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Better the blood / by Bennett, Michael,1964-author.;
"An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand's indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and director. A tenacious Māori detective, Hana Westerman juggles single motherhood, endemic prejudice, and the pressures of her career in Auckland CIB. Led to a crime scene by a mysterious video, she discovers a man ritualistically hanging in a secret room and a puzzling inward-curving inscription. Delving into the investigation after a second, apparently unrelated, death, she uncovers a chilling connection to a historic crime: 160 years before, during the brutal and bloody British colonization of New Zealand, a troop of colonial soldiers unjustly executed a Māori Chief. Hana realizes that the murders are utu-the Māori tradition of rebalancing for the crime committed eight generations ago. There were six soldiers in the British troop, and since descendants of two of the soldiers have been killed, four more potential murders remain. Hana is thus hunting New Zealand's first serial killer. The pursuit soon becomes frighteningly personal, recalling the painful event when as a new cop two decades before, Hana was part of a police team sent to end by force a land rights occupation by indigenous peoples on the same ancestral mountain where the Chief was killed, calling once more into question her loyalty to her roots. Worse still, a genealogical link to the British soldiers brings the case terrifyingly close to Hana's own family. Twisty and thought-provoking, Better the Blood is the debut of a remarkable new talent in crime fiction."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Maori (New Zealand people); Murder; Serial murderers; Single mothers; Women detectives;
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Hillary [videorecording] : Everest and beyond / by Mulheron, Danny,television director.; Munro, Andrew,actor.; O'Gorman, Dean,actor.; Usherwood, Amy,actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,publisher.;
Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood.Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008; Mountaineering expeditions; Mountaineers; Mountaineers;
For private home use only.
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Simple dinners : 140+ new recipes, clever ideas and speedy solutions for every day / by Hay, Donna.;
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Quick and easy cooking.;
© c2011., HarperCollins Publishers,
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The stinky wonky donkey / by Smith, Craig,1972-; Cowley, Katz,1973-;
In rhyming text, Dinky Donkey lists all of the animals she loves, all of whom have hoofs, which Wonky Donkey proclaims makes her hoof-hearted.
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Humorous fiction.; Picture books.; Donkeys; Ungulates;
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Murder town : a novel / by Burr, Shelley,author.; container of (work):Burr, Shelley.Ripper.;
Gemma Guillory has lived in Rainier her entire life. She knows the tiny town's ins and outs like the back of her hand, the people like they are her family, their quirks as if they were her own. She knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. That three innocent people died. That the last stop on the Rainier Ripper's trail of death seventeen years ago was her innocuous little teashop. She knows that the consequences of catching the Ripper still haunt her police officer husband and their marriage to this day and that some of her neighbours are desperate - desperate enough to welcome a dark tourism company keen to cash in on Rainier's reputation as the murder town. When the tour operator is killed by a Ripper copycat on Gemma's doorstep, the unease that has lurked quietly in the original killer's wake turns to foreboding, and she's drawn into the investigation. Unbeknownst to her, so is a prisoner named Lane Holland. Gemma knows her town. She knows her people. Doesn't she?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Copycat crimes; Country life; Private investigators; Serial murders; Small cities;
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Things I learned from falling : a memoir / by Nelson, Claire,author.;
In 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a deserted corner of Joshua Tree. The fall shattered her pelvis, rendering her completely immobile. There Claire lay for the next four days, surrounded by boulders that muffled her cries for help, but exposed her to the relentless California sun above. Her rescuers had not expected to find her alive. Claire tells not only her story of surviving, but also her story of falling. What led this successful thirty-something to a desert trail on the other side of the globe from her home where no one knew she would be that day? At once the unbelievable story of an impossible event, and the human journey of a young woman wrestling with the agitation of past and anxiety of future.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Nelson, Claire.; Burn out (Psychology); Hikers; Hiking injuries; Hiking; Life change events; New Zealanders; Self-realization.; Wilderness survival;
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Making dogs happy : a guide to how they think, what they do (and don't) want, and getting to "good dog!" behavior / by Starling, Melissa,author.; McGreevy, Paul,1964-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Dogs.; Dogs;
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The witches' blade / by Mulford, A. K.,author.;
In possession of the Immortal Blade, eighteen-year-old Ruadora Dammacus, venturing into the Northern Court, must prove herself worthy of this powerful artifact to break the curse over the blue witches while wondering what her growing connection to the Northern King means for her people.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Imaginary wars and battles; Inheritance and succession; Kings and rulers; Magic; Man-woman relationships; Princesses; Swords; Witches;
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The high mountain court / by Mulford, A. K.,author.;
To save herself, her people, and help rid the world of the evil Northern Court King, nineteen-year-old Remy, the last red witch, joins Prince Hale of the Eastern Kingdom on a dangerous quest to find the lost relics needed to reclaim her kingdom.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Imaginary wars and battles; Kings and rulers; Magic; Princes; Quests (Expeditions); Witch hunting; Witches;
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The three lives of Alix St. Pierre / by Lester, Natasha,1973-author.;
"Alix St. Pierre. An unforgettable name for an unforgettable woman. She grew up surrounded by Hollywood glamor, but, as an orphan, never truly felt part of that world. In 1943, with WWII raging and men headed overseas to fight, she lands a publicity job to recruit women into the workforce. Her skills-persuasion, daring, quick-witted under pressure-catch the attention of the U.S. government and she finds herself with an even bigger assignment: sent to Switzerland as a spy. Soon Alix is on the precipice of something big, very big. But how far can she trust her German informant ... ? After an Allied victory that didn't come nearly soon enough, Alix moves to Paris, ready to immerse herself in a new position as director of publicity for the yet-to-be-launched House of Dior. In the glamorous halls of the French fashion house, she can nearly forget everything she lost and the dangerous secret she carries. But when a figure from the war reappears and threatens to destroy her future, Alix realizes that only she can right the wrongs of the past ... and finally find justice"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Christian Dior (Firm); Choice (Psychology); Justice; Public relations; Secrecy; Women in advertising; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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