Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country by Billy Connolly
28.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"Where do you come from? It's one of the most basic human questions of all. But there is another question, which might sound a wee bit similar but is actually very different: What do you come from? And, let me tell you, that question can take you all sorts of strange places." In Made in Scotland, Lege ...Show more
Running With Sherman - The Donkey who Survived Against all Odds and Raced Like a Champion by Christopher McDougall
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Bestselling author of Born to Run rehabilitates a donkey to winning success. When barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative - and it's clear his poor treatment ha ...Show more
Against All Odds: The Inside Account of the Thai Cave Rescue, and the Courageous Australians at the Heart of It by Craig Challen; Richard Harris
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
'I just want to warn you. You're going to dive to the end of the cave. You're going to see these kids. They're all looking healthy and happy and smiley. Then, you're going to swim away, and they're probably all going to die.' In June 2018, for seventeen days, the world watched and held its breath as the ...Show more
Who Am I, Again? by Lenny Henry
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Sir Lenny Henry is one of the UK's best-loved comedians with a career spanning over forty years. Here he writes about his youth for the first time. A child of the Jamaican diaspora, Lenny Henry was one of seven children in a boisterous, complicated family. With honesty, tenderness and a glorious sense o ...Show more
Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix by Mick Wall
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people. But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell ...Show more
The Beautiful Ones - Prince by Prince
55.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time--featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical genius, one of t ...Show more
Not Afraid The Evolution of Eminem by Anthony Bozza
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The follow-up to the bestselling Whatever You Say I Am, chronicling the last 15 years of Eminem's life, based on new, exclusive interviews with the rapper, his friends, family and associates.
Books That Saved My Life by MICHAEL MCGIRR
26.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Great literature is thrilling. It will feed your hungry mind and take your heart on a journey. It will help you on the wonderful path to one of life's most elusive and hard-won freedoms, freedom from the ego.Here is a book about the sheer joy of living, exploring forty texts that can enrich us in all ma ...Show more
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Époque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, ...Show more
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly LVO
42.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty's Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty's Personal Advisor, ...Show more
Relentless by Dean Stott
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
'Dean's journey from the Special Boat Service to intrepid adventurer is truly inspirational.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'An extraordinary tale of courage and adventure. Dean's story is inspirational.' - Levison Wood 'Dean's relentless determination to help those who face many mental health battles is incr ...Show more
Running Free - The Autobiography by Robin Knox-Johnston
22.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston burst to fame when he became the first man ever to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Now, 50 years on from that famous voyage, he reveals the true, extraordinary story of his life. After leaving school, he immediately joined the Royal Naval Reser ...Show more