Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. ...Show more
Inventor of the Future - The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller by Alec Nevala-Lee
$44.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of the Week From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes ...Show more
Kitchen Confidential: Insider's Edition by Anthony Bourdain
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The New York Times bestselling memoir from Anthony Bourdain, the host of Parts Unknown. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bou ...Show more
Kubrick by Michael Herr
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Kubrick is Michael Herr's memoir of his nearly twenty-year friendship and collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and the creator of such classics as Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange. From their first meeting at an advance screening of ...Show more
My Life in Full - Work, Family and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The inspiring memoir by Indra Nooyi, the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo 'A must-read for working women and the men who work with us, love us and support us' Hillary Rodham Clinton 'Surprising and compelling' Financial Times The first woman of colour and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company - and ...Show more
Ready for Absolutely Nothing by Susannah Constantine
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Rock stars to royalty, society to sobriety, get to know the real Susannah Constantine in the hottest memoir of the year'Sensational, juicy, gossipy, filthy and bravely honest in equal measure, Susannah Constantine's memoir is a rollicking romp through the upper middle classes' SUNDAY TIMES, 'BEST BIOGRA ...Show more
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent by Dame Judi Dench
$42.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
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
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Prizewinner - Nero Prize for Non Fiction 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE'A set text for all of us in 2023' - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITEA summary of my book:1. I'm dia ...Show more
Surf By Day, Jam By Night by Ash Grunwald
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Surf by Day, Jam by Night is seasoned bluesman and surfer Ash Grunwald’s deep dive into the extraordinary. From heavy wipe-outs to heaving crowds, soulful road trips to flow states, this book gives a rare insight into the lives and minds of the true legends who have mastered the artforms of surfing and ...Show more
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab
$42.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. From greedy to generous, from cold to kind-hearted, from rogue to hero, Bill Gates is an extraordinarily complex public figure. Yet over th ...Show more
Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood
$37.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
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
A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor’s Story by Polly Morland
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
<b>'Polly Morland and Richard Baker have more than done justice to the original John Berger book - and produced a work that stimulates the eye and mind in equal measure.' Alain de Botton</b> <i>A Fortunate Woman</i> is a compelling, thoughtful and insightful look at the life and ...Show more