The Feeling of Cancer: A psychotherapist's story of living with incurable cancer by Sandra Russell
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Even though close to half of us will now experience cancer in our lifetime, we tend to talk about it as a biomedical event; of doctors, medical treatment and disease. We do not talk about cancer as a traumatic emotional event, and because we can’t always express the overwhelming emotional impact, the ...Show more
Constance Barnicoat: A Cool Head and a Sharp Pen by Annabel Schuler
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Constance Barnicoat (1872-1922) was sassy, strong, opinionated, brave, meticulous, and very intelligent. She should be celebrated as a leading journalist of her time, but she is unknown to most people. While she was born and brought up in New Zealand, Constance Barnicoat wrote for publications around ...Show more
Do You Still Have Time For Chaos? by Lynn Davidson
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos? tells the story of poet and teacher Lynn Davidson’s late-life decision to leave Aotearoa New Zealand, with scant resources, to build a life in Scotland. In 2020, in the frightening quiet of a Covid-emptied Edinburgh, she begins her memoir; temporarily at home at the Ra ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Norman - New Zealand's Lost Leader by Denis Welch
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Norman Kirk was Prime Minister for only 90 weeks but in the early 1970s he inspired us by leading a visionary government with a clear moral purpose. His work also defined New Zealand as a progressive small state with a deep internationalism which became central to our national identity. When he died, we ...Show more
Angelina: From Stromboli to D'Urville Island - A Family's Story by Gerard Hindmarsh
35.00 NZD
Category: Nelson
In 1906, at just 16 years of age, Angelina Criscillo left the tiny volcanic island of Stromboli off Sicily to travel to an even remoter island on the other side of the world. From the age of eight she had been betrothed to her cousin, Vincenzo Moleta, who was now twice her age and taking her to a new l ...Show more
Solo - Backcountry Adventures in Aotearoa New Zealand by Hazel Phillips
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
One afternoon, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job. As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to th ...Show more
A Natural Year: Living Simply Through the Seasons by Wendyl Nissen
45.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Wendyl's story of living the simple life in the country: gardening, foraging, fishing and the freedom she has found in ageing. Beautifully illustrated and including 100 new and delicious recipes. 'An absolute cracker of a guide to feeling content by living more naturally.' - Lynda Hallinan 'When I read ...Show more
My Beautiful Island: From England to New Zealand via Hong Kong and a war by Chris Potter
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
A Fish In the Swim of the World by Ben Brown
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
Affecting and evocative, this classic memoir by one of Aotearoa's finest Maori writers is now updated with new material. 'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's cho ...Show more
Not Alone: Walking Te Araroa Trail Through New Zealand by Tim Voors
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
A stunning illustrated memoir of one man's journey across New Zealand's stunning yet challenging Te Araroa Trail. This book documents Voors' adventurous hike across New Zealand's infamous Te Araroa Trail. First, he is alone, but soon meets two women who become his travelling companions and the three of ...Show more
Invincible by WJ Moloney
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
This is the incredible story of one man's journey through a world war and then onto world-wide sporting glory. Son White and his horse Ben endured the horrors of WWI. Upon White's return home, he embarks on another journey with another group of young New Zealanders, who bind together to become Invincibl ...Show more
Upstream on the Mataura: A Fly Fisher's Journey to Source by Dougal Rillstone
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Dougal Rillstone was born in Gore, close to the Mataura River, over seventy years ago. The river was both swimming pool and playground during his childhood. One summer's evening, while he stood chest deep in a long pool, facing downstream towards the fading light, he became mesmerised by the sight of ri ...Show more