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Head Shot : Glamour, Grief and Getting on With It
by Victoria Nixon
1967 was an extraordinary year for Victoria Nixon. Spotted in London's Bond Street by none other than Helmut Newton, who photographed her for Vogue, she was soon travelling the world with a paid-for smile, earning a fortune and hanging out with the era's legendary figures, from Andy Warhol and The Beach Boys to Salvador Dali and the Shah of Iran. But this glamorous dream came to a sudden end when Victoria's brother took his own life in her New York apartment.
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Camera Girl
by Doreen Spooner
Fleet Street's first female photographer, Doreen, tells of her struggles with marital heartbreak, money, working-mother guilt and a career in a man's world. Each day she encountered politicians, royals, starlets, popstars and murderers. Shooting stars by day - cooking fishfingers by night.
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Young Castro : the making of a revolutionary
by Jonathan M. Hansen
The first American historian in a generation to gain access to the Castro archives in Havana draws upon hundreds of never-before-seen letters and interviews to present an intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro—a man determined to be a leader.
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Sontag : her life and work
by Benjamin Moser
The award-winning author of Why This World chronicles the life story of the 20th-century activist and intellectual, sharing insights into Sontag’s private life and indelible influence on modern politics, feminism and gender diversity.
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| Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis FoxA suspenseful account of Amaryllis Fox's decade spent working counterterrorism operations for the CIA while also starting a family with her husband, a fellow agent.
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A Sharp Left Turn
by Mike Chunn
A rollercoaster yarn about Mike Chunn's years in the ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how he dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities.
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One Year Drawn
by Pete Bossley
A colourful illustrated memoir recording a young New Zealand architect's watershed year spent travelling, and observing and drawing buildings, places and everyday life.
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An Adventurous Life
by Valerie Taylor
Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before she could walk unaided. When Valerie was fifteen, she found work as an animator and moved back to Australia with her family. From trainee animator to Spielberg, from Jaws to Blue Lagoon, this is the remarkable story of an incredible woman.
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River of fire : my spiritual journey
by Helen Prejean
An activist nun known for campaigning to end the death penalty describes her spiritual journey from a person who prayed for God to solve the problems of the world to someone who works to transform social injustices herself.
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The Passionate Spirit: the Life of Alma Mahler
A new biography of Alma Mahler. Drawing on Alma's vivid, sensual, and overlooked diaries, biographer Cate Haste recounts the untold and far more sympathetic story of this ambitious and talented woman. Though she dreamed of being the first woman to compose a famous opera, Alma was stifled by traditional social values. Eventually, she put her own dreams aside and wielded power and influence the only way she could, by supporting the art of more famous men.
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| The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table by Rick BraggIn this nostalgic tribute to the cuisine of his Alabama childhood, author Rick Bragg shares the stories behind his family's recipes. Recipes include: pinto beans and ham bone; baked possum. Want a taste? "She cooks in dabs, and smidgens, and tads, and a measurement she mysteriously refers to as 'you know, hon, just some.'" |
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Recipe for Life : The Autobiography
by Mary Berry
From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - the author has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. This book presents her journey of nearly eighty years.
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Toast: the Story of a Boy's Hunger
by Nigel Slater
Presents Nigel Slater's memoir concerning the daily life and culinary highlights of his childhood in suburban England during the 1960s.
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Tart & Bitter : Four Decades of Dining Nightmares
by David Burton
Over his long career as a restaurant critic, David Burton has written approximately 2000 restaurant reviews for The Dominion Post and its predecessor The Evening Post, as well as Cuisine magazine. Anyone interested in New Zealand food will delight in this wicked and compelling book.
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| Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David SteinTop Chef star and two-time Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Kwame Onwuachi's rise in the world of fine dining. Recipes include: cheesecake; chicken and waffles; Nigerian egusi stew. |
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Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain
A New York City chef who is also a novelist recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets of life behind kitchen doors, in a new portable edition that includes annotations from the author.
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