Patriot or Traitor - The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh by Anna Beer
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
A BBC History Magazine Book of the YearA writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time. The fifth son of a Devonshire gentleman, he rose to become Queen Elizabeth's favourite, only to be charged with treason by her succ ...Show more
Heart by Sandeep Jauhar
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Jauhar weaves his own personal and family story into his history of the heart...very effectively... This gives a certain dramatic tension to the book, as it tells the fascinating and rather wonderful history of cardiology.' -Henry Marsh, New Statesman A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year The heart l ...Show more
Fashion Climbing: A New York Life by Bill Cunningham
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens...' Bill Cunningham's first love was fashion but the big city came a close second. He left for New York aged nineteen, losing his family's support but enjoying the infinite luxury of freedom. Living on a scoop of Ovaltine a day, he would ...Show more
A Tokyo Romance - A Memoir by Ian Buruma
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in fragments. Through his adventures in the world of avant-garde theatre, his encounters with carnival act ...Show more
On Writing by Charles Bukowski
$23.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A collection of previously unpublished letters from America's cult icon on the art of writing. Charles Bukowski was one of our most iconoclastic, raw and riveting writers, one whose stories, poems and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. On Writing collects Bukowski's reflections and rumina ...Show more
Marilyn: A Biography by Norman Mailer
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
"Genius". ("The New York Times"). In 1973, Norman Mailer published "Marilyn", his celebrated in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, as a glossy, fully illustrated coffee-table tome. His work was immediately acclaimed - and an enduring bestseller, rumoured to have sold more copies than any of hi ...Show more
Dashiell Hammett - Man of Mystery by Sally Cline; Otto Penzler (Foreword by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
"Delivers the goods on Hammett, in brief. . . . An entertaining and informative read." --Library Journal Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery is the first new biography in thirty years on the man who changed the face of crime fiction. In five novels published over five years as well as a string of stories, ...Show more
The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Despair to Hope by Jonny Benjamin; Britt Pflüger; The Duke of Cambridge (Foreword by); Britt Pflüger
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In 2008, 20 year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision that saved Jonny's life. Fast forward to 2014 and Jonny, together with Rethink Mental Illness launch a campaign with a short video clip so that Jonny could f ...Show more
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This is a pre-read / used book. Good condition. slight creasing on spine SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Gripping and at times ineffably sad, this book would be poetic even without the poetry. It will be the standard biography of Ted Hughes for a long time to come' Sunday Times 'Seldom ...Show more
Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" (Library Journal, starred review).One of our best-loved actors, Michael Caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movies ...Show more
Educated by Tara Westover
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't b ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: good
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more