The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
‘An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader’ WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful – and elusive – woman in the world. Angela Merkel ...Show more
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive Hospital Diaries From the Author of Multi-Million-Copy Hit This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The number one Sunday Times bestseller. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a short gift book of festive diaries from the author of multi-million-copy bestseller This is Going to Hurt.Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . . but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfe ...Show more
The Good Doctor by Lance O'Sullivan
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Lance O'Sullivan is a man on a mission. Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing typical of the time, if one chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with ...Show more
The Last Days: A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom by Ali Millar
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A lyrical and powerful memoir of leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses, from an exciting new literary talent. It is 1982 and in the Kingdom Hall we are Jehovah's Witnesses. The state of the world shows us the end is close, and Satan is like a roaring lion, seeking to devour us. Ali Millar is waiting for Arm ...Show more
The Hard Road Out: Escaping North Korea by Jihyun Park
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice. North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the ‘socialist miracle’ ...Show more
Shackleton: How the Captain of the newly discovered Endurance saved his crew in the Antarctic by Ranulph Fiennes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The enthralling life, endurance and incredible leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, told by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endu ...Show more
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 by John le Carré
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A collection of letters from John le Carré, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood, to the Cold War to his final years John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation. He also had an extraordinary life. A Pr ...Show more
Edda Mussolini - The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal. She was her father's confidante during the 20 years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and pla ...Show more
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The raw, candid and long-awaited autobiography from one of the greatest icons of the 20th Century In 2008, Paul Newman tasked his best friend with interviewing the people who had shaped his life, in order to create an oral history of it. After hearing and reading what they had to say, Newman dictated h ...Show more
Charlie's Good Tonight - The Life, The Times and The Rolling Stones by Paul Sexton
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The official and fully authorised biography of the world’s most revered and celebrated drummers, and mainstay of The Rolling Stones Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz d ...Show more
Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
$100.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
‘The closest we’ll ever get to a straight up Bowie autobiography — but who’d ever want anything straight-up from Bowie?’ – Rolling Stone. In 2002, David Bowie and Mick Rock created Moonage Daydream, the defining document of the life and times of Ziggy Stardust. Twenty years later, it remains the closes ...Show more
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The official biography of the award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett, written by Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the author's literary estate. 'PEOPLE THINK THAT STORIES ARE SHAPED BY PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.' At the time of his death in 201 ...Show more