Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre opening in November
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A new library and community facility in south-west Christchurch is opening soon. It will have a library, customer service desk and a 5,000 square metre outdoor area that includes a swimming pool.
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Good morning, Mr. Mandela
by Zelda La Grange
A warm and personal memoir by Nelson Mandela's trusted assistant for almost 20 years tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman's life, beliefs, prejudices—everything she once believed—were utterly transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy.
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Driving hungry: a memoir
by Layne Mosler
The creator of the popular Taxi Gourmet blog describes her ongoing pursuit of wonderful cultural foods as recommended by taxi drivers in a range of countries.
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The way we wore: a life in clothes
by Daphne Selfe
Daphne Selfe has been photographed by Mario Testino, Nick Knight and David Bailey. She has modelled for Dolce and Gabbana, Red or Dead and high-street chains such as TK Maxx, and regularly appears in newspaper fashion pages and glossy magazines. She is one of Britain's most in-demand supermodels and has worked non-stop for almost twenty years. But what makes her really rather extraordinary is that she is now in her late eighties.
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Model woman: Eileen Ford and the business of beauty
by Robert Lacey
Describes the woman responsible for one of the world's most successful modelling agencies, depicting her as a sharp business woman with an eye for talent who was not afraid to stick to her standards in order to build her empire. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Diane Foreman: in the arena
by Diane Foreman with Jenni McManus
A candid portrait of one of New Zealand's most successful entrepreneurs, as well as a practical hands-on guide to what it takes to succeed in business. In this candid and engaging book New Zealand businesswoman Diane Foreman tells how she went from being a single mother to creating a successful multi-million-dollar export company.
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Sarah Mathew: explorer, journalist and Auckland's First Lady
by Tessa Duder
When 27-year-old Londoner Sarah Mathew sailed for Sydney in 1831, seeing her married future in Australia, she had no idea that nine years later she would attend the founding of a new British colony a thousand miles to the east.
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A house in St John's Wood: in search of my parents
by Matthew Spender
The son of a celebrated poet and a concert pianist describes what it was like growing up in an artistic, but troubled, post-war household and discusses his father's lifelong attraction to other men and the quest that resulted from his mother's long-time suffering.
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| Hemingway in love: his own story by A.E. HotchnerIn Hemingway in Love, author A.E. Hotchner, a close friend of Ernest Hemingway, recounts conversations with the writer that they recorded over several years. This memoir relates vivid anecdotes about Hotchner and Hemingway's friendship but focuses primarily on Hemingway's reminiscences about his love life, including the revelation that his first wife, Hadley, was the one he always loved best. |
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Curtly Ambrose: time to talk
by Curtly Ambrose
One of the leading and most lethal fast bowlers of all time, Curtly Ambrose played 98 Tests and 176 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, and for much of his career topped the ICC player rankings.
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| In order to live: a North Korean girl's journey to freedom by Yeonmi Park with Maryanne VollersThough Yeonmi Park was born into comfortable circumstances in North Korea, her family lost their privileges after her father -- a civil servant -- was arrested for smuggling, and their life became a constant, humiliating battle to survive. At age 13 Park escaped with her mother to China; additional degrading and dangerous challenges followed until they attained safety and freedom in South Korea. There, North Koreans are regarded with suspicion, but Park eventually went public with her story and has become an internationally recognised advocate for human rights. |
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Kris Kristofferson: country highwayman
by Mary G. Hurd
With a career in music and film that has spanned over forty years, Kristofferson began as a singer-songwriter. In this book, Mary G. Hurd surveys the life and works of this highly respected American songwriter, exploring the uncommon depth and lyricism of his work.
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Ringo: with a little help
by Michael Starr
Traces the entire arc of Ringo Starr's remarkable life and career—from his sickly childhood to his life as the world's most famous drummer to his triumphs, addictions, and emotional battles following the breakup of The Beatles as he came to terms with his legacy.
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How bizarre: Paul Fuemana and the song that stormed the world
by Simon Grigg
Pauly Fuemana of the group Otara Millionaires Club (OMC) was the charismatic singer and creator, with producer Alan Jansson, of the hit record How Bizarre. After the record's release in 1995 it stormed to number one in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and European countries and Fuemana appeared twice on Britain's top-rated TV show Top of the Pops. It was named Single of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards and remains the country's most internationally successful indie record of all time, having sold over 4 million copies and appeared on at least 100 compilations.
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| Underground in Berlin: a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany by Marie Jalowicz Simon; translated by Anthea BellIn this absorbing memoir, author Marie Jalowicz Simon relates her experiences as a hidden Jew in Berlin during World War II. In 1941, when she realized that the SS was likely to round her up for deportation to a concentration camp, she disappeared into the city, relying on family and friends to help her survive to the end of the war. Simon's son Hermann transcribed his mother's unusual odyssey from her tape recordings. Her emotionally touching -- but unsentimental -- account is "also full of miracles, hope, and a future," says Publishers Weekly. |
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You're never weird on the Internet (almost): a memoir
by Felicia Day
The entertainment artist best known for her web videos shares stories of her homeschooled childhood, her rags-to-riches professional successes and her thoughts on such topics as creativity, video games and feminism.
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Me after you: a true story about love, loss and other disasters
by Lucie Brownlee
Lucie is 37. She is the mother of a young daughter. And she is a widow. Her husband, Mark, died suddenly at the age of just 37. There wasn't even time to say goodbye. This book, inspired by her award-winning blog Wife After Death, is the story of her grief, and how she is (and isn't) coming to terms with Mark's death, and bringing up their daughter on her own.
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Focus on: November and December Birthdays
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"There was no denying that a normal day in the life of a young Iranian is very different from that of most young Americans." ~ from Azar Nafisi's The Republic of Imagination
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| And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut: a life by Charles J. ShieldsKurt Vonnegut came to prominence with the publication of Slaughterhouse-Five, a bestseller that portrayed the firebombing of Dresden, where he was a POW during World War II. Born to parents from two wealthy German-American families in Indianapolis, Vonnegut drifted into college and the Army after the Great Depression depleted their riches. He was a complex character who struggled to support his family before his first successful novel guaranteed a stable income. Shields focuses more on Vonnegut's personality and relationships with friends and family than on his literary work. |
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| Special deluxe: a memoir of life and cars by Neil YoungNovember 12, 1945. Canadian singer-songwriter and environmentalist Neil Young follows up his earlier memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, with an account of his love-affair with cars. While conscious of -- and eloquent about -- the atmospheric damage automobile exhaust causes, he writes a lyrical history of the vehicles he's loved through the years, vividly describing each one. He combines reminiscences of his musical career, memories of beloved dogs, and politically explicit warnings about climate change into this engaging and informative self-portrait, which will enthrall his fans, car lovers, dog lovers, and anyone concerned about the environment. |
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| Starting at zero: his own story by Jimi Hendrix; edited by Alan Douglas and Peter NealNovember 27, 1942. Weaving together his interviews, song lyrics, and other writings, this posthumous memoir of rock star Jimi Hendrix recounts his life in his own words. Details of his difficult childhood and youth precede accounts of his early musical career, when he bounced around among various gigs before becoming a hit in London. Racial prejudice angered him, opportunities for free expression inspired him, and rock music took his talent to spectacular heights before his untimely death. |
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| The republic of imagination: the case for fiction by Azar NafisiDecember 1, 1955. Iranian-American literary scholar Azar Nafisi, author of the surprise bestseller Teaching Lolita in Iran, is now a U.S. citizen. In her new memoir, she engagingly combines her personal experiences with literary analysis and social critique to explore her appreciation of her new country. Using classic American novels as lenses for viewing the contrast between American ideals and social reality, she celebrates freedom of expression while critiquing Americans' materialism, political hypocrisy, and the divisive influence of U.S. media. In the process, she illuminates the power of fiction to provoke thought and asserts that reading is necessary to an informed citizenship. |
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| The real Jane Austen: a life in small things by Paula ByrneDecember 16, 1775. English novelist Jane Austen cast her sharp eyes on Regency society to produce witty, detailed fiction that mirrored the world around her. The plots of her novels often turn on the significance of small items, and in The Real Jane Austen biographer Paula Byrne examines similar tokens that reflect important aspects of Austen's life. Revealing that Austen -- often envisaged as a country-dwelling homebody -- travelled extensively, that she loved to shop and avidly followed fashion trends, and that she enjoyed the company of children, Byrne offers new insights into Austen's character. Austen fans and readers interested in Regency England will find this biography informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining. |
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