Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
$37.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more
Believer - Conversations with Mike Moore by Peter Parussini
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Michael Kenneth Moore was probably the country's last working class Prime Minister and while the book is inevitably political, it is also a remarkable New Zealand story about an ordinary kiwi achieving extraordinary things. This book is based on conversations held with Mike Moore over the past 12 months ...Show more
It's Over! A Broadcaster's Story by John McBeth
$38.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life by Mason Ball
$39.99 NZD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
The first biography of iconic cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats Let me show you how my dad became a leading cartoonist of his generation, how his endearing characters evolved and where the side-splitting ideas sprang from. Let's see the man behind the drawing desk and delve into the wor ...Show more
Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins' Story by Lynda Topp, Jools Topp
$39.99 NZD
$49.99 (20% off)
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
The incredible story of how a couple of country kids from Huntly became much-loved Kiwi icons and TV stars, with their own unique brand of original country music and comedy that has captivated audiences in New Zealand and overseas for over 40 years. Jools and Lynda Topp aka The Topp Twins tell this sto ...Show more
Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness as We Age by Judy Bailey
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
An inspiring and personal guide to ageing well and with happiness, by national treasure Judy Bailey. When beloved broadcaster Judy Bailey signed off her final news bulletin in 2005, she had no idea that retirement would bring some of the most fulfilling years of her life. Ever the journalist, Judy sea ...Show more
Still Standing - A Memoir by Anna Louisa de Launey Crighton
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
For decades, whenever a heritage building in Christchurch has been under threat, especially in the aftermath of the 2010- 11 earthquakes, one woman has consistently defended this city's architecture and history against shortsightedness and the threat of bulldozers - Dame Anna Crighton. Fearless and art ...Show more
Simon Gault: No Half Measures by Simon Gault
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Auckland chef Simon Gault opened his first restaurant aged 22, piling up awards and accolades at Bell House, Gault’s on Quay, Euro, Giraffe and more. The former MasterChef New Zealand judge is a successful businessman with his name on stocks, seasonings, cookware and cocktails, but that’s not the full s ...Show more
Ruby Tui - Straight Up by Ruby Tui
$36.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood yearning for a better option in life to Olympic Champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. Ruby learned to rely on herself and her own strengths as a child, growing up without role models, in ...Show more
Southern Wanderer by Peter Garden
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
At a time when our mandate to defend biodiversity and reverse the damage of centuries has never been clearer or more urgent, the legacy of helicopter pilot Peter Garden sets a critical example. For decades, he has been part of some of the most ground-breaking bird rescue projects in the world, at some o ...Show more