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Trailblazers and icons – the latest memoir and biography

Find memoir from some of Aotearoa's best known personalities, trailblazers and icons; personal essays, biography, travel stories and more.

Winter reading memoir and biography covers asset

Browse new memoir, biography and true stories from our Winter Reading catalogue. Find the full catalogue here.

Take a look at the reading list below and find more about these books on Kete, including:

Extracts from:
Hine Toa
Hold my hand Rosie. Don't let go.
The Last Secret Agent
The Antipodean Express

Reviews of:
Life of Dai
On Call

An interview with book designer Floor van Leroy (Ans Westra: a life in photography).

Check out the reading list...

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Ans Westra: A Life in Photography
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The Antipodean Express: A journey by train from New Zealand to Spain
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The Beautiful Afternoon
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Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan
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The Fight for Freshwater: A Memoir
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Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand medical pioneer Douglas Jolly
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Hine Toa
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Hold my hand, Rosie. Don't let go: A mother-and-daughter story of addiction, despair, and hope
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The Last Secret Agent
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The Life of Dai
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Mickey
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Nothing Significant To Report
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On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother
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Terra Nova
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The Unsettled: Small stories of colonisation

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