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
More Rules for Life: A special volume for enthusiasts by Kitty Flanagan
13.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The world has changed and new rules are required. More Rules for Life is the perfect companion to Kitty Flanagan's bestselling 488 Rules for Life. More Rules for Life is the latest collection from comedian and rule-maker Kitty Flanagan. Following the success of her bestseller, 488 Rules for Life, Kitty ...Show more
Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
This is Martha Wainwright’s heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry and more. Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly-accla ...Show more
The Girl in the Green Dress by Jeni Haynes, George Blair-West
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'I didn't know that you're only supposed to have one personality. I didn't realise that having lots of voices in your head was abnormal. But you are protecting yourself. You are protecting your soul, and that's what I did.'An intelligent, poised woman, Jeni Haynes sat in court and listened as the man wh ...Show more
Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner by Fern Brady
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Prizewinner - Nero Prize for Non Fiction 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE'A set text for all of us in 2023' - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITEA summary of my book:1. I'm dia ...Show more
A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
With insight, humour, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and inc ...Show more
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Welcome to Sotheran's, the oldest, most bonkers bookshop in the country, with its bizarre clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books, some things that aren't even books, and deeply eccentric staff. Think Diary of a Bookseller but with quite a lot more Bernard Black.Some years ago, ...Show more
Guantanamo Diary: The Fully Restored Text by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems, Larry Siems
25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Canons Ser.
The first and only diary written by a Guantanamo detainee during his imprisonment, now with previous censored material restored. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay in 2002. There he suffered the worst of what the prison had to offer, including months of sensory deprivation, torture ...Show more
The Duchess Who Dared: The Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll by Charles Castle
25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.
The Instant by Amy Liptrot
33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The new book from the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of The Outrun - on the ecology of love and heartbreak, the urban environment and the digital age.
Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
I am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living. So begins Chloe Cooper Jones's bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend no ...Show more
The Seven Ages of Death by Dr Richard Shepherd
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death.Through 24 intriguing, never-before-told cases, Britain's top forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd takes us on a journey through life i ...Show more