Life at Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy, Ethel Crowley
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy s travels. It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and follows in her tracks for over fifty years, including descriptions of her beloved Afghanistan in 1963, of the Peruvian Andes, of South, West and East Africa and most recently of the t ...Show more
Excommunicated - A multi-generational story of leaving the Exclusive Brethren by Craig Hoyle
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren. After coming out as gay as a teenager, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, po ...Show more
How Not to Be an Antique Dealer - Everything I've Learnt, That Nobody Told Me by Drew Pritchard
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'Over the years I've had some incredible finds, but the one that excites me the most is the next one.' Drew Pritchard set himself up as a dealer when he was a teenager, rooting around in scrapyards, working out of a shed and getting about in a ropy old Transit. Now he's a leading figure in the antiques ...Show more
Berserker! by Adrian Edmondson
$48.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
From brutal schooldays to 80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of-a-kind, fascinating memoir from an icon of British comedy, Adrian Edmondson.Berserker [noun]: A Norse warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable; often off his tits on henbane and large quantit ...Show more
Rise: The Brand New Autobiography by Siya Kolisi
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
'Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.' MARCUS RASHFORD'Siya Kolisi is a warrior on the field and an inspiration off it. This book is an extraordinary reminder of what can be achieved with inner belief and an indefatigable spirit.' JAY SHETTY'Siy ...Show more
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy
$41.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance ea ...Show more
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson
$42.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Another year on the Diddly Squat Farm and Jeremy is still knee-deep in mud and endless challenges.Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming, there's only one golden rul ...Show more
The World According To Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbre ...Show more
Britney Spears - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the ...Show more
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
‘Epic, moving and important’ Robert Harris From longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War. Daniel’s mother Mirjam Wiener w ...Show more
200 Women by Ruth Hobday, Geoff Blackwell, Kieran Scott
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
200 women from around the world, famous and unknown, answer the same five questions, such as “What really matters to you?” and “What would you change in the world if you could?” The answers are inspiring, moving, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, but always powerful. Interviewees include Graca Michel, ...Show more
Ash Barty: Champion by Ash Barty
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A young readers edition of Ash Barty's #1 bestselling memoir. It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today.My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you, from the first time I ...Show more