Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon by Iris Apfel
55.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
"I have rarely met someone as vivid, as alive, as vital, vivacious, irreverent, joyous, relevant, and needed as Iris. She breathes young air, thinks young thoughts, and gathers no dust. I simply adore her."--Dries van Noten A unique and lavishly illustrated collection of musings, anecdotes, and observa ...Show more
The Love That Remains: An extraordinary memoir about secrets, life's shocking twists and unconditional love by Susan Francis
33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
How could I write about the importance of truth and not tell the whole truth myself? After twenty years spent searching for her biological parents, 52-year-old Susan Hull unexpectedly meets the great love of her life - a goldminer named Wayne Francis. He is a gentle giant of a man, who promises Susan th ...Show more
Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut
26.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays from novelist Kurt VonnegutIn Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead ...Show more
Cubed by Ernö Rubik
40.00 NZD
Category: No Category
In CUBED, Rubik covers more than just his journey to inventing his eponymous cube. He makes a case for the importance of being an amateur - as he has always considered himself. He discusses the inevitability of problems during any act of invention. He reveals what it was like to experience the astonishi ...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.
Across the Pass: A Collection of Tramping Writing by selected by Shaun Barnett
45.00 NZD
Category: Travel - Narratives | Reading Level: very good
Tramping is a journey into mountainous country, across passes, along ridges, beside rivers or through forests. It is a journey also, perhaps, to discovering more about the native plants and animals existing in these wild ecosystems, and a journey into friendship or self-discovery. New Zealand trampers h ...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
Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir by Sam Neill
45.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more