Still Standing by Jessica Quinn
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Jess Quinn's inspirational memoir tells her story of losing her leg to cancer as a nine-year-old and how she's come to an acceptance of this and turned it into a quest to help others. Jess Quinn is, in her own words, quite literally a walking miracle. Her body has been completely restructured so that sh ...Show more
Swan Dive by Georgina Pazcoguin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet-the gritty, hilarious, sometimes shocking truth you don't see from the orchestra circle. In this love letter to the art of dance and the sport that ha ...Show more
My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of twelve, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them. What you will discover was written when Joan 'fe ...Show more
A Severe Mercy: C. S. Lewis's Influence on a Moving and Tragic Love Story by Sheldon Vanauken
$31.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
C. S. Lewis was their mentor and friend. When tragedy struck, he became their guide and a comforter of piercing insight and compassion. His letters are carefully preserved and reproduced in this moving account of the extraordinary love between Sheldon Vanauken and Jean Davis. This beautiful tale bears w ...Show more
Rise: The Brand New Autobiography by Siya Kolisi
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales’ MARCUS RASHFORD His truth. His story. In his words. There have been many comments made and books written about Siya Kolisi, captain of the Springboks, and the first black man to lead his country in over 128 ...Show more
Letter from America - 1946-2004 by Alistair Cooke
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United StatesWhen Alistair Cooke retired in February 2004 he was acclaimed as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letter from America radio series, which ...Show more
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart. In 2002, with her siste ...Show more
The Unseen Body - A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy by Jonathan Reisman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In his beautifully written prose, Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows readers to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world.Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the ...Show more
In My Mother's Footsteps - A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home by Mona Hajjar Halaby
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
''Utterly heart-breaking, absorbing, and tender...will stay with you long after you finish the last page.'' Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo''Refugees are like seeds that scatter in the wind, and land in different soils that become their reluctant homes'' my mother once tol ...Show more
Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from the Battlefront by James Patterson
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection of never-before-told war stories crafted from hundreds of original interviews, written with Matt Eversmann, the decorated war hero immortalised in the film Black Hawk DownThese are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms; ...Show more
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of o ...Show more