The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In her bestselling follow-up to the worldwide phenomenon Becoming, Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and insightful reflections to help us find inner strength; create and deepen relationships with others; and better protect and strengthen ourselves.Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter ...Show more
Servo: Tales from the Graveyard Shift by David Goodwin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
We've all filled up at a servo, but what's it like behind the counter, late at night, as a plethora of unhinged and maniacal souls totter in through the parting glass? David Goodwin worked the graveyard shift for six years in his home suburb of Werribee, and this is his hilarious and darkly mesmeric acc ...Show more
The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter [A Sunday Times Bestseller] by Josef Lewkowicz
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
An amazing, untold story of the Holocaust, of survivor turned Nazi hunter In the tradition of The Boy in the Woods and By Chance Alone, The Survivor is an unbelievable yet true story of one man's endurance and his determination to not only survive the Holocaust but to bring to justice those who perpetra ...Show more
King Charles III - Celebrating His Majesty's Coronation and Reign by Andrea Mills
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Celebrate Britain's newest monarch, King Charles III, and uncover his fascinating story in this kids' biography, from the publisher that brought you Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration. After 70 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Prince Charles became the 62nd British monarch. He has been ...Show more
Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time an ...Show more
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent by Dame Judi Dench
$42.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before. Internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent is a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of our beloved Shakespeare. 'A MAGICAL LOVE LETTER ...Show more
The Keeper of Miracles by Phillip Maisel
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Phillip Maisel OAM was born in August 1922, in Vilna, Lithuania. When the Germans arrived in Vilna in 1941, Phillip's life changed dramatically. He survived two years in a squalid, overcrowded Jewish ghetto, before enduring multiple Nazi labour and concentration camps. Phillip was liberated in 1945 whil ...Show more
The Forbidden Daughter by Zipora Klein Jakob
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The unforgettable true story of one Jewish orphan’s survival against impossible odds, and her lifelong quest for family, safety and a sense of belonging. Elida Friedman was never supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite th ...Show more
One of Them by Shaneel Lal
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional villa ...Show more
Clanlands in New Zealand - Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan; Graham McTavish; Charlotte Reather
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforgettable wild ride. They're back! Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to the rugged beauty of Scotland. But this time they're setting their sights on a new horizon: New Zealand. Join our intrepid Scotsmen on their la ...Show more
Karma: The definitive autobiography by Boy George
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The definitive autobiography from Culture Club frontman and LGBTQ+ icon, Boy George. Karma is the definitive autobiography from music icon, Boy George - the Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of 80s pop/reggae band, Culture Club, since its inception in 1981.Boy George has led a colo ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more