Whispers of Hope - A Family Memoir of Myanmar by Chris Mabey
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
As a British teenager, I meet a beautiful Burmese girl on the school bus. Her family self-exiled in 1964, soon after the military coup, to start a new life in England. My fascination is fired for this far-off land.How did Burma, with such a regal past, swathed in natural beauty and populated by a people ...Show more
This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is Britain's favourite (and naughtiest) treasu ...Show more
Southern Wanderer by Peter Garden
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
At a time when our mandate to defend biodiversity and reverse the damage of centuries has never been clearer or more urgent, the legacy of helicopter pilot Peter Garden sets a critical example. For decades, he has been part of some of the most ground-breaking bird rescue projects in the world, at some o ...Show more
Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
‘Sex and sexuality were our gifts, not our shame, and sharing them was not optional. No one discussed power imbalances, exploitation, or rape. To do so would have been seen as rebellious, or worse, heretical.’ Faith Jones was raised to be part of an elite army preparing for the End Times. Isolated on a ...Show more
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
"A wonderful story... It has all the ingredients of one of Patrick McGrath's icily stylish novels: madness, violence, arcane obsessions, weird learning, ghastly comedy" - John Banville, Literary Review. Two distinguished-looking Victorians, both learned and serious, yet from very different worlds: one a ...Show more
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Amy Stanley
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back in the historical picture.Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now k ...Show more
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women by Qiane Matata-Sipu
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
NUKU: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women is a powerful and important snapshot of Indigenous wāhine today. Through wide-ranging voices this ambitious social documentary showcases diverse representations of leadership, systems change and success. You will obtain authentic insight into life as an Indigenous ...Show more
Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir by Norm MacDonald
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, SNL veteran, and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time. As this book's title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life--more or less--from his origins on a farm in the-back-of- ...Show more
Madhouse at the End of the Earth - The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica **A Times Best Book of 2021** The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarct ...Show more
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks by Patricia Highsmith
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'It promises to be one of the literary highlights of 2021 - publication of the diaries of Patricia Highsmith, one of the most conflicted, fascinating novelists of the 20th century' Edward Helmore, Guardian 'My secrets-the secrets that everyone has-are here, in black and white.' Published for the very ...Show more
Little Bird of Auschwitz: How My Mother Escaped Death and Found Our Family by Jacques Peretti
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'My son Jacques is telling my story. I always wanted to tell it myself but never could. Maybe my English wasn't good enough. I never had the courage. I never imagined for a second it would be written down.' As a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was ...Show more
The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: The\Yorkshire Shepherdess Ser.
A Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller.Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons and her animals. She is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living alongside her husband Clive and seven children at Ravenseat, ...Show more