The History of Britain - From Neolithic Times to the 21st Century by Richard Dargie
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Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction by Alison Ballance
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Kakapo follows the fall and rise of one of the world's most unusual birds, from the brink of extinction, through a roller-coaster ride of hope and loss. One of New Zealand's most threatened species, these charismatic yet mysterious night parrots, are now found only on a small number of predator-free isl ...Show more
Alan Turing - The Enigma Man by Nigel Cawthorne
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According the Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory against Nazi Germany with his code-breaking machine. The world is also indebted to Turing's genius for the modern computer. However, in 1954, he was found dead, poisoned by an apple laced by cyanide. ...Show more
First in Last Out - The Post-War Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marines Commandos by Paul Winter
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The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of postwar Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length.Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare ...Show more
Dogs with Stories: Capturing New Zealanders with their Four-Legged Best Friends by Mardo El-Noor
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Dogs With Stories is Mardo El-Noor’s desperate call for attention, camouflaged as a vanity project and disguised in a book of pictures and text. Featuring about a hundred good dogs and a hundred dog owners, the book contains a series of hyperrealistic staged scenes, set in the real homes and workplaces ...Show more
Demonising a Good Doctor: A Medical Scandal that Wasn't by Helen Overton
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Demonising a Good Doctor details every aspect of an inquiry that should go down as one of the worst travesties in New Zealand’s legal and medical history. Screening is more complex than many people realise. Public controversy over screening issues broke out in the 1980s in New Zealand leading to a jud ...Show more
Nine Lives: Expeditions to Everest by Robert Mads Anderson
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Robert Mads Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. After nearly getting killed on his first expedition, he led a team up a new route on the Kangshung Face without oxygen or Sherpa support, climbed solo on the remote North Face, and finally guided a team to the top of ...Show more
The Repair Shop: Life in the Barn by Jay Blades
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A third book from the BBC's Top Rated Hit The Repair Shop In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to "make do and mend". The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, cementing itself as a BBC classic of the likes of Antiqu ...Show more