At the Turning Point - My Political Life with David Lange by Margaret Pope
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Margaret Pope writes an eyewitness account of the "turbulent 1980s and the brilliant, elusive figure at their political centre". She throws new light on the policy and personalitites of the fourth Labour government.
Horncastle's Suitcase - Survival and one man's dream by Graeme Horncastle; Mike Bradstock
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. An honest story of the hardships endured by the Horncastle family but there is always sunshine after rain. - Tony Kokshoorn - Mayor Grey District
How Did That Happen? by Mark Walton
15.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Mark Walton grew up in the brightest yellow house in Christchurch at the not so posh end of Worcester Street. There was no indication that his simple childhood would be the nurturing ground for a prodigious musical talent and a creative imagination. Playing the clarinet became his passport to an unlikel ...Show more
One Step at a Time
30.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A promising representative cricketer, an accomplished student, ambitious and talented, Claire Anderson at 20 was facing the brightest future, with the best times of her life beckoning. But one night everything abruptly changed. Sexually assaulted by a friend after attending a party, Claire found her wid ...Show more
Matagouri and Other Pricks by Mary Hobbs
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Matagouri And Other Pricks is a rollicking read that will take you from Tibet to Antarctica; to Nepal with Sir Edmund Hillary; and to New York, Washington and the White House in the aftermath of 9/11. It includes the thrills and spills of a nursing profession; the excitment of launching a new career as ...Show more
Double Vision by Adrian Pritchard
33.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From being a heroin addict to having mates murdered and taking their own lives\', from running around the country as a wanted criminal for a knifepoint robbery and dodging the police from city to city. Adrian Pritchard was high on intravenous drugs and going from woman to woman. He ended up in jails all ...Show more
Beyond Cook's Gardens : A Writer's Journey by Norman Harris
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The journey started on a fabulous night at Cook's Garden, Wanganui, where a youthful Norman Harris from the New Zealand Herald was the only national media witness to Peter Snell's world-record mile. That launched a wave of exciting writing, typically described by reviewers as "fresh" or "vivid". Abroad, ...Show more
Daughter of Istanbul by Niyaz Martin Wilson
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
DoP 2009, Auckland 120pp w photos Some memoirs, poems and short stories
A Bridge Over - The Story of John Masters, Veteran Fighter by Allan Marriott
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Dop November 2009, Christchurch In 1965, John Milbanke Masters was awarded the Miitary Cross for action in Borneo, for which he was made a life member of the Gurkhas. In 2002 he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Between these awards recognising gallantry and chivalry, John was ...Show more
This Blessed Journey by Da'vella Gore
35.00 NZD
41.99 (16% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This Blessed Journey, details how Gore and her son, Wayne, planted a vineyard at Stone Ridge. It is "how not to plant a vineyard". It describes how she entered into the unknown world of viticulture and overcame almost insurmountable obstacles.