The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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
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.
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua Mezrich
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily: How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves? Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liv ...Show more
Memoirs of a Book Thief by Alessandro Tota (Text by); Pierre Van Hove (Artist)
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Daniel Brodin - bibliophile, book thief, self-proclaimed poet - enters the heated atmosphere of the Cafe Serbier, home of the Parisian literati. A poetry night is taking place and, when one luminary suggests giving the floor to an unknown, Daniel impulsively puts himself forward. Under pressure, he reci ...Show more
Book of Cohen by David Cohen
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
This is a story of two Cohens, the famous singer and his not-so-famous lifelong New Zealand fan. It spans several generations and locations, from the refugee waves of Europe of the 19th century to suburban New Zealand in the 1970s, late-night Montreal and New York and the menacing frontiers of the Middl ...Show more
Simon Mannering - Warrior by Gray Wynne
49.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Simon Mannering is one of elite sport's great enigmas. Since 2005 he has been a regular fixture in the Warriors and Kiwis rugby league teams and has captained both sides. He has the passion and drive of Brad Thorn and the consistency of Richie McCaw. He regularly leads tackle counts, always has the resp ...Show more
Rehabilitated: Total turnaround from drug addiction by Valeria Tokoar
19.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Rehabilitated is Valeria Tokoar's raw account of growing up with insecurity and anxiety and with a personality that found it hard to resist temptation. Always looking for the easy way out, Valeria made one wrong decision after another until she found herself in a world of drugs, alcohol and even prostit ...Show more
Educated by Tara Westover
30.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't b ...Show more
The Choice by Edith Eger
28.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimagin ...Show more
Working Class Man (PB) (C-format) by Jimmy Barnes
26.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class B ...Show more
Steven Adams: My Life, My Fight by Steven Adams
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
For the first time, Steven Adams shares the story behind his meteoric rise from the streets of Rotorua to his emerging stardom in the NBA. Adams overcame the odds to become a top prospect in the 2013 NBA draft. From there he went on to secure a four-year contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder - making ...Show more
Louise Sutherland: Spinning the Globe by Bronwen Wall
20.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Series: New Zealand Cycling Legends | Reading Level: very good
Louise was a small woman with a big heart. She knew virtually nothing about bicycles, except what really mattered, and so became a cycling legend without winning a single race. Instead Louise Sutherland planned her own route - one that was far longer and rougher than any Tour de France. She was the firs ...Show more