Life Is So Good by George Dawson
22.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In this book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father, a belief that "life is so good" as he offers valuable lessons in living and a fresh, first-hand view of America during the 20th century.
My Steve by Terri Irwin
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Steve and Terri shared common passions for animals, their habitats and preservation, before they met by chance in Queensland. A year later they married, and footage of their crocodile-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of the hugely popular TV show The Crocodile Hunter. Steve and Terri made the ...Show more
O/P The White Mouse by Nancy Wake
42.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Nancy Wake, an Australian who became the most highly decorated woman of the Second World War, now tells her own story.
Paul Bowles: A Life by Virginia Spencer Carr
34.95 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Later Gore Vidal suggested that Spencer Carr postpone her work in order to write a life of Paul Bowles instead. Following an offer of 'no strings attached' cooperation from Bowles and a new two-book contract from her US publisher, she began to write. Twelve years and thirteen trips to Morocco later, Car ...Show more
About Time: Growing Old Disgracefully by Irma Kurtz
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Something in our world is changing. In ten years time 60% of us will be over 55. The retirement age is likely to move up to 70; modern medicine ensures that most of us will live well in to our 80s and most of us will choose to do some work, paid or voluntary, while we are still physically able. Yet olde ...Show more
Shane Warne: Portrait of a Flawed Genius by Simon Wilde
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Shane Warne was the most glamorous and, arguably the best cricketer in the world for over ten years. He won a generation of followers by showing the fun to be had in bamboozling opponents. From the so-called 'ball of the century' that bowled Mike Gatting in 1993, to his single-handed defiance against En ...Show more
Shane Warne : Portrait of a Flawed Genius by Simon Wilde
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Shane Warne is arguably the greatest spinner of all time
Hillary Clinton - Her Way by Jeffr Gerth; Don Van Natta Jr
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
An explosive, landmark biography of Hillary Clinton by the world's top investigative reporters. Hillary Clinton is the most famous, enigmatic and controversial woman in America. She stands on the brink of becoming the first woman in its history with a shot at the presidency. What is the story behind her ...Show more
The Greek for Love by James Chatto
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Part memoir, part love story, part wildly scenic travel piece, The Greek for Love is every bit as sumptuous as its setting
Diaries, 1984-1997 by Michael Bloch
44.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Despite advancing years, James Lees-Milne's descriptions of the people he meets, the houses he visits and country life on the Duke of Beauforts Badminton estate are sharper than ever. He continues to enjoy a wide variety of experiences, and vividly recaptures a weekend at Chatsworth, a monastic retreat, ...Show more
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Aged just twenty-three, James Frey had destroyed his body and his mind almost beyond repair. When he enters a rehabilitation centre to try to reclaim his life, he has to fight to determine what future, if any, he has. His lack of self-pity, cynicism and piety gives him an unflinching honesty - a fearles ...Show more
Lesley Blanch: Inner Landscapes, Wilder Shores by Anne Boston
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Blanch, writer, artist and adventuress, followed her own compass in everything she did. She called herself a romantic traveller. Her first book, The Wilder Shores of Love, became a worldwide bestseller and is still in print. Emotions, she insisted, can be transposed to places or countries and in this sh ...Show more