Reawakened - Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa by Jeff Evans
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
This book features interviews with 10 master navigators who trained under Mau Piailug (1932-2010), the legendary teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging across the Pacific. They were given the status of master navigator by Mau through the Pwo ceremony, and went ...Show more
Searching For Charlie - In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar by Tom Scott
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has int ...Show more
Serviceman J - The Untold Story of a NZSAS Soldier by Jamie Pennell
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over five deployments and operating at the edge of his limits In 2011, following the Taliban seige on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military ...Show more
View From The Second Row by Samuel Whitelock
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
The most capped All Black in history speaks for the record about his storied career, spanning three rugby world cup grand finals, nine super rugby finals, and 153 appearances in the black jersey. After making his debut for New Zealand in 2010, Sam Whitelock was selected for the 2011 rugby world cup cam ...Show more
The Art of Winning: 10 Lessons in Leadership, Purpose and Potential by Dan Cater
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
Ratana the Prophet by Keith Newman
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
The Ratana movement gains national coverage every February as politicians make the pilgrimage to its headquarters near Whanganui, yet the history and workings of the religion are less widely recognised. In this new edition of his standard biography, Keith Newman reveals the life and times of Tahupotiki ...Show more
The Life of Dai by Dai Henwood
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
A profound and inspirational account of dealing with adversity and finding daily meaning and happiness in our lives. 'Part memoir and part masterclass in finding hope and joy in the face of unthinkable challenges. This isn't a book about cancer, it's a book about living.' - Jaquie Brown Dai Henwood ...Show more
Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly by Mark Derby
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
AN OVERLOOKED NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL PIONEERCentral Otago-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of thetwentieth century. Tireless, dedicated and courageous, he was one of the mostgifted Republican Army surgeons in the Spanish Civil War and his surgical manualbased on his battlefield experien ...Show more
All Sorts of Lives - Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything by Claire Harman
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs
** The Sunday Times Best Literary Book of 2023** ** A Waterstones Best Book of 2023** 'All Sorts of Lives is a beautiful, fastidiously researched and fascinating exploration of Mansfield's life and work' A.L. KENNEDY Restless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine Mansfield's career was ...Show more
Hine Toa 8 Copy Pack by te Awekotuku, Ngahuia
319.92 NZD
Category: NZ Biographies & Memoirs