Nursing: Challenges, Laughter and Tears by Ondria Cheeseman
$34.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
McGinty fencing in the High Country by Robinson, Tony
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
No reply from publisher (April 2009). "McGinty Fencing in the High Country is an account of my days as a novice fencer in the Canterbury high country sheep stations in the head waters of the mighty Rakaia Gorge. Such well known stations as - Mt. Algidus, Inverary, Peak Hill, Glenthorne, and Lake Colerid ...Show more
A History of Silence - A Memoir by Lloyd Jones
$38.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The 2011 earthquake which shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, ...Show more
A Fabulous Failure: How New Zealand's Queen of Property Turned Failure into Fabulous by Nikki Connors
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Failure is just another life lesson. Learn from it and move on. Known as New Zealand's Queen of Property Investment, Nicolette Connors' life has been one hell of a rollercoaster ride. Enjoying mega riches and business success, she also danced with the dark side, enduring bankruptcy, domestic violence an ...Show more
Hocken - Prince of Collectors by Donald Jackson Kerr
$60.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
Dr Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910) arrived in Dunedin in 1862, aged 26. Throughout his busy life as a medical practitioner he amassed books, manuscripts, sketches, maps and photographs of early New Zealand. Much of his initial collecting focused on the early discovery narratives of James Cook; along w ...Show more
Park: The Biography of Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park, GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL by Vincent Orange
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
'If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don't believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgment and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.' So wrote Marshal of the RAF Lord Tedder in 1947. As commander of No. 11 Group, Fighter Co ...Show more
Ruck Me: (I've Written Another Book) by James Haskell
$36.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
The side-splittingly hilarious new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, rugby icon, and stag do in human form, James Haskell. It's 2021 and James is at a crossroads. His glittering international rugby career that took him from England to New Zealand and France - including 77 caps for England - is ...Show more
Always Delicious - Favourite recipes from the New Zealand Listener by Lauraine Jacobs
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Lauraine Jacobs is one of New Zealand¿s leading food writers, best known for her work with Cuisine and for her long-running food column in the New Zealand Listener. In Always Delicious she has compiled over 100 of her favourite recipes, chosen from at least 700 recipes that have featured in her column. ...Show more
Life, Loss, Love: A Memoir by Lorraine Downes
$36.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
As well as the Miss Universe fairy-tale and her busy career, Lorraine shares details of her first marriage to All Black Murray Mexted, her delight in her two children, her success in Dancing with the Stars and her blissful relationship with cricketing legend Martin Crowe. Along the way Lorraine has fac ...Show more
Let Fly! - A Young Topdressing Pilot's Courageous Story by Barry Cardno
$14.99 NZD
$29.99 (50% off)
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
'8 May, 1995. My alarm clock goes off at 6am. I get up and walk outside to survey the sky. Will we be going topdressing today? At 7am I leave with my first load, 900 kg. I land back four or five minutes later when the Fletcher is reloaded. Climbing away from the base of the airstrip in a northerly direc ...Show more
Jonah: My Story by Jonah Lomu
$24.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
It's 10 years since he played his final match for the All Blacks, but Jonah Lomu remains the most recognisable rugby face on the planet. In this update to his 2004 best-selling biography, Jonah talks about the highs and lows of that last decade with candour and honesty. Packed with astonishing revelatio ...Show more
Leighton Smith Beyond the Microphone by Leighton Smith
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Biography & Memoirs
Like his talk show, this autobiography delivers more than the everyday - it’s honest, informative and insightful - and is in Leighton’s trademark style. From his early years growing up in Sydney to becoming one of New Zealand’s favourite radio stars, Leighton’s life has been a full one. He has remained ...Show more