Second Chance: The heartwarming true story of a neglected horse who became a Mounted Police hero by Diana Thurgood
37.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A life-affirming true story of kindness, courage and one horse's extraordinary journey from a derelict paddock to the esteemed stables of the Mounted Police. On a hot summer's day in Northern New South Wales, Mounted Police officer Tiffany spotted an advertisement for a horse in the local paper - a Cly ...Show more
Life Done Differently: One Woman's Journey on the Road Less Travelled by Lisa Jansen
32.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
What do you do when everyone around you is embracing parenthood or focused on their careers, and you're not sure either path is right for you? Lisa Jansen decided to find out. At 33, Lisa had everything she ever wanted; A successful career in marketing, amazing friends, and the great outdoors of New Ze ...Show more
God and the Devil - The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman by Peter Cowie
70.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the 60-year film and stage career of Bergman as he wrestles the themes of love, sex and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead. Blending biographical information with critical comment, Cowie presents a man whose life and work were intimately fused ...Show more
A Very Private Eye by Barbara Pym
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The stunning autobiography of Barbara Pym, celebrated author of Quartet in Autumn, Jane and Prudence, and Excellent Women."I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym." RICHARD OSMAN"Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure." JILLY COOPER"Could ...Show more
Father and Son by Jonathan Raban
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
On 11 June 2011, three days short of his sixty-ninth birthday, Jonathan Raban suffered a stroke which left him unable to use the right side of his body. Learning to use a wheelchair in a rehab facility outside Seattle and resisting the ministrations of the nurses overseeing his recovery, Raban began to ...Show more
The Girl Who Touched The Stars by Bonnie Hancock
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A gripping account of the record-breaking circumnavigation by iron woman Bonnie Hancock. It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig. 254 days, 12,700 kilometres, sea sickness, sharks, crocodiles and ocean. Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records on her fastest ever ...Show more
The House of Hidden Meanings: A memoir by RuPaul
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date. A brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-ac ...Show more
Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon by Antonis Achilleos, Snoop Dogg
55.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The follow-up to From Crook to Cook, this next-level cookbook is all about cooking for a crowd and bringing together memorable meals for any occasion, with 65+ recipes from rappers Snoop Dogg and E-40. Following the breakout success of his first cookbook, From Crook to Cook, Snoop Dogg returns with ...Show more
Landbridge: Life in Fragments by Y-Dang Troeung
50.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
A brilliant, devastating memoir about the very act of writing memoir, and what it means to bear witness to atrocity Born in, and named after, Thailand's Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, Y-Dang Troeung was - aged one - the last of 60,000 Cambodian refugees admitted to Canada, fleeing her homeland in the afterma ...Show more
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death by Henry Marsh
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A Daily Telegraph, The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year *'Marsh illuminates the gift of life... It's a book to treasure and reread' Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human BeingAs a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but even he ...Show more
In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
In this #3 New York Times bestselling memoir TikTok star and hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos demystifies death through inspiring stories about her patients. What can people at the end of their lives teach us about living well today? In this heart-warming memoir of wisdom, redemption and even joy, Hadley Vla ...Show more
Will by Mark Will Smith Manson
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The 'Event' Autobiography of the Year now out in paperback - a brave, inspiring and wildly entertaining memoir full of self-help lessons for readers, from one of the world's most charismatic and much-loved actors The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller PRAISE FOR WIL ...Show more