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Biography / Memoir

The Far Downers
The People and History of Haast and Jackson Bay
Julia Bradshaw
paperback, 152 pp, b/w photographs, ISBN 978 1877276 07 1, $45.00 approx

Pickerill
Pioneer in Plastic Surgery, Dental Education and Dental Research

Harvey Brown
ISBN 978 1 877372 46 9, hardback, 271 pp., illustrated, $49.95

Mad or Bad?
The Life and Exploits of Amy Bock 1859–1943

Jenny Coleman
paperback, 235 x 155 mm, 370 pp approx, b/w photographs, ISBN 978 1 877372 71 1, $49.95 / £22.50 UK

A Theatre in the House
The Careys' Globe
Rosalie Carey
paperback, 168 pages, illustrated, ISBN 1 877133 66 3, $34.95

Eyewitness

A Memoir of Europe in the 1930s

Geoffrey Cox
paperback, 288 pages, illustrated, ISBN 1 877133 70 1, $39.95

Defence of Madrid
A Classic Account of the Spanish Civil War

Geoffrey Cox
Paperback, 230 x 150 mm, 206pp,
ISBN 978 1 877372 38 4, $39.95

Curved Horizon
An Autobiography
Ruth Dallas
paperback, 182 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0 908569 54 8, $19.95

Books and Boots
The Story of New Zealand Publisher, Writer and Long Distance Walker, Alfred Hamish Reed
Ian Dougherty
hardback, 256 pages, illustrations, ISBN 1-877372-12-9, $49.95

Your Unselfish Kindness
Robin Hyde's Autobiographical Writings
Mary Edmond Paul
Paperback, 190 x 148 mm, 320 pp, ISBN 978 1 877578 21 2, $40 / £27.50 UK

A Snake in the Shrine
Journeys with Nobby through Middle Japan
David Geraghty
paperback, 224 pages, ISBN 1 877276 13 8, $29.95

Promised New Zealand
Fleeing Nazi Persecution
Freya Klier
Memoir/Jewish history
Paperback, 235 x 155 mm, 256 pp, b/w photographs
ISBN 978 1 877372 76 6, $45.00, November 2009 approx

Salote, Queen of Paradise
A biography by Margaret Hixon
paperback, 240 pages, illustrated, ISBN 1 877133 78 7, $49.95

Amassing Treasures for All Times
Sir George Grey, Colonial Bookman and Collector

Donald Jackson Kerr
hardback, 235 x 155 mm, ISBN 1 877372 21 8, 336 pages approx, $59.95

Enduring Legacy
Charles Brasch, Patron, Poet, Collector
Edited by Donald Jackson Kerr
paperback, 128 pages, illustrated, ISBN 1 877276 65 0, $39.95

Seabird Genius
The story of L.E. Richdale, the Royal Albatross
and the Yellow-eyed Penguin
Neville Peat
paperback, 288 pp, b/w and colour throughout ISBN 978 1 877578 11 3, $45 / £27.50 UK

Detours: A Journey Through Small-town New Zealand
(A Generation On)
Neville Peat
ISBN 978 1 877372 39 1, paperback, 240pp., RRP $29.95

Operation Vietnam
A New Zealand Surgical First

Michael Shackleton
paperback, 176 pages, illustrated, ISBN 1 877 276 91 X, $34.95

I whanau au ki Kaiapoi
The story of Natanahira Waruwarutu, as recorded by Thomas Green

Te Maire Tau
Paperback with flaps, 230 x 155 mm, 112 pp, ISBN 978 1 877578 12 0, $30 / £18.50 UK

Passageways
The Story of a New Zealand Family
Ann Thwaite
paperback, 368 pp, illustrated ISBN 978 1 877372 67 4, $45 / £19.50 UK

John Larkins Cheese Richardson
'The Gentlest, Bravest and Most Just of Men'

Olive Trotter
paperback, 230 x 155 mm, 208 pp approx, b/w photos ISBN 978 1 877578 01 4, $45.00 approx

Facing the Music
Charles Baeyertz and The Triad
Joanna Woods
paperback, 288 pages, ISBN 978 1 877372 551, $45.00

A Deserter's Adventures
The autobiography of Dom Felice Vaggioli, translated by John Crockett
paperback, 230 x 155, 274 pages, b/w illustrations
ISBN 978 1877276 11 8, $49.95

She Dared to Speak: Connie Birchfield's Story
Maureen Birchfield
paperback, 216 pp, ISBN 1 877 13353 1, $34.95

The Story of a New Zealand Writer: Jane Mander
Rae McGregor
paperback, 150 pp, ISBN 1 877 13337 X, $34.95