Boy Friends: A Memoir of Joy, Grief and Male Friendship by Michael Pedersen
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.
After the Tampa by Abbas Nazari
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
When the Taliban were at the height of their power in 2001, Abbas Nazari's parents were faced with a choice: stay and face persecution in their homeland, or seek security for their young children elsewhere. The family's desperate search for safety took them on a harrowing journey from the mountains of A ...Show more
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 by Katherine Rundell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
‘Masterly.’ Observer ‘Wonderful, joyous.’ Maggie O'Farrell‘Frankly brilliant.’ Sunday Times‘Unmissable.’ Simon Jenkins ‘Every page sparkles.’ Claire Tomalin ‘A triumph.’ Matt Haig ‘Stylish, scholarly and gripping.’ Rose Tremain John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disas ...Show more
Second Chances - Facing my demons and finding a better me by Hayley Holt
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery, and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. On our screens for over twenty years, her highs and lows have been aired for everyone to see. Now it's time to share her side of the story. Raised a dancer in bedazzled dresses and fake ...Show more
A Forager's Life by Helen Lehndorf
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food. When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki, she can't help but feel different from her peers and professors - peculiar, poor. She finds solace in long wal ...Show more
A Joyful Life: One Woman’s Story of Triumph Over Trauma to Build a Life of Hope and Gratitude by Rosemary Kariuki, Summer Land
$39.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A Joyful Life is the astonishing memoir of Rosemary Kariuki, one of Australia's most beloved Local Heroes. Long before she was advocating for refugee and migrant women just like herself, Rosemary was a survivor like no other. As a child, she survived the first of many times she was sexually abused. A ...Show more
While Time Remains - A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found ...Show more
Eggs or Anarchy: The Remarkable Story of the Man Tasked with the Impossible: to Feed a Nation at War by William Sitwell
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
One of the great untold stories of World War Two--about the man responsible for feeding the people of Britain during the war--written by award-winning food writer and restaurant critic William Sitwell. Eggs or Anarchy reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain ...Show more
The Queen's Wife by Joanne Drayton
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak. A memoir of a turbulent time — and a chess game that broke all the rules. In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down. This is ...Show more
A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary by Brian Eno
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition. 'One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable insight into the mind and working practices of one of the industry's undeniable geniuses.' GUARDIAN At the ...Show more
I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was by Ruby Wax
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
An honest and refreshing new exploration of mental health from mindfulness expert Ruby Wax. Bestselling author and comedian, Ruby Wax, takes a candid, dark, and witty dive through her life and personal experiences with mental health, providing solace and advice for anyone out there who realises they ar ...Show more
Tales Of A Vet Nurse by Jade Pengelly
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we loveYou never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital...Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic leg; Jock the Saint Bernard and his problematic ey ...Show more