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Perfection: The Life and Times of Sir William Manchester by Earle Brown
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
From country boy to internationally renowned plastic surgeon, from junior medical officer to Lieutenant Colonel in just four years, "Perfection: the life and times of Sir William Manchester" covers a life of achievement and service. Hailing from small beginnings in rural Waimate, William Manchester beca ...Show more
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction A brilliant, haunting and unforgettable memoir from a stunning new talent about the inexorable pull of home and family, set in a shotgun house in New Orleans East. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun ...Show more
Survivor - Life in the SAS by Mark Wales
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'A powerful, honest story of courage, redemption and finding purpose' - Bear GryllsHow do you rebuild your life when you've hit rock bottom?Mark Wales thought his life would end in a cornfield in Afghanistan. Mark and his SAS troops emerged from that scorched battlefield twelve hours later, his mentor g ...Show more
The Art of Cycling by Cadel Evans
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The bestselling autobiography of a cycling legend and winner of the 2011 Tour de France On the afternoon of Sunday, the first of February 2015, Cadel Evans crossed the finish line in the first-ever race of the event that would immortalise his name: the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. At that moment, ...Show more
The Last Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee Jones
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones, in her own word ...Show more
Hokusai - A Graphic Biography by Giuseppe Lantazi; Francesco Matteuzzi
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Graphic Lives Ser.
A stunning visual biography of one of Japan's most famous historical artists, this book beautifully illustrates the story of Katsushika Hokusai. Enter the world of Katsushika Hokusai - the enigmatic creator of Japanese art's all-time most iconic image. This vivid graphic biography tells the story of Hok ...Show more
The Ghost in the Garden - In Search of Darwin's Lost Garden by Jude Piesse
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his childhood home, The Mount, in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It was here, under the tutelage of his green-finger ...Show more
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade - the phenomenon, Waterstones Book of the Month and Costa Award shortlisted The Salt Path. _______ 'Extraordinary: wise, unflinching, exquisite. Profound' Observer 'A thrill to read. The nature wr ...Show more
The Happy Traitor by Simon KUPER
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'A deeply human read, wonderfully written, on the foibles of a fascinating, flawed, treacherous and sort of likeable character.' Philippe SandsThose people who were betrayed were not innocent people. They were no better nor worse than I am. It's all part of the intelligence world. If the man who turned ...Show more
Labour Saving - A Memoir by Michael Cullen
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A fascinating and in-depth insight into the extraordinary career of one of our most important politicians, who was instrumental in shaping the development of Aotearoa New Zealand.
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
At once candidly intimate and searchingly analytical, She Come By It Natural captures the enduring appeal of this singular star.
Dave Brubeck: a Life in Time by Philip Clark
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
WINNER OF THE PRESTO JAZZ BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 An articulate, scrupulously researched account based on first-hand information, this book presents Brubeck's contribution to music with the critical insight that it deserves - ***** BBC Music Magazine This is the writing about jazz that we've been waiting ...Show more
