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Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix by Mick Wall
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people. But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell ...Show more
The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code - The extraordinary life of Dr Claire Weekes by Judith Hoare
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The true story of the little-known mental-health pioneer who revolutionised how we see the defining problem of our era: anxiety. Panic, depression, sorrow, guilt, disgrace, obsession, sleeplessness, low confidence, loneliness, agoraphobia ... Dr Claire Weekes knew how to treat them, but was dismissed a ...Show more
Memoirs of a Kamikaze - A World War II Pilot's Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation by Kazuo Odachi; Alexander Bennett (Translator); Shigeru Ota; Hiroyoshi Nishijima
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history. This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who--in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old--joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigne ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1945, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she w ...Show more
The Ultimate Survival Guide to Being a Girl by Christina De Witte
$22.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Ith friends, social media, body image, and more, navigating young adulthood can seem impossible, Follow Instagram's loveable Chrostin as she provides humorous and relatable advice for all of the struggles you face, like: Sticking up for yourself, Dealing with your body, Creating your own fashion, Eating ...Show more
Bill and Shirley: A Memoir by Keith Ovenden
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith were two of New Zealand's most significant twentieth-century figures: Sutch as an economist, influential civil servant, and inspirational proponent of innovation in the fields of social and economic development, and Smith as glass-ceiling breaker in the formerly male-dominat ...Show more
Kamala's Way by Dan Morain
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
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Max by Alex Miller
$33.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
An astonishing, moving tribute to Alex's friend, Max Blatt, that is at once a meditation on memory itself, on friendship and a reminder to the reader that history belongs to humanity. 'This book so beautifully evokes the power of places in shaping our consciousness and perception…As readers of Alex Mill ...Show more
A Natural Year: Living Simply Through the Seasons by Wendyl Nissen
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Wendyl's story of living the simple life in the country: gardening, foraging, fishing and the freedom she has found in ageing. Beautifully illustrated and including 100 new and delicious recipes. 'An absolute cracker of a guide to feeling content by living more naturally.' - Lynda Hallinan 'When I read ...Show more
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC and Bar by Tom Scott
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more. The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has ...Show more
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Magical' GUARDIAN'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC'Her willingness ...Show more
The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir by John Cook; Jon Bauer
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
In Tasmania, John Cook is known as: 'The Keeper of the Flame'. John's renowned as one of the last of the "kerosene keepers": he spent a good part of his 26-year career in Tasmanian lighthouses tending kerosene, not electrical, lamps. He joined the lighthouse service in 1969, after a spell in the merchan ...Show more
