Fry's Ties by Stephen Fry
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Every single one of Stephen Fry's ties - whether floral, fluorescent, football themed; striped or spotty, outrageous or simply debonair - tells an intimate tale about a moment in Stephen's life; each one is a window into shared cultural, historical, economic and social moments in time. Fry's Ties is a ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet by Jane Goodall; Douglas Abrams
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe ...Show more
John Illsley - My Life in Dire Straits by John Illsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The first - and only - inside story of one of the greatest bands in rock history, as told by bassist and founder member John Illsley, with a foreword by Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits filled giant stadiums around the world and sold hundreds of millions of records. Throughout the eighties they were one of t ...Show more
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows - A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as 'the most important artist work ...Show more
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of o ...Show more
Prison Break: The Extraordinary Life and Crimes of New Zealand's Most Infamous Escapee by Arthur Taylor
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The extraordinary true story behind New Zealand's most infamous career criminal and prolific escapee. Arthur Taylor is New Zealand's best known, most influential, and colourful career criminal. A household name, he was paroled from prison in 2019 after more than 38 years years behind bars. His life stor ...Show more
Banks (PB) by Grantlee Kieza
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Lust, science, adventure -- Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery The extraordinary life of one of the world's most famous and notorious adventurers Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trumped b ...Show more
House of Glass - The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family by Hadley Freeman
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The Sunday Times bestseller 'An utterly engrossing book' Nigella Lawson 'Remarkable and gripping' Edmund de Waal 'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century ... I don't hesitate to call it a masterpiece' Telegraph After her grandmother died, Hadley Freeman travelled to her apartment ...Show more
The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A story never before told and a memoir to help change our understanding of the world around us, 13-year-old Naoki Higashida's astonishing, empathetic book takes us into the mind of a boy with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, author of the global phenomenon, Cloud Atlas, and transla ...Show more
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie Brown
$40.00 NZD
Category: Investigative Journalism
Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him. F ...Show more
Sundowner of the Skies: The Story of Oscar Garden, the Forgotten Aviator by Mary Garden
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In the early morning of 16 October 1930, Oscar Garden taxied his tiny open-cockpit Gipsy Moth across London's Croydon aerodrome and, with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off. He had carpet slippers on his feet and a packet of sandwiches on his lap. His plan was to fly t ...Show more