
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By: Hilde F. Johnson
ISBN: 9781350360730
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
ISBN: 9781250817136
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2021
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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(Paperback)
By: Andrew Lownie
ISBN: 9781473627383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2016
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The extraordinary true story of Guy Burgess, the man at the heart of the Cambridge Spy Ring and a linchpin of Cold War espionage.
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By: Stephen Kotkin
ISBN: 9780141027951
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 25th October 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Ronald Grigor Suny
ISBN: 9780691202716
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
ISBN: 9781474614818
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd September 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The thrilling biography of Stalin - an international bestseller
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By: Steven Joyce
ISBN: 9781991006462
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
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A candid, engaging and entertaining memoir by one of the most powerful players in the John Key government with lots of fresh revelations
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By: Rod Henderson
ISBN: 9781923144330
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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By: Tariq Ali
ISBN: 9781804297131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Verso Books
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One of the world's best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement
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By: Sam Pivnik
ISBN: 9781444758399
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2013
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds.
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By: Laura Thompson
ISBN: 9781784970895
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
UK Publication Date: 11th August 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War.
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By: Hans-Lukas Kieser
ISBN: 9780691202587
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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