Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition: v. 1 by Mark Twain
75.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Mark Twain Papers S.
"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography". Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan ...Show more
Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
38.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Alexandra Harris' hugely acclaimed book "Romantic Moderns" (winner of the 2010 "Guardian" First Book Award) overturned our picture of modernist culture during the interwar years. In this, her second book, she brings her attention to one of the towering figures of literary modernism. It is an intensely p ...Show more
Out of the Ashes by Martin, John Cavaick
29.99 NZD
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Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The story of John Martin and his survival after the crash of his topdressing plane. It is the sum of our life experiences that make us the people we are today. John Martin's experiences have certainly shaped his life and the person he is today. While physically he ploughed into a hillside, his personali ...Show more
Kiwi Alfoat : Adventures Canalling on Britain's Unique Waterways by Doris Coppell
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This is the engaging and humorous story of author Doris Coppell whose love of boats and sailing, begun early on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, led her to spend many wonderful years canalling on Britain's waterways.Doris recounts her many adventures exploring England's amazing waterways. This resilient la ...Show more
At the Turning Point: My Political Life with David Lange by Margaret Pope
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
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
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