Around the Corners, Out to the Edges - A Memoir by composer Jonathan Besser by Jonathon Besser; Nicola McCloy
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Besser's career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the '70s and '80s. Born into a Jewish household in New York in 1949, Jonathan struggled in school as a neuro-atypical child, before delving in ...Show more
The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond by Chris Long
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life. On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from ...Show more
Impossible (Young Readers' Edition) by Stan Walker
24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
An abridged edition of the bestselling memoir. Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even kno ...Show more
Halfway Round the World: My Life Journey in Afghanistan and New Zealand by Soghra Habibi
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
In this book, a woman tells her powerful story, growing up in an isolated village in Afghanistan, fleeing the Taliban, and dealing with tragedy in New Zealand. Soghra Habibi was born in a rural village in Afghanistan. As a young wife and mother, she and her baby hid in the mountains from the Taliban. ...Show more
Nine Lives - New Zealand Writers on Notable New Zealanders
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
A selected group of NZ writers have chosen a favourite New Zealander to write an essay on. These pieces are personal, illuminating and often moving. Around 5,000 words per essay, the writers had full choice on who to write about and what approach to take, so there is great variety in the styles. Writers ...Show more
The Forgotten Coast by Richard Shaw
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A short memoir whose main focus is unpacking a family story that was never told:that a farm in Taranaki on which the family's generations-long comfortable fortunes rested had been directly taken from the people of Parikaha and given to an ancestor, a member of the Armed Constabulary following the invasi ...Show more
Crimetime by Mark Van Leewarden
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
“We think you’re the type of joker who would suit working undercover. No controls, out there doing deals and drinking piss.” And with that the young beat cop shed what was left of his uniform and slid into the underworld of strippers, junkies, crooks and gangsters. Codename: Emu. Mission: to take out ha ...Show more
The Unexpected Patient: True Kiwi stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases by Himali McInnes
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases. A psychiatrist and a patient with supernatural connections. A plastic surgeon and a Whakaari/White Island volcanic eruption survivor. A trauma therapist caught in the aftermath of a violent methamphetamine episode. The Unexpected Patient tells the ...Show more
Lost and Found - My Story of Heartbreak and Hope by Toni Street
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Toni Street's easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands of New Zealanders. But behind the bubbly persona, is a story of heartbreak and resilience. Toni and her twin brother Lance were the much-loved first children of Taranaki dairy farmers Geoff and Wendy Street ...Show more
Imposter - On Booze, Crippling Self-Doubt and Coming Out the Other Side by Matt Chisholm
38.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
'A book of great openness and courage' - Sir John Kirwan Country boy and television host Matt Chisholm seemed to have it all. With a plum job on TV and a great family, his future looked bright.? But behind the happy facade, Matt was barely coping, driving himself into the ground with work and withdrawi ...Show more
Sundowner of the Skies: The Story of Oscar Garden, the Forgotten Aviator by Mary Garden
32.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
In the early morning of 16 October 1930, Oscar Garden taxied his tiny open-cockpit Gipsy Moth across London's Croydon aerodrome and, with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off. He had carpet slippers on his feet and a packet of sandwiches on his lap. His plan was to fly t ...Show more