Ans Westra: A Life in Photography by Paul Moon
50.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023, took hundreds of thousands of images over her long career. Together, those images constitute what is arguably a photo album of Aotearoa. Her dedication and determination sometimes came at a cost but she was focused and driven, overcoming a difficult childho ...Show more
Aiming High: The Story of Byron Brown and his Granddaughter Mary-Annette by Di Buchan
45.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Byron Brown – entrepreneur, businessman, community leader, benefactor, broadcaster, environmentalist, philosopher, poet and storyteller, and an internationally recognised expert on the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. Mary-Annette – artist, actor, event organiser, broadcaster and the Queen of Wool for ...Show more
Jane Austen by Janet Todd
45.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Y Ser.
Jane Austen traces the author's life and times, her personal relationships, the attitudes and customs of the time that shaped her and were in turn shaped by her work, and the places where she lived, worked and set her novels, from rural Hampshire to fashionable Bath Spa.Chapters on each of her novels ru ...Show more
Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley
29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical information, analysis ...Show more
Life on Fodder Farm - A Journey to Self Sufficiency by Rebecca Stewart
39.99 NZD
Category: Lifestyle & Self-Sufficiency
To get to the Stewart family's remote homestead, you head south from the heart of the King Country and take a 40-minute drive into the middle of nowhere.Life on Fodder Farm is their journey through a year living with the land. Each season brings changes to their lives, a fresh focus of what needs to be ...Show more
The Last Secret Agent: The Untold Story of My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Enemy Lines by Pippa Latour, Jude Dobson
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The extraordinary true story of one of the last female special operation agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour was a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British as a Special Operations ...Show more
Never Succumb to Beige by Frances Manwaring
37.99 NZD
Category: Personal Growth
Not succumbing to beige is about wearing your metaphorical high viz vest with flair and panache—being true to who you are and what you bring to the world. In extended essays drawn from her own colourful life, and traversing the joys of schadenfreude, strategic giftbuying, the value of teeth, and lessons ...Show more
Hold my Hand, Rosie. Don't Let Go: A mother-and-daughter story of addiction, despair, and hope by Madeline & Rosie Redding
34.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Rosie is a shy young teenager when she starts experimenting with alcohol. When Rosie’s parents finally realise that their beloved daughter is having problems with her drinking, Rosie is firmly in the grip of alcoholism. What follows is the true story of a family’s battle over ten years to find help for ...Show more
How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE 'Elegant, effortlessly readable . . . essential readi ...Show more
Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
37.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more
Bookshop Dogs by Ruth Shaw
38.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw's three wee bookshops in Manapouri in the far south of Aotearoa New Zealand. Local dogs, holiday house dogs, travelling dogs: many have great stories, be they funny, sad, strange, bemusing, quirky or sweet. Woven throughout are tales of the very special Hun ...Show more
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley
29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity."--Am ...Show more