Superyacht Captain: Life and leadership in the world's most incredible industry by Brendan O'Shannassy
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'Billionaires are the suns in their unique universe. Their solar system contains planets built of information and access. Like Copernicus' physical sun, they don't seek either- information and access are captured in a gravitational field that circles them.' There are the wealthy listed and described in ...Show more
The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement by Shane Tim; Benzie Major
$25.00 NZD
Category: Running
'Heads up here's how to run like a pro' The Times'A fascinating book' Adharanand Finn, author of Running With the Kenyans'I'm convinced that Shane's insights were were instrumental in me winning the Marathon des Sables for a second time' Elisabet Barnes, coach and athlete'Shane is the Indiana Jones of t ...Show more
The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one of millions of refugees who leave their homes that year. Matthieu Aikins, a ...Show more
Keith Urban: His amazing journey from daydreamer to superstar by Jeff Apter
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A comprehensive biography that documents how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream - and the price he's had to pay to reach the top. Keith Urban came from humble origins. Born in New Zealand and raised in outer Brisbane, his father worked at the local tip; Keith was a high school dropout. When he w ...Show more
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw
$39.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand. Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about her favourite books, and ...Show more
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson
$37.00 NZD
Category: Autobiography
An uplifting and delightfully bookish memoir about an 89-year-old woman who reclaims her life by re-reading each of Jane Austen's novels.
A Florence Diary by Diana Athill
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A charming, vibrant diary of Diana Athill's holiday to Florence in the late 1940s.
I Came All This Way to Meet You - Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it stayed in my bloodstream, it felt, long after I'd finished it.' Nigella LawsonAs the bookish daughter of a travelling salesman, Jami Attenberg was drawn to the road. Her wanderlust led her to dri ...Show more
Dancing with the Machine by Jo Morgan; John McCrystal
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Mountaineer, adventurer, avid motorcyclist and constant traveller, Jo Morgan has lived an extraordinary life.The youngest of eight children, Jo was brought up largely by her mum after her father died when she was only one, and she has always had an adventurous side. As soon as she turned 15, Jo got her ...Show more
Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains by Anna Fleming
$40.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
In Time on Rock Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing, and the new developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her. Through the story of her progress from terrified beginner to confident lead climber, she shows us how placing hand and foot ...Show more
Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more t ...Show more
Lost and Found - A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz
$47.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An enduring account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker's Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize "Our lives do indeed deserve and reward the kind of honest, gentle, brilliant scrutiny Schulz brings to bear on her own life. The book is profound and beautiful ...Show more