That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Acclaimed biographer Sebba offers the first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the 20th century--and one of the most talked about women of her generation.
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women they Destroyed by Maureen Callahan
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse--the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem. The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and--above all else--integrity. But this carefully ...Show more
A Thousand Miles From Care: In search of my brother Scott by Steve Johnson
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles From Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's brutal murder in Manly. At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sa ...Show more
House Of Beckham by Bower, Tom
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
"As one of the world’s most famous and influential couples the Beckhams have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple, David and Victoria have built a billion-dollar global empire through their carefully curated public image. Fans have been captivated for decades now by the glamorous world they ...Show more
A Bookshop of One's Own - How a Group of Women Set Out to Change the World by Jane Cholmeley
45.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men'? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the g ...Show more
The Fight for Freshwater by Mike Joy
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Mike Joy is recognised in New Zealand as a leading freshwater ecologist and a fervent advocate for the preservation of waterways. However, the journey that led him to these influential roles is as winding and unique as the rivers he strives to protect. His story is not just about academic success and pu ...Show more
Orwell: The New Life by D.J. Taylor
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have together sold over 40 million copies. Even now, he continues to exert a deci ...Show more
Oh, Miriam - Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farce. Bold, brave and bright, but also revealing, shocking and touching. Miriam is an icon, a cocksucker - and the star of her show' ROBERT McCRUM, Independent 'Our naughtiest national treasure . . . famo ...Show more
My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'witty and sweet, and perfectly captures the highs and lows of an extraordinary childhood' Andrew Miller Tiffany's work is like you look out the window and there it is - the sun dancing in the sky . . . My Family And Other Rock Stars will make you grow wings. Get out there now and buy it. The ghost of ...Show more
The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Prison Journey - To Hell and Back by Lara Love Hardin
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Lara Love Hardin shares compelling and important truths in her beautifully told personal story.' PIPER KERMAN, author of the no. 1 New York Times bestseller Orange is the New Black'Thrilling, funny, heartbreaking and moving. I'll return to this book when I need to be reminded of the power of the human ...Show more
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan. At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary L.A. party for the pub ...Show more