The Man With No Arms & Other Stories by Glenn Busch & Hanne Johnsen (photos)
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: Very Good
Th intimate story of nine people who live with a disability. They speak candidly of growing up, the importance of work, family, relationships, parenthood and of wanting to be treated like everyone else. First published February 2007.
The Children from the Lighthouse by Mabel Pollock
35.99 NZD
43.00 (16% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: Very Good
The author's story of her family, and particularly her father, from 1927 and their lives as lighthouse keepers. First published 1993; this revised edition 2007,
To Work, To Wed, To Weep, To Wander by Mabel Pollock
41.99 NZD
50.00 (16% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The continuation of the author's life story, from the age of 16, and sequel to The Children of the Lighthouse. First published 2007.
... And Then Somme by Walter Horn
65.99 NZD
80.00 (17% off)
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
As per title. For 90 years Walter Horn's letters, written during the period 27 October 1915 to 12 May 1919, whilst not complete, were unknowingly closeted among family effects. Only now is it realised that they have the potential to add to first-hand accounts already written by soldiers of World War I. ...Show more
The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor by Judy Siers
145.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of James Walter Chapman-Taylor - architect, craftsman, furniture designer, builder, photographer, astrologer and family man. The biography unfolds chronologically from Chapman-Taylor's birth in London to his childhood in Taranaki, New Zealand, and traces his career from his early years ...Show more
The Fastest Old Man in the World by Vince Boyle
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The Worlds Fastest old man recounts some of the inspiring story of Derek Turnbull, QSM, a Southland farmer who took up running seriously years after most gave it up as a competitive sport. He thrived on international challenges at several world masters games in both hemispheres and set 25 world records ...Show more
I've Never Made a Christmas Pudding: Memoirs & Memories by Vivienne Pascoe
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In this companion volume, she traces her earlier life within the context of two generations before her. A story that spans her grandfather leaving Liverpool for Australia in 1855, her uncle as a padre at Gallipoli and her father playing cricket for New Zealand, to her own upbringing, early pangs of jeal ...Show more