The Dwarf Who Moved by Peter Williams
$27.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
New Zealand's pre-eminent criminal barrister looks back on his remarkable life and times. In his time as a criminal defence lawyer in the New Zealand courts, the late Sir Peter Williams QC saw it all. From the days when abortion, homosexuality and even telling fortunes could see a person hauled before t ...Show more
The Dwarf Who Moved and Other True Stories from a Life in the Law by Peter Williams
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good-very good
A memoir in anecdotal form by New Zealand's pre-eminent criminal barrister. In his time as a criminal defence lawyer in the New Zealand courts, Peter Williams QC has seen it all. From the days when abortion, homosexuality and even telling fortunes could see a person hauled before the courts, to sensatio ...Show more
The Flying Doctor by Dave Baldwin
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
From the author of Healthy Bastards, the man known as the Flying Doctor' is back, this time with his misadventures, escapades and high jinks from a life of medicine, aviation and hunting. For the first time, Dave Baldwin, known throughout the backcountry as the Flying Doctor, shares his tales from life ...Show more
The Forgotten General : New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell by Jock Vennell
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good
The Forgotten General highlights the courage, intelligence and determination of an exceptional New Zealander. Major-General Sir Andrew Russell was a distinguished soldier and a dedicated leader of men. He was among the top-ranked divisional commanders in the British armies that fought on the Western Fro ...Show more
The Forgotten General: New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell by Jock Vennell
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Very Good
Major General Sir Andrew Russell commanded the NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade at Gallipoli. He then went on to serve as commander of the New Zealand Division on the Western Front. He has been called 'the one military commander of genius that New Zealand produced in the twentieth century'. Yet his story remai ...Show more
The Good Doctor by Lance O'Sullivan
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Lance O'Sullivan is a man on a mission. Raised in Auckland by a solo mother, he had a modest upbringing typical of the time, if one chequered with difficulties. After being expelled from two schools, Lance could have gone off the rails. Instead, he found his way at Hato Petera College, connecting with ...Show more
The Good Life on Te Muna Road by Deborah Coddington
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
An engaging, affectionate reflection on life in a small rural community, finding love and making wine. The first time Deborah Coddington lived in Martinborough was in the height of the hippie era, when the old mansion Waiura attracted poets, protesters, novelists, photographers, artists and activists. I ...Show more
The Grass Catcher - A Digression About Home by Ian Wedde
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good-very good
From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969-70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life. Haunted by the ghosts of his r ...Show more
The Heart of Jesus Valentino by Emma Gilkison
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
During a routine 12-week scan, Emma Gilkison thinks it looks as though her unborn baby has a marble rolling on his chest. In fact, it is his heart growing outside his body - an extremely rare and fatal condition called ectopia cordis. Emma and her partner Roy now face two heartbreaking options. Should t ...Show more
The Helen Clark Years: Absolute Power by Ian Wishart
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
The Helen Clark we see today is a carefully manufactured, airbrushed political brand. She's also New Zealand's most powerful politician, ever. Absolute Power strips away the facade to find what makes the real Helen Clark tick, and explores the track record of a government that boasted it would bring a n ...Show more
The Horse Whisperer by Andrew Froggatt
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Andrew Froggatt has special skills as a horse whisperer: he can train the wildest horse, and he's worked with thousands over the years, from wild, untouched horses through to top level show horses and racehorses...He's developed a system to consistently fix problems and bring out the very best in all ho ...Show more
The Hungry Heart - Journeys with William Colenso by Peter Wells
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
"I love doubters: of a truly honest doubter I have great hope." Printer, botanist and missionary, William Colenso was a nineteenth-century maverick, a true original. He protested at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, arguing that Maori did not fully understand its implications. He became a troubled ...Show more