Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved TV series "Happy Days", has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case, he's ju ...Show more
The Long and Winding Road by Lesley Pearse
$34.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart.A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world.Yet this descr ...Show more
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan by Bariz Shah
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
What does it take to find hope in dark places and change the course of your life? When Bariz Shah's family immigrated to New Zealand, they couldn't have predicted that everything would change after 9/11. Still only a child, Bariz became the target of racist abuse and bullying, and responded the only wa ...Show more
Britney Spears - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
$49.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the ...Show more
Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The real story of Edward VIII - the King who abdicated the throne in 1936 - told in his own words, using an unpublished memoir and other never seen sources.
Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time an ...Show more
Rambling Man - My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly
$49.99 NZD
$55.00 (9% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Father Anselm Novels Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
In my fantasy of the Rambling Man who is something of a hobo, walking - or maybe jumping into the car of a moving train - is what he does. He slings his guitar or banjo over his shoulder and strides out along the road to the next town. There he plays a few songs at a local gig and meets a beautiful woma ...Show more
The Twat Files: A hilarious sort-of memoir of mistakes, mishaps and mess-ups by Dawn French
$34.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last sixty years. Nincompoop. Nitwit. Lunatic. Dork. All lovely . . . but . . . nah . . . I prefer Twat. It's neat and it's accurate somehow. Because, yes, I am a Twat . . . sometimes. Aren't we all? THE TWAT ...Show more
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Another year on the Diddly Squat Farm and Jeremy is still knee-deep in mud and endless challenges.Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming, there's only one golden rul ...Show more
Grand: Becoming my mother's daughter by Noelle McCarthy
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. "I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith." —Mammy, just before she died. Funny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in p ...Show more
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
$19.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 19 ...Show more
Live. Fight. Survive.: An ex-British soldier's account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia by Shaun Pinner
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The extraordinary recount of one man's experience in the Ukrainian war and his miraculous escape from Russian imprisonment . . . Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family. What follows is the true story of his six mon ...Show more