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In 2013 the Hautapu family went through the extremely traumatic experience of their 7 year-old daughter Quinn being diagnosed with brain cancer. Quinns mother, Roanne Barnes Hautapu, has written a profoundly moving account of what the family went through, living at Ronald McDonald House whilst undergoing treatments at Starship Hospital.

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'A Feeling for Food' began as a letter to two sons leaving home, giving them the recipes of the food they'd grown up with so they could feed themselves, but Lis Cowey soon realised she was giving them another kind of nourishment that was all about who they were, where they'd come from and the adventures awaiting them.

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In 2015 Natalie was diagnosed with breast cancer. By cultivating her inner resources, including her Christian belief and disarming sense of humour, she found new ways of coping as the illness progressed and became incurable. Hers is a story of diagnoses, delays, mistakes, inquiries and apologies - but also of faith and community, hope and family.

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Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Bessers career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the 70s and 80s.

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Astride a Fierce Wind is a story of the life of an immigrant and what it means to leave one home behind and cross the world to find another.

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Martin Edmond's Barefoot Years is a memoir in which the author attempts to re-inhabit the lost domain of childhood.

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Helene Wong writes eloquently of her New Zealand childhood, student life in the 1960s, coming of age in Muldoon's New Zealand, and coming to terms with 'being Chinese'.

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The journey started on a night at Cook's Garden, Wanganui, where a youthful Norman Harris from the New Zealand Herald was the only national media witness to Peter Snell's world-record mile. That launched a wave of exciting writing, described by reviewers as "fresh" or "vivid".

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'Bit Part Actor' is the memoir of the 50-year career of a Kiwi actor/writer in the film, television and theatre industries, who has featured in blockbusters 'King Kong' and 'The Hobbit', iconic theatre productions like 'Foreskin's Lament' and well-known Speight's ads and road safety campaigns.

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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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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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Robbie Burton is a tramper and book publisher, who has had a life-long passion for the wild places of New Zealand. In his memoir, 'Bushline', he reflects on this love of the outdoors and how this has been interwoven into his career at the helm of Potton & Burton, one of New Zealand's largest independent publishers.

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The story of the authors father, Don, and living with dementia. 'Dad, You've Got Dementia' is dementia literature that focuses on Don and the connections he makes despite his illness. It is told in found poems and flash fiction, with resources also included.

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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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Rare first hand account of the US withdrawal from Kabul through the eyes of a civilian.

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This book presents Edward Little's memoir of Phillip Tapsell with editing and annotation. Part 1 discusses Tapsell's life as a Pakeha-Maori; Part 2 reproduces Little's original manuscript; and Part 3 summarises key events, examines the manuscript as an artefact, and includes accounts of Tapsell's life and how that has been interpreted in Denmark.

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A restless 17-year-old seeking fame, fortune (and romance) goes hitchhiking with three older girls. What begins as a holiday frolic becomes a survival recipe for life.

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One man's memoir of World War II which took him from the Blitz to the jungles of Burma, to the devastation of Hiroshima. This is his story, a sweeping journey though the landscape of war and far more fascinating and exciting than any fiction.

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Rosie is a shy young teenager when she starts experimenting with alcohol. When Rosies parents finally realise that their beloved daughter is having problems with her drinking, Rosie is firmly in the grip of alcoholism. What follows is the true story of a familys battle over ten years to find help for Rosie.

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Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years visiting many of New Zealand's islands, from the tropics to Antarctica. Part memoir, part adventure travel, history and nature conservation, this book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Tiritiri Matangi, Ross Island, Enderby Island, Chatham Islands and Tokelau.