Rafa Nadal Illustrated Biography The King of Clay
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Grace & Steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the Women of the Bush Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long, including Barbara’s mother-in-law, the formidable Dorothy Bush; the ...Show more
My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm by Sam Vincent
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A moving and hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir of a millennial leaving his inner-city life to take over the family farm. Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother- his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but ...Show more
Abominations - Selected Essays From a Career of Courting Self-Destruction by Lionel Shriver
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
A masterful collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. Abominations: Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction showcases Lionel Shriver's relentlessly sceptical and deeply insightful thoughts on our contemporary era. Uniting essays from the Spectator, New York Times, ...Show more
The Death Railway: The Personal Account of Lieutenant Colonel Kappe on the Thai-Burma Railroad by Charles Kappe
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
They had faced the indignity of surrender and the squalor of Changi prison, so the spirits of the British and American troops lifted when they were told that they would be transferred to another healthier location where conditions would be more benign and food far more abundant. A total of 7,000 men, ap ...Show more
A Line Above the Sky: On Mountains and Motherhood by Helen Mort
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A stunning memoir of motherhood and mountaineering by one of Britain's most gifted poets, for readers of H is for Hawk and The Outrun. Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death. Helen Mort has always been ...Show more
Landlines by Raynor Winn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE Global bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how do we relate to each other, and t ...Show more
The Lick of Love by Julian Clary
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Jimmy Mullen Newcastle C Ser.
The Lick of Love takes us on a tour of Julian's colourful life - and wherever life has taken him, Julian has had a dog by his side. Fanny the Wonder Dog, who came into Julian's life when he was somewhat adrift, propelled him up the ranks of the alternative comedy circuit and onto television. Valerie, th ...Show more
Dog Years by Mark Doty
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The story of the acclaimed poet's time with his two beloved retrievers - and a poignant, perceptive meditation on life, death, and the nature of canine companionship. Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he find ...Show more
My Dream Time: The #1 bestselling memoir from global tennis superstar Ash Barty by Ash Barty
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it's always been important to reflect on every part of ...Show more
Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller (HB) by Christine Courtenay
$48.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay. When Christine Courtenay began penning her own life story in lockdown last year, she found herself increasingly drawn into the story of her late husband and bestselling author ...Show more
Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown (HB) by Shaun Bythell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Bookseller and bestselling author Shaun Bythell is back, and he has some thoughts about that Kindle you bought over lockdown. The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty ...Show more