Widow Basquiat - A Memoir by Jennifer Clement
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Canons | Reading Level: near fine
Madonna. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring. Fab 5 Freddie. Debbie Harry. Julian Schnabel. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. Unable to deal with the demands that his ...Show more
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre 1945-2020 by John le Carré, John le Carre
$32.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A collection of letters from John le Carre, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood to his final yearsA Private Spy spans seven decades and chronicles not only le Carre's own life but the turbulent times to which he was witness ...Show more
Love From Venice: A golden summer on the Grand Canal by Gill Johnson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In the summer of 1957, anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, while rebelling against her family, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at the National Gallery in London and travelled to Venice to take up a job teaching English to an aristocratic Italian family. Lov ...Show more
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Prizewinner - Nero Prize for Non Fiction 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE'A set text for all of us in 2023' - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITEA summary of my book:1. I'm dia ...Show more
Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life by Mason Ball
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The first biography of iconic cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats Let me show you how my dad became a leading cartoonist of his generation, how his endearing characters evolved and where the side-splitting ideas sprang from. Let's see the man behind the drawing desk and delve into the wor ...Show more
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved TV series "Happy Days", has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case, he's ju ...Show more
King Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed by Robert Jobson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.' When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest reigning and oldest monarch, at ninety-six years o ...Show more
Charles - The Heart of a King by Catherine Mayer
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 'Breathtaking' The Times ' The book that made headlines around the world.' Independent The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he aims much higher. A landmark publication, Charles- ...Show more
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
$70.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and art ...Show more
Mary and Mr Eliot - A Sort of Love Story by Mary Trevelyan; Erica Wagner
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A rediscovered story of unrequited love which reveals an intimate new portrait of the poet T. S. Eliot - and of its author, a formidable and passionate woman.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'Life, like a poem, is a series of choices' In her long-awaited debut memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, award-winning poet Maggie Smith explores in lyrical vignettes the end of her marriage and the beginning of a surprising new life. With the spirit of reflection and empathy she's known for, ...Show more
A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing by Hilary Mantel
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'I breathed in stories, as soon as I breathed in air. Sometimes I think I wasn't born, but I just came out of an ink blot.' As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she f ...Show more