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Legacy
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Legacy

By James Kerr ,

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Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
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Survival of the Richest

By Douglas Rushkoff ,

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Two Worlds: First Meetings between Maori and Europeans, 1642-1772
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Two Worlds

By Anne Salmond ,

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Wild about You!: The Sixties Beat Explosion in Australia and New Zealand
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Wild about You!

By Ian D. Marks (editor) , Iain McIntyre (editor) ,

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Vegan Travel Handbook 1
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Vegan Travel Handbook 1

By Lonely Planet Food ,

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Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan and Maori Exiles
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Aboriginal Convicts

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The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806 – 1845
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The Musket Wars

By R.D. (Ron) Crosby ,

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The New Zealand Wars | Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
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The New Zealand Wars | Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa

By Vincent O’Malley ,

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Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820–1920
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Petticoat Whalers

By Joan Druett ,

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Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness
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Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit

By Donna Farhi ,

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Penguins! Strange and Wonderful
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Penguins! Strange and Wonderful

By Laurence Pringle , Meryl Learnihan Henderson (illustrator) ,

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Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult
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Daughter of Gloriavale

By Lilia Tarawa ,

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The Hobbit Companion
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The Hobbit Companion

By David Day , Lidia Postma (illustrator) ,

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A Land of Two Halves
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A Land of Two Halves

By Joe Bennett ,

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In Search of the Blue Duck
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In Search of the Blue Duck

By James Bloom ,

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World War II Letters: A Glimpse into the Heart of the Second World War Through the Eyes of Those Who Were Fighting It
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World War II Letters

By Bill Adler (editor) , Tracy Quinn McLennan (contributor) ,

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Long May You Run: A global nomad's search for home
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Long May You Run

By Adele Barlow ,

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Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand
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Blood and Dirt

By Jared Davidson ,

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Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
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Tutira

By H. Guthrie-Smith ,

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Kiwis Might Fly: A New Zealand Adventure
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Kiwis Might Fly

By Polly Evans ,

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Settlers: New Zealand Immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland 1800-1945
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Settlers

By Jock Phillips , Terry Hearn ,

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A Woman of Good Character: Single Women as Immigrant Settlers in Nineteenth Century New Zealand
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A Woman of Good Character

By Charlotte Macdonald ,

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Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930
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Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930

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Migration, Ethnicity, and Madness: New Zealand, 1860-1910
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Migration, Ethnicity, and Madness

By Angela McCarthy ,

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Half the World from Home: Perspectives on the Irish in New Zealand, 1860-1950
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Half the World from Home

By Donald Harman Akenson ,

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Small Bodies of Water
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Small Bodies of Water

By Nina Mingya Powles ,

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Dug to Death: A Tale of Archaeological Method and Mayhem
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Dug to Death

By Adrian Praetzellis ,

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The Mires
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The Mires

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