Will by Will Self
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Will Self is one of Britain's most famous and infamous contemporary writers, a public intellectual known for his sardonic worldview, his logophilia, and his wide-ranging interests, from psychogeography to socialism to hard drugs. His novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and been translated ...Show more
William & Catherine's New Royal Family by Ian Lloyd
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
With fabulous pictures of the young royal family, this book takes a look at William and Kate's life from their engagement to the lead up to the arrival of Prince George of Cambridge, his birth and his first year and the arrival of his much awaited sibling. At 4:24pm on Monday 22 July 2013, the Duke and ...Show more
Woman in the Wilderness by Miriam Lancewood
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
An inspirational story of adventure and bravery, from a young woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the wilds of the South Island of New Zealand.
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
$35.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: Women in Science
It's a scientific fact: Women rock! A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Full of strik ...Show more
Words and Pictures - Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition by Jenny Uglow
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
As children, learning to read, we look first at the illustrations - but how do these tell their stories differently from the words? Words & Pictures explores this question through three encounters between writers and artists. It looks at how artists have responded to two great, contrasting works, Pa ...Show more
Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes
$55.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: near fine
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan.In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class Bo ...Show more
Writing Life - Twelve New Zealand Authors by Deborah Shepard
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A unique, candid and intimate survey of the life and work of 12 of our most acclaimed writers: Patricia Grace, Tessa Duder, Owen Marshall, Philip Temple, David Hill, Joy Cowley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Marilyn Duckworth, Chris Else, Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera. Constructed as Q&As with ...Show more
Year of the Monkey: The New York Times bestseller by Patti Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography
'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
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer and comedian Amy Poehler. Yes Please finds Amy riffing on everything from sex and love to motherhood, famil ...Show more
Yoshitomo Nara by Yeewan Koon
$200.00 NZD
Category: General
The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo NaraYoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop 'Superflat' movement. This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himse ...Show more
You Are Always with Me: Letters to Mama by Frida Kahlo by Frida Kahlo; Héctor Jaimes (Translator)
$50.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day) alongside her passionate paintings have made her a cult figure since she died over sixty years ago. But beyond the ...Show more
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone - The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
'What I have in common with Nico is the understanding of her furious frustration at not being recognised.' - Marianne Faithfull Over the course of her life, Nico was an ever-evolving myth, an enigma that escaped definition. Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, ...Show more