The Secrets of My Life by Caitlyn Jenner
37.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
In this remarkable memoir - written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger during her pivotal first years of rebirth - Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. With poignancy and humour, Caitlyn writes about her confusion growing up, the temporary triumph of the Oly ...Show more
Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir by Alan Cumming
27.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star of stage, television, and film--"one of the mo ...Show more
Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory by Keggie Carew
28.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Winner of the Costa Biography Award. Keggie Carew grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World War, in peacetime he lived on his wits and dazzling charm. But these were not always enough to sustain a family. As his memory began to fail ...Show more
The Elephant Man : A pictorial autobiography of the Whirling Bros Circus by Tony Ratcliffe
49.95 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Tony Ratcliffe is the man behind New Zealand's iconic circus, The Whirling Bros Circus. Many New Zealanders experienced the thrill of watching exotic animals and circus performers under his Big Top during the late 20th Century. An integral part of that show was Jumbo the Elephant, another New Zealand ic ...Show more
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
34.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Amy Schumer. Her memoir. Need we say more? Amy Schumer is taking the world by storm. In just a few short years, she's become a huge movie star, writing and starring in Trainwreck, not to mention BFFs with Jennifer Lawrence and Judd Apatow, is a media darling, acclaimed as a subversive comic genius, and ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
A New York Times Bestseller -- Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2008. Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious neuroana ...Show more
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Life Lessons from Space by Chris Hadfield
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
"Hadfield is a genius, a man of science and technology and no first-timer to the universe."-New York Post Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live ...Show more
Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure by MacNaughton
22.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: General Adult
New York Times BestsellerFrom a real-life derring-do woman, exhilarating stories, activities, and tips to inspire girls to pursue a life of adventure and excitement.Why should girls miss out on the joy of adventure? They can jump off rocks, swing on ropes, and climb trees just as well as boys can. But g ...Show more
The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
A story never before told and a memoir to help change our understanding of the world around us, 13-year-old Naoki Higashida's astonishing, empathetic book takes us into the mind of a boy with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, author of the global phenomenon, Cloud Atlas, and transla ...Show more