Life in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford - the Biography by Laura Thompson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Entertainment
Nancy Mitford was, in the words of her sister Lady Diana Mosley, 'very, very complex'. Her biographies and novels, her journalism, and the vast body of letters to her family, friends such as Evelyn Waugh, and to the great love of her life, Gaston Palewski, all tell an intriguing story. Drawing from thes ...Show more
Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs by Andrew Cotter
$37.00 NZD
Category: General
"My name is Andrew Cotter and once upon a time I was a sports broadcaster. In Olive, Mabel and Me I try to explain how it can be that after a career commentating on Olympic Games, World Cups and Wimbledon finals, I am now far better known for describing the daily lives of my Labradors, Olive and Mabel. ...Show more
Life's What You Make It by Phillip Schofield
$40.00 NZD
Category: Entertainment
For a long time, I felt that I couldn't write this book. At first, I didn't think I'd lived enough, then life got busy and filled with distractions. In more recent years, there was always a very painful consideration - I knew where it would eventually have to go. I have recently decided that the tru ...Show more
The Naked Farmer by Ben Brooksby
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Ben Brooksby is a fifth-generation farmer from St Helens Plains in Western Victoria. When he was younger, he struggled with anxiety and other mental health issues, as so many others in rural communities do. A simple social media post helped him to turn things around. After he shared a photo to Instagram ...Show more
The Running Book: A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History by John Connell
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography
It is summer, the hay and silage have not yet been made on John Connell's farm, so he has time to indulge his other great passion: running. John sets off on a marathon run of 42.2 kilometres through his native Longford, the scene of his award-winning book The Cow Book. As he runs across woodlands, field ...Show more
Thinking Out Loud Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad by Rio Ferdinand
$37.99 NZD
Category: Motivation
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful & significant ... Tackles grief with honesty' DAWN FRENCH'Very important and moving book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL'Tender, heartbreaking ... An extraordinary and unforgettable book. *****' HEAT* * * * * *'When Rebecca died, the idea that one day I might begin to feel b ...Show more
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
$29.99 NZD
Category: General
A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter of science denial" (Bill M ...Show more
The Girl from Revolution Road by Ghazaleh Golbakhsh
$37.00 NZD
Category: Political | Reading Level: very good
A young first-generation Iranian immigrant in New Zealand speaks powerfully of displacement, being different and living between two worlds. Based on Ghazaleh Golbakhsh's experience as an Iranian immigrant growing up in New Zealand, these essays range from a childhood in war-torn Iran, including the trau ...Show more
Open Book by Jessica Simpson
$62.99 NZD
Category: Entertainment
The #1 New York Times BestsellerJessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining.This was supposed to be ...Show more
In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World by Danielle Clode
$39.99 NZD
Category: Motivation
A voyage of discovery, nature and untold histories - in the vein of Clare Wright, Edmund de Waal and Helen Macdonald. When the first woman to circumnavigate the world completed her journey in 1775, she returned home without any fanfare at all. Jeanne Barret, an impoverished peasant from Burgundy, disgui ...Show more
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
$24.99 NZD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: near fine
The best selling memoir, now in paperback!
My Name Is Selma - The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbruck Survivor by Selma van de Perre
$37.00 NZD
Category: Motivation
'I am one of few Jewish survivors of World War Two, but one of many Jewish people to fight the Nazi regime. My story illustrates what happened to thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike. I have recorded the small details that made up our lives, the sheer luck that saved some of us and the atrocities that l ...Show more