When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback by Michael Leahy
$26.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
For fans of Netflix's The Last Dance, this is the definitive account of Michael Jordan's spectacular and disastrous return to basketball. As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one before. Powered by a potent mix of charisma, n ...Show more
When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by ...Show more
When Ziggy Played Guitar - David Bowie, the Man Who Changed the World by Dylan Jones
$30.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
On 6 July 1972, David Bowie, with a flame-orange cockade quiff, lavishly applied make-up, wearing a multi-coloured jumpsuit that looked as though it were made from fluorescent fish skin, and carrying a brand spanking new blue acoustic guitar, made his third appearance on Top of the Pops. It was this per ...Show more
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy by Christine Toomey
$37.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
A memoir set in rural Italy, and a journey through history about a series of earthquakes that devastated the region 'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la terra ballerin ...Show more
Where's Bowie? Search for David Bowie in Berlin, Studio 54, Outer Space and More by Kev Gahan; Rob Cowan (Illustrator)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Scour these intricately illustrated pages for our most beloved icon of pop culture, the late and great David Bowie. This book is a reverent and interactive homage to David Bowie, with dense illustrations of the many real and imagined universes of his own making. Hidden somewhere on each of these double ...Show more
Who I Am by Melanie C
$34.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls. For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was ...Show more
Why I Am a Hindu by Shashi Tharoor
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
Opening with a frank and touching reflection on his personal beliefs, he lays out Hinduism's origins and its key philosophical concepts -- including Vedanta, the Purusharthas, and Bhakti -- before focusing on texts such as the Bhagadvagita. The 'Great Souls', or key individuals of Hinduism, from Adi Sha ...Show more
Why I am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto by Jessa Crispin
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution. Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon m ...Show more
Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose
$27.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found--what she fostered--was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door t ...Show more
Wild Life: The Extraordinary Adventures of Sir David Attenborough by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
Journey through the jungle and coral reefs, across the African plains and icy poles, and even to the Galápagos Islands, as you discover all there is to know about the world's best-known and best-loved naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, in this beautifully illustrated picture book. From a childhood spe ...Show more
Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever by Nick de Semlyen
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-l ...Show more