Thank You Elisabeth: Self-awareness when working with people at the end of life by Sue Marsden
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
When beginning her career in Palliative Medicine, the author first met Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This meeting introduced her to the importance of being aware of one's own emotional issues when working with people who are suffering. As Elisabeth said, "You need to deal with your own sh*t first". The book ...Show more
Home is an Island - A Writer's Tribute to New Zealand's Islands by Neville Peat
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years, and during his working life has visited many of the islands within Aotearoa’s marine realm, from the tropics to Antarctica. This book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Anchor Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Kāpiti Islan ...Show more
Bit Part Actor by Frank Edwards
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
An honest and humorous first-hand account of what it takes to be a creative in Aotearoa: being versatile, working hard, making connections and hoping the small opportunities turn into bigger ones. Frank Edwards has one of those faces Kiwis recognise. A working actor and writer for over fifty years, he’ ...Show more
Downfall - The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of genteel Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who he thought was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed.Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, o ...Show more
Marco Polo: The Remarkable Firsthand Story of the First Kiwis to Sail Around the World by Tony Armit; John Macfarlane
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
In 1951, an 18-year-old Kiwi lad named Tony Armit decided to build a 28-foot wooden yacht. Three years later, he christened her Marco Polo, then with a former school rugby mate, Brian ‘Tig’ Loe, set sail from Auckland on an epic voyage... and whatever adventure may await. In the process, Tony and Tig be ...Show more
I Love My Stupid Life: Eat Lit Food And Other Tasty Exploits by Albert Cho
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Biting, pungent, salty and - yes - sweet, too, this is the true story of Albert Cho's life in food and the paramount place of food in his life. Writer Albert Cho has lived through a lot already - from the bland suburban Kiwi racism and heady dairy lolly-bag runs of his childhood to sexual abuse; from th ...Show more
Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar by Kita Mean
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
There is a man in your future who is going to love you like nobody's business ... and that man is you! Quirky, kitsch and delightfully camp, Kita Mean - Nick Nash by day - inspires fans around the world to live life as their authentic selves, inside and out. From wild nights partying to oblivion to ma ...Show more
Anderton - His Life and Times by David Grant
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Jim Anderton, the Labour rebel who founded a new political movement and became deputy prime minister, is the subject of this compelling, warts-and-all biography by award-winning historian David Grant. From his position as the Party's most outspoken president, Jim Anderton became a backbencher in David L ...Show more
Simon Gault: No Half Measures by Simon Gault
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Auckland chef Simon Gault opened his first restaurant aged 22, piling up awards and accolades at Bell House, Gault’s on Quay, Euro, Giraffe and more. The former MasterChef New Zealand judge is a successful businessman with his name on stocks, seasonings, cookware and cocktails, but that’s not the full s ...Show more
Drink Smoke Snort Stroke by Willy De Wit
37.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A wild and raw tale of Willy’s life – from his early career in stand-up comedy, to his successful and seminal TV show, to his work on the radio – but then beyond, to a world of alcoholism, chronic drug addiction, long standing bouts of depression and a major stroke suffered for good measure. But apart f ...Show more
Blood and Bone: Revelations of an orthopaedic surgeon by Russell Tregonning
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Russell Tregonning finished his fifty-year career in medicine as one of New Zealand's leading orthopaedic surgeons and as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Otago School of Medicine. This memoir takes the reader through his journey from medical student to orthopaedic surgeon - from introducing pioneering ...Show more