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Lights Out, Full Throttle: Stories from the Pit Lane by Damon Hill; Johnny Herbert
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cars - General
Laurel and Hardy, Ant and Dec, Morecambe and Wise, Herbert and Hill. The history of entertainment is studded with brilliant comic duos. Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill between them competed in 261 Grand Prix amassing 25 wins, 49 podium finishes, one World Championship, 458 championship points, a Le Mans w ...Show more
The Day the Nazis Came - My Childhood Journey from Britain to a German Concentration Camp by Stephen Matthews
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The true story of one British child's journey from Nazi-occupied Guernsey to a German prison camp.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
$27.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Reading Level: very good
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Am ...Show more
Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Bestselling author of Born to Run rehabilitates a donkey to winning success. When barefoot running guru Christopher McDougall takes in a neglected donkey, his aim is to get Sherman back to reasonable health. But Sherman is ill-tempered, obstinate and uncooperative - and it's clear his poor treatment has ...Show more
Shakespearean: Life According to Shakespeare by Robert McCrum
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Why do we return to Shakespeare time and again?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, McCrum found the First Folio became h ...Show more
The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In The Beauty of Living Twice, Sharon Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life, and the slow road back to wholeness and health. In an industry that doesn't accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to mak ...Show more
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency and Trust by James Comey
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
This will not come as a surprise to anyone, including even to the President's most ardent defenders: Donald Trump lied to me from the start Saving Justice is James Comey's searing memoir and guide to reclaiming truth in the institutions of justice, which have been so badly damaged under Trump. Whether o ...Show more
Marilyn Monroe: the Last Interview - And Other Conversations by Melville MELVILLE HOUSE (Series edited by); Sady Doyle (Editor)
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
During her short life, Marilyn Monroe was globally revered as the sex symbol of the 1950s and 60s, and the originator of "bombshell blonde" image. Today we understand her better as someone keenly self-aware of the artiface involved in playing that part, and as a world-class actor poised to break out of ...Show more
The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski enters the world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans in an immersive, entertaining, and magical work on the illusionist's impact on American culture--and why his legacy endures to this day. Nearly a century aft ...Show more
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
$38.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - Contemporary
Christie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she driving through Chicago fantasising about her own death? Why was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her in spite of he ...Show more
Oscar Garden: An Tale of One Man's Love of Flying by Annamaria Garden
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
One day in 1930, a man walked into a department store in London and bought an aeroplane. Having just learned to fly, Oscar Garden dreamed of flying to Australia. In his newly purchased aeroplane, he did just that. This adventure and myriad others this risk-taker embarked on are recounted in this book. O ...Show more
Eat, Drink and Be Murray by Murray Thom
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Murray Thom is a completely self-made businessman who left school at 15 with his FSC (Failed School Certificate). Despite a lack of formal education, he was the Managing Director of CBS Records at just 23 years old. Since then, he has produced numerous bestsellers including, The Great New Zealand Songbo ...Show more