The Truth About China: Propaganda, patriotism and the search for answers by Bill Birtles
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
'People abroad always thought things were much scarier in China than they really were. What threw me, though, was the urgency of the diplomats in Beijing. They live it, they get it. And they wanted me out.'Bill Birtles was rushed out of China in September 2020, forced to seek refuge in the Australian Em ...Show more
Norma Kamali: I Am Invincible by Norma Kamali
55.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Wit and wisdom from the innovative, influential, and empowering wellness guru and designer Norma Kamali In her first book, fashion legend Norma Kamali offers readers a stylish, inspiring, and heartfelt handbook for gliding boldly through each of life's decades with purpose and power. Manifesto, memoir, ...Show more
Walking With Ghosts - A Memoir by Gabriel Byrne
44.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne.'Make no mistake about it: this is a masterpiece . . . poetic, moving and very funny' -- Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World SpinAs a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel B ...Show more
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
24.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. A Penguin Classic First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre ...Show more
Oscar Garden: A Tale of One Man's Love of Flying by Annamaria Garden
45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
One day in 1930, a man walked into a department store in London and bought an aeroplane. Having just learned to fly, Oscar Garden dreamed of flying to Australia. In his newly purchased aeroplane, he did just that. This adventure and myriad others this risk-taker embarked on are recounted in this book. O ...Show more
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
37.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A Gen-X This Boy's Life...Music and his fierce brilliance boost Jollett; a visceral urge to leave his background behind propels him to excel... In the end, Jollett shakes off the past to become the captain of his own soul. Hollywood Park is a triumph.' -O, The ...Show more
Guiding Lights - The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women by Shona Riddell
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights includes stories from around the world, such as the dramatic torching of Puysegur Point, one of New Zealand' ...Show more
Tomorrow Will Be a Good Day (HB) by Captain Tom Moore
48.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
At the height of the pandemic, ninety-nine-year-old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore began walking laps of his garden to raise e1000 for the NHS. By the time of his 100th birthday, he'd reached e32 million and captured the hearts of the nation. In his official autobiography, announced alongside the creati ...Show more
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub Catch a Rising Star as a twenty-one-year-old student in autumn of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved ever ...Show more
Shoe Dog - A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
28.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
In this instantand tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one o ...Show more
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
69.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of th ...Show more
Stories of Hope - Finding Inspiration in Everyday Lives by Heather Morris
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
Heather Morris, author of the internationally bestselling novels The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey, grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand. On her way back across the paddocks from school, Heather would visit her great-grandfather and listen to his experiences of war - stories he told only ...Show more