Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her d ...Show more
The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation by Richard Shaw
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN YOUR PAST After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressi ...Show more
Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness as We Age by Judy Bailey
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey. When beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey signed off her final news bulletin in 2005, she had no idea that retirement would bring some of the most fulfilling years of her life. Ever the journalist, Judy sea ...Show more
Taylor Swift: The Whole Story by Chas Newkey-Burden
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The updated story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world with her Eras tour. A small-town girl with incredible talent – and the strength and determination to realise her dream – Taylor Swift has gone from A ...Show more
On Call - The Anatomy of My Life As a Surgeon, a Daughter, a Mother by Ineke Meredith
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Frank, sharp-witted and heart-rending, On Call is a stunning memoir by a female Samoan-New Zealand general surgeon about life, death, and the human limits of care As soon as she could, Ineke Meredith left her family home in Samoa for New Zealand, filled with determination not to be like her mother: lov ...Show more
Taking Sides - A Memoir About Love, War, and Changing the World by Sherine Tadros
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The deeply moving memoir of an award-winning war correspondent turned activist - and her rousing defence of human rights in times of resurgent authoritarianism. As a broadcast journalist for Sky News and Al Jazeera, Sherine Tadros was trained to tell only the facts, as dispassionately as possible. But h ...Show more
The Secret Life of John le Carre by Adam Sisman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carre was alive. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait ...Show more
Kasher in the Rye - The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 by Moshe Kasher
$47.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
"The finest, most moving and powerful memoir I have ever read."--MAYIM BIALIK Rising young comedian Moshe Kasher is lucky to be alive. He started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he had already been in psychoanlysis for 8 years. By the time he was 15, he had been in and out of several me ...Show more
Many Different Kinds of Love - A Story of Life, Death and the NHS by Michael Rosen
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The instant Sunday Times top ten bestsellerA Guardian Book of the YearAn Evening Standard Book of the YearAn Independent Book of the YearNetgalley's non-fiction Book of the YearA national treasure's journey to the brink and back.'Will I wake up?''There's a 50:50 chance.'Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well ...Show more
The Repair Shop: Tales from the Workshop of Dreams by Farrington, Karen
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A celebration of the most moving stories behind the items restored in the Workshop of Dreams, updated with new tales in paperback. Every object tells a story... We all have treasures hidden away in the attic, well-loved and well-worn belongings that have been passed down from generation to generation. ...Show more
Oath and Honor - A Memoir and a Warning (US HB) by Liz Cheney
$75.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Read by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021--by th ...Show more
Women Who Do - Female Disciples in the Gospels by Holly J. Carey
$56.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Meet the women who followed Jesus even when the Twelve failed. To be a disciple is to follow Jesus. And that requires action. But in the gospels, the disciples often falter. The Twelve even abandon Jesus at his crucifixion in many of the narratives. Yet it is female disciples who remain faithful to ...Show more