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
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?
Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures As a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer by Bren Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
From the aquatic world's Anthony Bourdain, Eat Like a Fish is a former fisherman's memoir, manifesto and vision for the future of food: restorative ocean farming.
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
How to Escape from Prison by Paul Wood
37.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
A book on how to break free from prison A powerful lesson in personal change As an 18-year-old, Dr Paul Wood was completely off the rails. He wasn't coping with the impending death of his mother, he was dependent on drugs, and was an unemployed high-school dropout committing crimes to feed his habit. Tw ...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
The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"A sharp and unconventional book -- a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history's champion day-dreamers." --Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" A spirited inquiry into the lost value of leisure and daydream The Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque travelogue of leisure written from ...Show more
The Crossway by Guy Stagg
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Winner - Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2019.Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. 'An extraordinary travelogue, strange and brilliant' i In 2013 Guy Stagg made a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Though a non-believer, he began the journey after suffering several years of mental ...Show more