Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history—from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today. An extraordinary personal and historical journey, Life is the story of a man ...Show more
Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me by Bernie Taupin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug." This is ...Show more
Taylor Swift: The Whole Story by Chas Newkey-Burden
$29.99 NZD
Category: Music Biography
The updated story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world with her Eras tour. A small-town girl with incredible talent – and the strength and determination to realise her dream – Taylor Swift has gone from ...Show more
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
$40.00 NZD
Category: Literary Biography
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. "So, she will live writing the letters she did - six to her best friend, and three to her husband. I know where she was when she wrote them. I know that the dishes were frozen in the sink, that she was bleeding, t ...Show more
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved TV series "Happy Days", has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case, he's ju ...Show more
Britney Spears - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
$55.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the ...Show more
Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton
$95.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
A beautifully illustrated celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive. In Behind the Seams My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the firs ...Show more
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series by Dolly Alderton
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting du ...Show more
Excommunicated - A multi-generational story of leaving the Exclusive Brethren by Craig Hoyle
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren. After coming out as gay as a teenager, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, po ...Show more
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of StalingradA landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at ...Show more
Ruby Tui - Straight Up by Ruby Tui
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: good-very good
This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood yearning for a better option in life to Olympic Champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. Ruby learned to rely on herself and her own strengths as a child, growing up without role models, in ...Show more
South Sea Vagabonds by Johnny Wray
$28.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
75th anniversary edition of the timeless New Zealand classic of adventure at sea. Johnny Wray's gripping and often hilarious account of his adventures around the South Pacific has inspired readers and changed lives since its first publication 75 years ago. Fired from his day job during the Great Depress ...Show more