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A Different Kind of Power
by Jacinda Ardern
From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.
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Northbound : Four Seasons of Solitude on Te Araroa
by Naomi Arnold
Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on through days of thick mud, blazing sun and lightning storms, and into cold, starlit nights. Along the way she encounters colourful locals and travellers who delight and inspire her.
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Undeniable : How to Reach the Top and Stay There
by Cameron R. Hanes
Endure, Cameron Hanes' New York Times bestselling book, demonstrated how to push beyond your physical limits to improve yourself. In Undeniable, Hanes brings together outliers of today-men and women who are experts in their field-to share their unique and motivating perspectives on reaching the pinnacle of success and remaining there. From popular neuroscientist Andrew Huberman to ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter, you will hear how undeniable individuals have obtained their winning mindset.
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John & Paul : a Love Story in Songs
by Ian Leslie
John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.
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Inside the Wire : Stories from a New Zealand Prison Officer
by Rhonda Hapi-smith
Gripping true-life stories from a career spent inside New Zealand prisons. Rhonda Hapi-Smith has walked among some of New Zealand's most dangerous criminals. As a female prison officer and member of the Riot Squad, she met and worked with thieves, addicts, gangsters, murderers and sex offenders for nearly twenty years in men's prisons around the country. Operating within an unspoken set of codes, Rhonda built a reputation for herself as fair but firm. She dealt with everything from mass riots and inter-gang hits to attempted escapes, suicides and segregated 'maxi' detainees.
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Darwin on the Beagle
by Harrison Christian
The story of the voyage that changed human understanding forever. In 1831, Charles Darwin set out on an expedition to South America, brought along as a gentleman companion for Captain Robert FitzRoy. Initially conceived as a Christian mission, the voyage would change drastically as the Beagle sailed through the Pacific, with Darwin's observations becoming the building blocks of his revolutionary theory of evolution.
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Propaganda Girls : the Secret War of the Women in the OSS
by Lisa Rogak
Working in the European theater, China and Washington, D.C., Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane Smith-Hutton and Marlene Dietrich, each fascinating in her own right, together contributed to one of the most covert and successful military campaigns in World War II.
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