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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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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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This memoir charts the author's breakdown after migrating from New Zealand to England: what begins as homesickness and career burn-out develops into depression, contamination phobia and OCD.

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Respectable families hold on to their myths, contain the violence, uphold the Establishment. There was always going to be a story. It couldnt be overlooked, and this one will set the skeletons rattling and the gin bottles clinking up and down the country. Overall it is a story of survival.

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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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Heart Stood Still is an eco-memoir set inManawat, Aotearoa. In 2020, Miriam Sharland had plans to return to her family in England after spending 17 years in Aotearoa. When Covid put an end to her travel plans, she turned to the natural beauty of the Manawatu to find healing and a sense of belonging in a time of uncertainty and isolation.

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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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Part Man Alone, part love story, Island Notes explores questions of belonging, loss and impermanence and whether the life, seas and forests of a wild island can offer a reconciliation with our past.

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It's Over! is sports commentator John McBeth's story of his 40 years behind the microphone and in front of the camera. He described some of New Zealand's most memorable sporting achievements and personally contributed to some unique "firsts".

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An endearing book of photographs of legendary skateboarding pioneer and Z-Boy Jay Adams during his childhood years, taken by Adams s stepfather Kent Sherwood and now back in print for the first time since Adams s passing.

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Beautifully written and illustrated with maps and stunning photography, Katherine Mansfields Europe is part travelogue, part literary biography, part detective story and part ghost story. Guided by Mansfields journals and letters, Redmer Yska traces her restless journey in Europe, seeking out the places where she lived, worked and died.

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An engaging personal account of life in an environment with temperatures as low as -57oC, months of continual darkness and isolation, and daunting logistical challenges.

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Keeping the Party in Tune embraces twenty stories primarily about the battles of a union leader and Labour politician during turbulent times in New Zealand's political and industrial history. Other pieces capture the often-hilarious life of a musician and dance band leader and later the High Commissioner to Canada.

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This thoughtful, insightful book is the remarkable story of how with a wonderful woman at his side and the right support a Kiwi bloke fought back. This ten-week diary will make you laugh and cry, but above all it will provide rare insight to those struggling with depression.

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This is the story of Holmans search for his great-aunt Lily who married and moved to Germany at the turn of the 20th century, and was later caught up in the Nazi web spun by Adolf Hitler. Those who love Holmans poetic writing will enjoy accompanying him on his search as he learns German and travels to Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden.

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In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre-war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.

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Memory Stick is the story of a passionate woman living in the thick of things over seventy years of societal and cultural change, and weathering her share of loss, heartbreak and mistakes with courage and chutzpah. Written with a journalists flair, its a lively and entertaining read.

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After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her forties, a comment by her doctor that she wouldnt be less of a woman prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result.

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Now When It Rains: A writer's memoir