The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Reading Level: good
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2016 WINNER OF THE 2016 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life. William Finnegan first started surfing ...Show more
Red Notice - A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: Wellcome Collection Ser.
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World's Most Famous Diary by Anne Frank
26.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Anne Franks The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Annes thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends staye ...Show more
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
30.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. So much has been written about him, but until now, we've only had Kiedis's songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoiri ...Show more
Life Is So Good by George Dawson
22.00 NZD
23.00 (4% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir
In this book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father, a belief that "life is so good" as he offers valuable lessons in living and a fresh, first-hand view of America during the 20th century.