Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
28.99 NZD
29.99 (3% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
At the age of four Marya Hornbacher looked in a mirror and decided she was fat. At nine, she was bulimic. At 12, she was anorexic. By the time she was 18, she'd been hospitalized five times, once in a mental asylum. Her doctors and her parents had given up on her; they were watching her die. But Marya d ...Show more
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
21.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
An account of the life of Nien Cheng, who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, and who was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 accused of being a British spy. This is a first hand account of China's cultural revolution.
The Zanzibar Chest : A Memoir of Love and War by Aidan Hartley
24.99 NZD
26.99 (7% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A deeply affecting memoir of family, childhood in Africa, and the continent's horrendous wars, which the author witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s.
Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer by Alexander Maitland
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, became a legend in his own lifetime. This authorised biography by a longstanding friend and associate delves into his little-known character and motivations, as well as recounting the details of his extraordinary life. Wilfred Thes ...Show more
My Mother, My Self: The Daughter's Search for Identity by Nancy Friday
41.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Nancy Friday shows that the key to a woman's character lies in her relationship with her mother - that first binding relationship which becomes the model for so much of a woman's adult relationships with men, and whose fetters constrain her sexuality, independence, and very selfhood.
Cash The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
9.99 NZD
25.99 (61% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The songs and music of Johnny Cash have moved audiences worldwide for over three decades. In this fascinating autobiography the country music legend reveals the personal pain and turmoil that lay behind the incredible success of his professional career. In his own words Cash reflects unsparingly on his ...Show more
Thoughts From Abroad by Simon Acland
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Simon Acland was born in South Canterbury, New Zealand. He has a background in journalism and is a retired Anglican parish priest. He divides his time between New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and countries in-between. His "Thoughts from Abroad" are brodacast on Radio New Zealand and his one-man shows ha ...Show more
Our Little Secret by Duncan Fairhurst
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Raised in a household where secrets and sick rituals were part of daily life, Duncan was manipulated, bullied and raped from the age of four for over a decade. This is his story. Desperate to escape his father's tyranny, he tried to kill himself.
Taming the Tiger: A Personal Encounter with Manic Depression by Michael Morrissey
42.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This is the story of one man's experience of manic depression. Award-winning author Michael Morrissey gives the reader a frank account of his journey through two serious bipolar episodes. Despite the seriousness of the illness, he tells his story in a riveting and lively manner. Michael's manic delusio ...Show more