Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin
30.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald Street "Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition. ...Show more
Sixty Years a Nurse by Mary Hazard
22.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural sout ...Show more
Shackled by Chris Turney
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"In 2013, Australian earth scientist Chris Turney led an ambitious expedition to Antarctica. It promised so much u discovery, history, adventure u but came with great risk. The story of Turney's ship, the Shokalskiy, and the plight of the 71 people on board was broadcast around the world. We watched, li ...Show more
El Infierno: Drugs, Gangs, Riots and Murder: My Time Inside Ecuador's Toughest Prisons by Pieter Tritton
26.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"Gato's head snapped back...We could make out the shots of several 9mms, a couple of 38s and one or two 45s. I hurled myself through the doorway and into the room. I didn't look back." Caught in an Ecuador hotel room with 8kg of cocaine, Pieter Tritton was no mule or dupe. He had planned and organised e ...Show more
I Am, I Am, I Am - Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell
34.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
"I Am I Am I Am is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive. Maggie O'Farrell is a miracle in every sense. I will never forget this book."--Ann Patchett An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one ...Show more
To Siri With Love by Judith Newman
34.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Writer Judith Newman never had any illusions that her family was 'normal'. She and her husband keep separate apartments-his filled with twin grand pianos as befits a former opera singer; hers filled with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, ...Show more
Watching the Wheels: My Autobiography by Damon Hill
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story of his journey through the last golden era of the sport when he took on the greats including Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher and emerged victorious as World Champion in 1996, stepping out of the sh ...Show more
Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
30.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
When he was 14 years old, Brent Runyon set himself on fire. In this chronicle, Runyon describes that devastating suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year. Through this memoir, Runyon shares his thoughts, hopes, and fears with unflinching honesty. Young Adult.
Gamekeeper by Portia Simpson
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The H is for Hawk for lovers of the outdoors and wildlife. A fascinating memoir of Scotland's first ever qualified female gamekeeper. Portia Simpson grew up outdoors, always preferring to climb trees than play with Barbie dolls. Talented and driven, she became the first female to graduate as a Gamekeepe ...Show more
A Small Blue Thing: Life on the Spectrum by Julie Hanify
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Julie Hanify has felt different for as long as she can remember, suffering from anxiety, obsession and an inability to prioritise or slow her life down. A teacher, musician and mother, she was burnt out by the time she reached her forties, and her marriage was on the rocks. When one of her children was ...Show more
Real Friends (#1 Friends) by Shannon Hale
22.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Series: Friends Ser.
"Fresh and funny." --New York Times Book Review Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends--and why it's worth the journey. When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and ...Show more
A Paris Year by Janice MacLeod
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Part memoir and part visual journey through the streets of modern-day Paris, France, A Paris Year chronicles, day by day, one woman's French sojourn in the world's most beautiful city. Beginning on her first day in Paris, Janice MacLeod, the author of the best-selling book, Paris Letters, began a journa ...Show more