Church of the Open Sky by Nat Young
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Series: Australian Surfer | Reading Level: 3 Biography
What makes for a surfing life? With a blaze of groundbreaking performances and a swag of titles claimed from all over the world to his name, Australian world champion surfer Nat Young might know. His seventieth birthday inspired some reflection on exactly that, and on the waves and characters that have ...Show more
Born Again Blakfella by Jack Charles
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his ...Show more
Winx: The Authorised Biography: The Full Story of the World’s Best Racehorse by Andrew Rule
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Winx joins Phar Lap and Bradman in the history books: a national sporting idol and the world's best racehorse.Australia's world champion racehorse Winx has become a sporting giant, transcending racing in the same way that Muhammad Ali transcends boxing and Bradman transcends cricket. She is described by ...Show more
The Travelling Vet: From Pets to Pandas, My Life in Animals by JONATHAN. CRANSTON
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Charming tales from the life of a young vet, whose clients range from guinea pigs to giraffes.
Surf By Day, Jam By Night by Ash Grunwald
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Surf by Day, Jam by Night is Ash Grunwald's deep dive into the extraordinary. From heavy wipe-outs to heaving crowds, soulful road trips to flow states, this book gives a rare insight into the lives and minds of the true legends who have mastered the artforms of surfing and music. Traditionally seen as ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn; Angela Harding
26.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: good
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more
Lawless - A Lawyer's Unrelenting Fight for Justice in One of the World's Most Dangerous Places by Kimberley Motley
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary story of Kim Motley, the US woman who became the first foreign lawyer to practice in Afghanistan.
High Adventure: The Adventure Doesn't End When You Become a Dad by Mike Allsop
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
What happens when a confirmed adventurer becomes a father? Does he continue his solo adventures? Is there a way of having it all - time with family plus adventures?
Backyard to Backpack by Evie Farrell
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life in the suburbs for a life lived fully together travelling the world. What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy? When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sol ...Show more
Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal: by Ben Macintyre
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and Jam ...Show more
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
37.99 NZD
Category: Biography And Memoir
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to ...Show more
The Political Years by Marilyn Waring
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
"When I entered Parliament in 1975, I joined a very small club: although women in New Zealand won the right to vote in 1893, only a tiny handful had been Members of Parliament in the hundred or so years that followed. I was number 15!" In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as ...Show more