The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The extraordinary true story of one of the last female special operation agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour was a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British as a Special Operations ...Show more
Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan by Bariz Shah
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
What does it take to find hope in dark places and change the course of your life? When Bariz Shah's family immigrated to New Zealand, they couldn't have predicted that everything would change after 9/11. Still only a child, Bariz became the target of racist abuse and bullying, and responded the only wa ...Show more
Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Welcome to Sotheran's, the oldest, most bonkers bookshop in the country, with its bizarre clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books, some things that aren't even books, and deeply eccentric staff. Think Diary of a Bookseller but with quite a lot more Bernard Black.Some years ago, ...Show more
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent by Dame Judi Dench
41.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before. Internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent is a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of our beloved Shakespeare. 'A MAGICAL LOVE LETTER ...Show more
A Year in the Woods Twelve Small Journeys into Nature by Torbjørn Ekelund
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times. As nature becomes ever more precious, we all want to spend more time appreciating it. But time is often hard to come by. And how do we appreciate nature without disruption? In this sensitively-written bo ...Show more
Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story by Lynda Topp, Jools Topp
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The incredible story of how a couple of country kids from Huntly became much-loved Kiwi icons and TV stars, with their own unique brand of original country music and comedy that has captivated audiences in New Zealand and overseas for over 40 years. Jools and Lynda Topp aka The Topp Twins tell this sto ...Show more
Rambling Man - My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly
54.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Father Anselm Novels Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
In my fantasy of the Rambling Man who is something of a hobo, walking - or maybe jumping into the car of a moving train - is what he does. He slings his guitar or banjo over his shoulder and strides out along the road to the next town. There he plays a few songs at a local gig and meets a beautiful woma ...Show more
The Wisdom of Morrie by Morrie Schwartz
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. 'Beautiful ...Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak Chopra Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaning ...Show more
An Angel at My Table - The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame; Jane Campion (Introduction by)
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. It is one of the classics of autobiography. She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential' HILARY MANTEL'Janet Frame is the greatest Ne ...Show more
One Dog Barked, the Other Howled - A Mediation on Several Lives of a Minor American Writer by Jeshel Forrester
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This is the story of a man who left instructions that the word "WRITER"--in capital letters--should be carved into the centre of his tombstone. Philip F Deaver's writing won America's Flannery O'Connor and O. Henry awards. For 20 years, he was the writer-in-residence and creative writing professor at ...Show more
Lovers in Auschwitz - A True Story by Keren Blankfeld
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between t ...Show more