Jan Ullrich - The Best There Never Was by Daniel Friebe
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The first biography of one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France, Jan Ullrich. Now available in paperback.In 1997, Jan Ullrich announced himself to the world by obliterating his rivals in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. So awesome was his display that it sent shockwav ...Show more
The Chanel Style Principles: Inspired everyday looks by Hannah Rogers
$38.00 NZD
Category: Culture & Life
Discover how to bring the iconic principles of the world's greatest fashion designers to your everyday wardrobe with these inspiring, practical guides. Will appeal to readers of Welbeck's Little Book of Fashion series (96k TCM - not including non-trade).A beautiful and practical guide with ideas and tip ...Show more
American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific ...Show more
Eleanor Roosevelt: In Her Words: On Women, Politics, Leadership, and Lessons from Life by Nancy Woloch
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Eleanor Roosevelt is considered by many to be the most fascinating, accomplished, and admired woman in American history. While she is best known as a politician, diplomat, humanitarian, UN delegate, activist, feminist, and First Lady she was also a prolific reporter and writer who changed the role of wo ...Show more
Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin
$30.00 NZD
Category: History, Philosophy, Religion
‘Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.’ Adam Rutherford ‘Hilarious, ferocious, generous and convincing. It made me reconsider almost everything I thought I knew about Africa.’ Oliver Bullough Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes ...Show more
His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
$35.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Written with unprecedented access, this is the only and definitive biography of George Floyd. The murder of George Floyd sparked a fiery summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020. People marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, demanding an end to racial injustice. The movement has l ...Show more
Orwell The New Life by D.J. Taylor
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A fascinating exploration of George Orwell--and his body of work--by an award-winning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twenty-first-century readers. We find ourselves in an era when the moment is ripe for a reevaluation of the life and the works of one of the twentieth ...Show more
Uncle Tungsten - Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Picador Collection
Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.Oliver 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 chem ...Show more
A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
<b>‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - <i>Observer</i></b> When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that ...Show more
On the Move - A Life by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Picador Collection
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going . . .From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused wi ...Show more
Owning It: The Ride that Changed my Life by Brad Smeele
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Deeply thoughtful, honest and riveting story of a high-achieving sportsman who became a quadriplegic. Brad Smeele's thrill-seeking, fast-paced life as a professional wakeboarder came to an abrupt halt eight years ago when an accident caused him to become a quadriplegic. Wakeboarding is like waterskiing ...Show more
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. "So, she will live writing the letters she did - six to her best friend, and three to her husband. I know where she was when she wrote them. I know that the dishes were frozen in the sink, that she was bleeding, t ...Show more