New Releases to add to your TBR (11th August)
By Lizzy
There's a new release for everyone this week - here's your TBR roundup! Lizzy shares her picks from the newest in fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks and children's books!
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New Releases to add to your TBR (5th August)
By Lizzy
Check out this week's new release round up with loads of local new non-fiction, some amazing new fantasy reads, and books for the tamariki too!
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Book Hero's Favourite Biographies!
By Lizzy
The Book Hero team are sharing their favourite biography or memoir - some are recent releases, others ones that are a bit older but just as impactful and important.
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (29th July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with everything you need to know about the new releases this week - featuring local non-fiction, spectacular picture books, and a whole range of fiction!
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Sir Richard Branson's most recommended books!
By Dylan
I've always admired Richard Branson for bringing a genuine sense of fun to business, celebrating his team, and never being afraid to be himself. Those are qualities I've tried to...
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Don't Let These Books Pass You By
By Lizzy
Lizzy rounds up 10 books that have been published this year that she feels are deserving of more hype!
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week (21st July)
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here with the weekly round up of all the brand new releases you need on your radar! This week there's a lot of amazing new fiction to get...
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The Book Hero perk that's changing our team 📖
By Dylan
Whenever I see or hear about a book that interests me, I buy it straight away.The $20–$40 investment is almost always worth it, whether I finish the book or not....
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Home Again by Jon Toogood Pre-order Offer
By Shirl
Thanks to Hachette Aotearoa NZ, we are super excited to let you know of this awesome pre-order for Jon Toogood's memoir 'Home Again' Anyone who pre-orders the Home Again will...
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The Perfect Winter Reads
By Lizzy
Lizzy is here sharing the books she thinks you should pick up this Winter - with everything from fiction novels to get lost in, non-fiction books to help you thrive...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
The new week brings a new load of amazing stories to get lost in! Lizzy has rounded up the new releases this week and the titles she is adding to...
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Books for Kids Who Love the Planet
By Lizzy
Whether you have a small child who loves traveling to new places, or a homebody who loves reading books with lots of maps and facts in them - I've rounded...
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Asher Emanuel visits Book Hero
By Lizzy
We were so grateful to have a visit from Asher Emanual and to have the chance to ask him questions about his powerful new book, The Valley - Crime and...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
The new week brings a new load of amazing stories to get lost in! Here are the new releases this week and the titles we are adding to our own...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
We've rounded up this week's new releases, with a whole range of fiction options, some very helpful new non-fiction, and highly anticipated children's books!
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Tim’s Top 10 Personal Development Books
By Tim
Tim shares the ten personal development books he comes back to again and again, from Tim Ferriss and Naval Ravikant to timeless classics like Think and Grow Rich and How...
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New Releases to add to your TBR this week
By Lizzy
This week's new releases include everything from a local psychological thriller, new additions to 2 different dark romance series, beautiful cookbooks, and a couple non-fiction reads about classics and history!...
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Books for People Who Love the Planet
By Lizzy
Now more than ever we need to remain connected to the planet we all belong to. One of my favourite things about reading is about how it can connect us...
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New Releases this week that you need to add to your TBR
By Lizzy
Our recent non-fiction new releases have some of everything - from brand new cookbooks that are easy but full of nutrition, to spy exposes, celebrity memoirs and travelogues, and guides...
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In Defense of Non-Fiction
By Lizzy
Lizzy is sharing some of her recent favourite Non-Fiction reads, ones that are on her TBR, and her tips and reasons for reading more non-fiction in general!
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