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9780306814013

23 Days in July

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Author: John Wilcockson

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9780752440859

A.A. Milne : His life

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Author: Ann Thwaite

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DoP 2006, UK
New Zealand author

A.A. Milne is one of the most successful English writers ever. His heart-warming creations - Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger and Piglet - have become some of the best-loved children's characters of all time, and readers the world over are familiar with the stories from the "Hundred Acre Wood". Yet the man himself has remained an enigma. Although in many ways his behaviour was that of a typical golf-playing, pipe-smoking Englishman, Milne refused to be typecast, and his publishers despaired when he turned from writing popular columns for "Punch" to writing detective stories. They complained again when the detective writer presented them with a set of children's verse, but when "When We Were Very Young" became one of the best-selling books of all time, Milne's credibility as one of the world's favourite authors was sealed. And yet, for his son Christopher Robin, the success of his ... more

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9781877454028

Active Lives: Glory & Despair

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NZ$ 21.00 each

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Author: Anon

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DoP 2007 Auckland
"Active Lives - Biographies on Stage" is a dynamic new literacy programme from Clean Slate Press. Intended for yours 5-8, the series combines the human-interest appeal of biographies with the hands-on action of plays. 'Glory & Despair' tells the story of Ernest Shackleton and Frank Wild. It is an amazing tale of perseverance and survival. Read about these brave explorers, then breathe life into the characters on stage.

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9780393057508

A Force of Nature

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Author: Richard Reeves

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The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford

A new intellectual biography of Ernest Rutherford, the twentieth century’s greatest experimental physicist.
Ernest Rutherford, who grew up in colonial New Zealand and came to Cambridge on a scholarship, made numerous revolutionary discoveries, among them the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the “half-life” of radioactive materials, which led to a massive reevaluation of the age of the earth — previously judged just 100 million years old. Above all, perhaps, Rutherford and the young men working under him were the first to split the atom, unlocking tremendous forces — forces, as Rutherford himself predicted, that would bring us the atomic bomb.
Rutherford, awarded a Nobel Prize and made Baron Rutherford by the queen of England, was also a great ambassador of science, coming to the aid of colleagues caught in the Nazi and Soviet regimes. Under Rutherford’s rigorous ... more

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9781877332425

A Kindly Christian Gentleman

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Author: Frank Wright

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William Garden Cowie was the first Bishop of Auckland in what is now known as the Anglican tradition. He was bishop from 1869 until his death in 1902. Cowie was the successor to Bishop Selwyn and he was in fact Selwyn?s choice as the Auckland synod had delegated the appointment of his successor to Selwyn himself . William Cowie read Classics at Cambridge and after ordination spent time as an Indian Army chaplain, an experience which he never forgot. He came to New Zealand from an English parish and established a reputation for devoted pastoral ministry. He travelled constantly and arduously in the primitive conditions of the time. Remote groups welcomed his visits and his friendly manner. It was said that he made no enemies. Cowie was a capable administrator and many present day institutions within the church owe their origin to him or his wife Eliza. Bishop Cowie was very much a part of the early history of Auckland and his ... more

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Allan Wilson: Evolutionary (DVD)

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NZ$ 115.00 each

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Author: George Andrews Prod.

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DoP 2009, NZ
40 Min DVD

This 40-minute high definition documentary on New Zealand's greatest scientist since Ernest Rutherford is "A masterpiece: a film that will teach, endure, inspire."

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9781869791339

Anna Kavan's New Zealand : A pacific interlude in a turbulent life

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NZ$ 37.00 each

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Author: Anna Kavan (ed. Jennifer Sturm)

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New Zealanders live 'in temporary shacks, uneasily, as reluctant campers too far from home', wrote Anna Kavan in a London magazine in 1943.

Her seemingly negative comments created a stir both in the UK and New Zealand and suggested Kavan felt nothing but antipathy for the country.
However, in researching this prize-winning author of nineteen books, Dr Jennifer Sturm uncovered letters and unpublished short stories written during Kavan's sojourn in New Zealand that show a more complex, affectionate and significant response. Those stories are published here for the first time, along with a fascinating discussion of this experimental writer and talented artist, who struggled with bouts of depression and insecurity, as well as heroin addiction and a stream of unconventional love affairs.
Kavan roamed the world trying to find a home, and although her stay in New Zealand was for less than two years, her stories reveal a ... more

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9780476002111

A View from Within

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Author: Pauline Grogan

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A View From Within is Pauline Grogan's highly anticipated new book about the life of James Lynch, a heroic and inspirational person who has touched many peoples lives. For over forty years, James Lynch lay in Tauranga hospital, becoming the longest-stay permanent patient in New Zealand history. He was visited often, by celebrities and ordinary people alike, and formed deep and lasting relationships with many. This is the story of one of those relationships - a poignant portrayal of the close bond developed over the seventeen years James was visited by the author.

Pauline Grogan tells James' story with sensitivity and love. It is an absorbing tale of how a seriously disabled man was able to come to terms with his paralysed body and live a fullness of life. As the author discovered, he was able to help many others to move past the constraints of their lives to a greater fullness than would have otherwise been ... more

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9780473045098

Behind Barbed Wire

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Author: Jennifer Pierson

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9780140261271

Beyond the Veil -

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Author: Pauline Grogan

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At the age of seventeen, Pauline Grogan enters the convent and seven years later takes her final vows. At age 29, desecrated and bewildered, she finds herself back within the secular world, having to begin her life all over again.
Beyond the Veil is the sometimes shocking account of how faith survives even its own worst abuse, but it is much more than that. It is the story of a nun who becomes a wife nd mother and then, as happiness seems secure, is cast back down into the deepest regions of despair. It is a story that anyone who has ever feared for their own personal safety, their sanity, and above all the health and well-being of their children, will readily understand.

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9780958267328

Bill Pratney: New Zealand Cycling Legends 3:

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Author: Jim Robinson

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Pratney’s cycling career began in 1926 at the age of 17 and spanned an astounding seven decades. He won an array of championship titles and he triumphed in classic races. Tagged the ‘Iron Man’, Pratney was tough as nails. His extraordinary career had barely begun when he was involved in a dreadful accident. One rider was killed, while Pratney was left for dead. Against the odds, Pratney recovered and got back on his bicycle. This is his remarkable story.

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BILLTDAUGHTER

Billy T: A Daughter's Story

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NZ$ 142.00 each

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Author: George Andres Productions

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DoP - , NZ
45 Minutes - DVD

The teenager who grew up as Billy T’s daughter tells his extraordinary story through her eyes Billy’s friends and private and public archives.

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9780733621840

Biting the Big Apple

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Author: Bella Vendramini

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A memoir of life, love (okay and sex) in New York City

New Zealand born actress Bella Vendramini is an adventurer; she has travelled the world and worked in all sorts of jobs but the thread running through her life is acting. When she was accepted at the Strasberg Institute, a dream became a reality, not always beautiful but defiantly exciting.

Bella knew there must be more to life than a series of casual jobs working for increasingly freakish bosses and drinking tea in her Glebe kitchen each night.
An actor by trade, she scraped together enough money for a one-way ticket to the Big Apple, enrolling on impulse in the prestigious Strasberg Institute.
What life in New York City would offer her she could never have predicted...sometimes ugly, mostly poverty-stricken but always exhilarating, Bella embraced the rollercoaster ride.

This is the story of how Bella took on New York - her brilliant love affair that ... more

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9789582486648

Captain Jack

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Author: John Mackie

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An outstanding story of an amazing man. His excellent memory and careful filing of information over the years has resulted in the production of this autobiography. John Mackie's work in geology and then as an Inspector of Mines in Malaya was followed by his wartime experience. After being captured by the Japanese he spent three terrible years in the infamous Changi and Batu Lintang prison camps.
When he returned to New Zealand his main task in the 1950s was teaching land and mine surveying in Otago. This is when he became known affectionately as Captain Jack. It is a measure of the man that at the age of 97 he can produce a book that will appeal to a wide audience.

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9780958224307

Christina's Story

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Author: Chris Crump

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Chris Crump was a Presbyterian missionary's wife in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) between 1938 and 1956. Her fascinating account of those years is not one of piety and conversion, but about the daily business of living and working among local people and a handful of expatriate Europeans, in what was then a remote part of the world.
She observes island customs and her own reactions to the tropics with wry humour. She is housewife, mother, nurse, dentist, teacher, launch hand, radio operator, her husband's confessor and many other roles besides. She describes a vocation that was practical as well as pastoral, where as well as delivering sermons, the local missionary was the primary giver of medical and dental care, who kept the local school going and developed local infrastructure such as water supplies and sanitation.

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9781876624590

Dames and Divas : 21 Remarkable Women

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Author: David Leser

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A unique and insightful picture of some fascinating women of all ages, and the place they occupy in the world.

Since joining The Australian Women's Weekly five years ago as a senior writer, David Leser's perceptive interviews have created a unique picture of the place that women of all ages occupy in the world. Here, collected for the first time with all their clarity and insight, are many of the most memorable.
David's first feature for the Weekly was a world-exclusive interview with Anna Murdoch, the former wife of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
Since then, he has written extensively on a wide range of social and political issues, including the refugee crisis in Australia and fatherhood. However, it is through his profiles with prominent women like businesswoman Janet Holmes Court, photographer June Newton, artist Judy Cassab and writer Barbara Blackman that he has really touched a chord with our ... more

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9780732287344

Dangerous Days: A true story of escape and survival by WWII soldier

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Author: Ernest Brough & Greg Baum

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A young WWII digger's tale of his war, from signing up as a naive country boy to the horrors of battle, and a daring escape across occupied territory. Captured and sent by boat to Italy Brough and his fellow prisoners sang Australian ditties loudly to alert Allied submarines to hold fire. He ended up at Stalag 18A prison camp in Austria. On Good Friday 1944, Brough and two others, a West Australian and a New Zealander, escaped and embarked on an daring flight for freedom through Slovenia and Croatia to Bosnia.

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9780790011592

Don Merton : The man who saved the Black Robin

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Author: Alison Ballance

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Don Merton, the man who save the black robin, is recognised worldwide as a passionate pioneer in the conservation of rare birds. During a remarkable 50-year career, he has led extraordinary efforts to bring endangered birds back from the brink of extinction, both in New Zealand and overseas. In this book he tells his story to Alison Ballance, enlightening readers further with over 150 photographs from his personal library.

First published 2007.

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9781906502140

Dowding of Fighter Command

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Author: Vincent Orange

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DoP - September 2008, United Kingdom
Making full use of archival sources, studies by other scholars, and information provided by family members, Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life. Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion skier, 'Stuffy' Dowding is perhaps best known as the creator of the first radar-based air defence system and his no less remarkable management of such throughout the Battle of Britain. Dowding served in 'delightful and dangerous Iraq', helped to pacify unrest in the Holy Land, was involved in the R.101 airship disaster and oversaw the creation of Britain's first eight-gun monoplanes, the Hurricane and Spitfire.Controversially dismissed from Fighter Command and refused the RAF's highest rank, he nevertheless became the first airman elevated to the peerage since Trenchard. Westminster Abbey was packed for his ... more

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9781877338724

Emily Soldenen

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Author: unknown

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