100 Letters That Changed the World by Colin Salter
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in th ...Show more
Warren Gatland: Pride and Passion My Autobiography by Warren Gatland
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Warren Gatland is one of the most renowned rugby coaches of the last 20 years, leading Wales to three Six Nations titles, two Grand Slams and a World Cup semi-final, and delivering two successful tours as Head Coach of the British and Irish Lions. As he leaves his post as Head Coach of Wales at the end ...Show more
Someone's Wife by Linda Burgess
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A brilliant collection of personal essays from a quietly subversive writer. These pieces read like the freshest of recent novels: clever, restrained and wittily observant. They range across the personal and the observational. There are essays on her lifetime of being an All Black wife (once an AB, alway ...Show more
Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica by Rebecca Priestley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Rebecca Priestley longs to be in Antarctica. But it is also the last place on Earth she wants to go. In 2011 Priestley visited the wide white continent for the first time, on a trip that coincided with the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott's fateful trek to the South Pole. For Priestley, 2011 was the ful ...Show more
Life Undercover: the Explosive First-Hand Account of a CIA Agent Hunting the World's Most Dangerous Terrorists by Amaryllis Fox
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Do you have what it takes to stand between us and the enemy? "I'm here to prevent a major and imminent attack. One that will kill children. I'm alone and operational in the country where my colleague was taken and beheaded, and every hour I'm delayed is another hour for something to go wrong - for an in ...Show more
Fear and Courage by Renée Hollis (Editor)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Timeless Wisdom Ser.
We have all felt fear, whether it's the sweaty palms and racing heart as we make a speech or the profound, all-encompassing awareness of our own mortality as we await medical results. Of course, the flip-side of fear is courage. The person who learns a new skill late in life despite fearing they're 'too ...Show more
Relative Strangers: A Mother's Adoption Memoir by Pip Murdoch
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Pip Murdoch offers us a raw and honest account of her personal journey, giving birth and placing her child up for adoption during early seventies New Zealand. Her frank and gritty portrayal is set against a period of rapid social change within a narrow and judgemental environment. Pip gives us intimate ...Show more
Every Morning So Far, I'm Alive by Wendy Parkins
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Every morning, so far, I’m alive is about what it’s like to live in a world where shaking a stranger’s hand, catching a taxi or touching a door handle are fraught with fear and dread. This memoir charts the author’s breakdown after migrating from New Zealand to England: what begins as homesickness and c ...Show more
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future by Ashlee Vance
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography
South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is ...Show more
Lion: A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography
NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. This ...Show more
Getting There: A Workbook for Growing Up by Mari Andrew
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
From the best-selling author of AM I THERE YET? comes a guided journal for fans looking to create their own versions of Mari Andrew's heart-rending illustrations. Filled with Instagram star Mari Andrew's poignant illustrations, Getting There will help people record (with words and doodles) their own jo ...Show more
Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind.' - The Times In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. Ther ...Show more