My Innocent Absence - Tales From a Nomadic Life by Miriam Frank
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
When five-year-old Miriam boards the Serpia Pinto in 1941, she is unaware that she and her mother Kate are escaping the round-ups, separations extermination camps of Nazi Germany. By the age of 12, Miriam has fled two wars and lived on three continents. Gradually understanding her own history, she begin ...Show more
The Last King of Poland by Adam Zamoyski
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
An enthralling life of the young and dashing King of Poland by one of Britains most exceptional young historians.
Russian at Heart - Sonechka's Story by Olga Hawkes; John Hawkes
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In freezing mid-winter Moscow, 1924, Sonechka Balk queues to view Lenin's body. She is not there to pay homage, but to see the man whose revolution has stolen her youth. The revolution left the orphaned Sonechka destitute and destroyed her idyllic life in the Crimea. Forced to work for Lenin's secret po ...Show more
John Calvin, Student of Church Fathe by Anthony N S Lane
$18.00 NZD
Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good
A fine study of John Calvin and his relationships with the fathers and medieval scholars, by one of the leading present-day experts in Calvin studies. Specific themes explored include, for example, Calvin's knowledge of the Greek fathers, his use and sources of Bernard of Clairvaux, his use of the fathe ...Show more
A Leap of Faith - Memoirs of an unexpected life by Queen Noor of Jordan (Lisa Halaby)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
The dramatic and inspiring story of an American woman's incredible journey into the heart, and hearts, of a man and his nation.Born into a distinguished Arab-American family and raised amid privilege, Lisa Halaby was in the first co-ed freshman class at Princeton, graduating in 1974 with a degree in arc ...Show more
Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography
From the best-selling author of The Tall Man and The Arsonist, a personal tale about death, life and the enchantment of stories. With illustrations by Anna Walker. Let me tell you a story... When Chloe Hooper's partner is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive illness, she has to find a way to tell their ...Show more
Dave Mc Cartney - Gutter Black by Dave Mcartney
$10.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good
An intimate, raw memoir by a founding member of one of NZ’s iconic rock bands, Hello Sailor; a tale of creativity, misadventure, success and excess. It was like David and Goliath. Only Goliath wasn’t about to be blown away, and David was stoned. Dave McArtney’s description of Hello Sailor’s campaign to ...Show more
Abraham Lincon - The War Years in four volumes by Carl Sandburg
$150.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
Captain Cook's War and Peace - The Royal Navy Years 1755-1768 by John Robson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768? As this new book shows, by that date he had become supremely and uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of exploration. This was a period when who you were and who you knew counted for more than ability, but Cook, thro ...Show more
In Search of Captain Cook - Exploring the man through his own words by Dan O'Sullivan
$16.00 NZD
Category: Nautical | Reading Level: very good
Augustus by Pat Southern
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Roman Imperial Biographies Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Despite his talent for self-promotion, the character of the emperor Augustus is rarely revealed and as such makes this biography unique in its presentation of Augustus the man. Pat Southern chronologically traces the life, works and times of the emperor, presenting ideology and events from his point of ...Show more
The Life of Captain James Cook by J C Beaglehole
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good