Mokorua: Nga korero mo toku moko kauae - My story of moko kauae by Ariana Tikao
$49.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
One woman’s journey to her moko kauae as an expression of her Kāi Tahu identity. I kā rā o mua, I would know my place in my tīpuna’s time, I would know my face. Mokorua is a revealing and emotional account of one woman receiving her moko kauae. Ariana Tikao grew up in suburban Christchurch in the 1970s ...Show more
Gaylene's Take - Her Life in New Zealand Film by Gaylene Preston
$44.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
From one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand. Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and sometimes heartbreak that have come with that ambition. In both wide lens and close-up ...Show more
Uprooted - Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination by Peter J. Boni
$47.95 AUD
Category: Biography
How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial inseminationBy his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter's seventy-five-year-old mother unveiled a bomb ...Show more
Found and Lost - Mittens, Miep, and Shovelfuls of Dirt by Alison Leslie Gold
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A luminous memoir from the Holocaust writer, Alison Leslie Gold, told through a series of letters to the living and the dead.Alison Leslie Gold is best known for her works that have kept alive stories from the time of the Holocaust, stories of courage and survival - most famously her Anne Frank Remember ...Show more
A Portrait of Leonardo by Donovan Bixley
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Strip back the layers of varnish and discover the man behind the masterpieces, the personality that drove one of the greatest minds in history. In a book like no other, explore the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Welcome to the Repertory Apartments—where scenes of tenderness and trouble, music and magic, the uncanny and the macabre play out on intimate stages. A mother and her young son battle an infestation of ants. A bass player is beset by equine hallucinations. A widow seeks a new home with a spare room for ...Show more
All Veils Are Off by Marguerette Heding
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Qatar? It sounds like a bad lung condition! was Marguerette Heding's first reaction to her husband about moving there. Back in July 2008, this ultra-conservative Islamic country bordering Saudi Arabia wasn't on anyone's radar and the Lonely Planet Guide called it 'the dullest place on earth'. She didn't ...Show more
Black Swan Summer: The Improbable Story of Western Australia's First Sheffield Shield by Max Bonnell, Andrew Sproul
$42.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Black Swan Summer tells the extraordinary story of Western Australia's first season of Sheffield Shield cricket, when an unheralded group of unknown, unfashionable and inexperienced players won Australian cricket's biggest prize at their first attempt. But it's more than just a story of an upset result ...Show more
Tea for One - A Celebration of Little Things by Alice Taylor; Emma Byrne (Photographer)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In Tea for One, Alice Taylor celebrates the little moments that bring us joy After many busy years raising a family and running a business, Alice is now living alone - with all the challenges and pleasures that brings. From improving her painting to perfecting her garden, exploring family histories and ...Show more
Improbable Pioneers of the Romantic Age by K. Davidson
$99.95 AUD
Category: Biography
The story of how the 6th Duke of Bedford and his second wife, Georgina Gordon, became intimately involved with the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment, the joys of Romantic poetry and painting - and the leading figures of both worlds This book tells the story of two very different people, John ...Show more
Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons, Forgotten Son of Alfred by Michael John Key
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
New in paperback - The first biography of Alfred the Great's son, the forgotten king who was crucial to uniting England. Edward the Elder succeeded his father Alfred the Great to the kingdom of Wessex, but was largely overlooked by his contemporaries (at least in terms of the historical record) and ...Show more
Billy Wallace by Denis Dwyer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1905 Billy Wallace was selected to represent New Zealand, touring the British Isles, France and North America, as part of a rugby team that became known as The Original All Blacks. It was during this landmark tour that Billy Wallace showed the rest of the world how the game should be played. Wallace’ ...Show more