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Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside by Andrea Di Robilant
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
From the author of the best-selling "A Venetian Affair," here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant's tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy today, brought to ...Show more
The Living Mountain - A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd; Robert Macfarlane (Introduction by); Jeanette Winterson (Afterword by)
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Canons Ser.
Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable lands ...Show more
The Hard Way - Adapt, Survive and Win by Mark 'Billy' Billingham
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark 'Billy' Billingham. They are the backbone of the British military and I for one am thankful he is on our side!' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'Billy is inspirational and always humble. A giant of a man!' - Bear Grylls 'The most experienced Specia ...Show more
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Reading Level: very good
In Thrive, Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and one of the most influential women in the world, has written a passionate call to arms, looking to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. She likens our drive for money and power to two legs of ...Show more
Seduction: Sex, Money and Power in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
IIn this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul's obsessions with sex, power and publicity trapped, ...Show more
The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy." The Education of an Idealist traces Power's extraordinar ...Show more
Papa Goose - One Year, Seven Goslings, and the Flight of My Life by Michael Quetting
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Michael Quetting is exhausted and covered in goose shit. One moment a gosling is sleeping soundly under his sweater and the next, there?s one tugging at his shoelaces. Being father to a gaggle of goslings that won?t let you out of their sight is a full-time job. As a laboratory director at the Max Planc ...Show more
Gotta Get Theroux This by Louis Theroux
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to off-beat charact ...Show more
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" (Library Journal, starred review). One of our best-loved actors, Michael Caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movie ...Show more
Fourteen (PB) by Shannon Molloy
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Fourteen is this generation's Holding the Man - a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man's search for identity and acceptance in the most unforgiving and hostile of places: high school. This is a story about my fourteenth year of life as a gay kid at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regio ...Show more
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient and the Past-life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L. Weiss
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A few years ago, psychiatrist Brian Weiss was approached for treatment by Catherine, a 27-year-old suffering from anxiety, depression, panic attacks and phobias. This book tells the story of Catherine's successful treatment and how her case was to make a vital contribution to Dr Weiss's work.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
THE NEW YORK TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHESUNDAY TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York TimesAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade?s training as a neur ...Show more