Resilience by Anne Deveson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
What is it that enables some people to grow through adversity? Anne Deveson's engaging and thought-provoking exploration of this vital capacity of individuals and communities is, like her award-winning classic Tell Me I'm Here, a powerful combination of intellectual journey and personal memoir.
Tolstoy by A N. Wilson
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Classic Biography | Reading Level: very good
Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910) was born into one of the grand old families of Imperial Russia. This biography covers all aspects of his life, and shows it to have been as colourful as any of his own works of fiction.
Corsica Boswell - Paoli, Johnson and Freedom by Moray McLaren
$14.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: good
Deceived with Kindness - A Bloomsbury Childhood by A. Garnett
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Crossing - A Memoir by Deirdre N McCloskey
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
We have read the stories of those who have "crossed" lines of race and class and culture. But few have written of crossing--completely and entirely--the gender line. Crossing is the story of Deirdre McCloskey (formerly Donald), once a golden boy of conservative economics and a child of 1950s and 1960s p ...Show more
Special Deluxe - A Memoir of Life and Cars by Neil Young
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music
Special Deluxe by Neil Young - the second installment of the iconic musician's memoirs. Quirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's new book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book. He returns with more unforgettable stories about his six decades in the music business - but this is not your ...Show more
The Storyteller's Daughter - Return to a Lost Homeland by Saira Shah
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Growing up in Tunbridge Wells, Saira Shah learned from her father that she came from a land of heroes and conquerors, princesses and villains. Here she interweaves the stories she first heard in childhood with her experiences of going
Daughters of the Samurai - A journey from East to West and back by Janice P Nimura
$14.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Reading Level: very good
In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassador ...Show more
Bruce Dickinson - What Does This Button Do? - An Autobiography by Bruce Dickinson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-awaited memoir from the larger-than-life, multifaceted lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock bands ever. Pioneers of Britain's nascent Rock & Metal scene back in the late 1970s, Iron Maiden smashed its way to the to ...Show more
Prince of the Church - Patrick Francis Moran 1830-1911 by Philip Ayres
$25.00 NZD
Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good
A biography of Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), cardinal archbishop of Sydney, based on research in Australia, Italy and Ireland. It places Moran within the historical contexts of his life's work: Rome of the 1848 revolution, Italy of the risorgimento, Ireland in the age of rebellion, and Australia in ...Show more
Conundrum by Jan Morris
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
One of the first-ever books on gender transition, this poignant memoir by a trans woman is "the best first-hand account ever written by a traveler across the boundaries of sex" (Newsweek). "A profoundly poetic story." --The New York Times"An exquisite read." --Maria Popova, The MarginalianThe great trav ...Show more
Vulnerable in Hearts - A memoir of fathers, sons and contract bridge by Sandy Balfour
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good