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January 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Biography & Memoir newsletter. Explore true stories about people and their interesting lives.

 

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New For You - Biographies - January 2025

New biographies and memoirs of the famous, the interesting and everyday people.

New For You Biographies
 

New in Biography & Memoir

New

"Hopes, Fears and Wheelchairs" by Lee, Timothy
"Mailman" by Grant, Stephen Starring
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" by Grylls, Bear, 1974-
"McNamara at War" by Taubman, Philip
"Peacemaker" by Thant Myint-U.
"Warrior Mindset" by Gracie, Roger
"Mailman" by Grant, Stephen Starring
New biographies

Aotearoa

"Butterfly Alighting" by Shaw, Marc
"Echoes in Stone" by Strombom, Simon
"Chris Knox" by Robertson, Craig
"Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of Modern Physics" by Wright, Matthew, 1962-
"The Collector" by McKay, Andrew
"Give Me A Memory" by Parkinson, Robyn L.
"Echoes in Stone" by Strombom, Simon
NZ biographies

eBooks

"The Anthony Bourdain Reader" by Bourdain, Anthony
"Bottom of the Pyramid" by Sioux, Nia
"Average at Best :| Memoir From the Creator of Pub Choir®" by Jorgensen, Astrid
"Completely Normal and Totally Fine" by Viva, Rosie
"Awake" by Hatmaker, Jen
"Destination Moon" by Reid, Kate (Pastry chef)
"Bottom of the Pyramid" by Sioux, Nia
New eBook biographies

eAudiobooks

"Selfish" by Pitt, Turia, 1987-
"Destination Moon" by Reid, Kate (Pastry chef)
"Electric Spark" by Wilson, Frances, 1964-
"Freddie Flintoff" by Flintoff, Andrew, 1977-
"Darwin on the Beagle" by Christian, Harrison
"Truly" by Richie, Lionel, 1949-
"Destination Moon" by Reid, Kate (Pastry chef)
New eAudiobook biographies
 

Available now

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Video

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

Borrow on Libby
 

Blog Post

Reading around the World - Fifty Countries, Fifty books!

Simone is part way through a challenge to read a book from every country in the world! What has she learned and what books did she love?

Read Simone's post
 

Survival Stories

Harrowing tales of human survival - of earthquakes, fires, and natural disasters, as well as unthinkable man-made cruelty and genocide.

More biography & memoir picks
 

Summertime Reading Challenge on until 31 January

Ages 0 to 18. Keep reading this summer & win. Pick up a postcard, do 3 challenges, & drop the postcard in. Enjoy events & win prizes!

Summertime Reading Challenge
 
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