Shackleton: How the Captain of the newly discovered Endurance saved his crew in the Antarctic by Ranulph Fiennes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The enthralling life, endurance and incredible leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, told by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endu ...Show more
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand
$24.99 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
Winner of the Eastern Eye Alchemy Festival Award for LiteratureIn 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs, a realm that stretched from the lush Kashmir Valley to the craggy foothills of the Khyber Pass and included the migh ...Show more
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
$65.00 NZD
Category: World History
Klaus Fuchs knew more nuclear secrets in the last two years of the Second World War than anyone else in Britain. He was taken onto the Manhattan Project in the USA as a trusted physicist - and was the conduit by which knowledge of the highest classification passed to the Soviet Union. When Truman announ ...Show more
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray
$28.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
The story of the twentieth century through one woman's life and the food she cooked for our most famous Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself ...Show more
An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments with Truth by M. K. Gandhi
$55.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi one of the greatest men to walk this earth, begins the story of his life with descriptions of his childhood in Porbandar and Rajkot in Gujarat, his schooldays, his early marriage, the lessons he learnt when he tried stealing, told lies and smoked cigrattes, and his unshakable ...Show more
Before the Light Fades by Natasha Walter
$37.99 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
From the acclaimed writer and thinker, a moving memoir about losing her mother to suicide as well as honouring the legacy of a family whose members struggled bravely against some of the worst crises of the twentieth century. 'Walter's wise, thoughtful memoir is both deeply affecting and unexpectedly ins ...Show more
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (PB) by Walter Isaacson
$35.99 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public and polished it ...Show more
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West by Katie Hickman
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
"Myth and misunderstanding spring from the American frontier as readily as rye grass from sod, and - like the wiry grass - seem as difficult to weed out and discard."The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, ...Show more
Captain Scott by Ranulph Fiennes
$32.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography | Reading Level: very good
Featuring more than 56,000 entries, this thoroughly updated Seventh Edition contains the medical terminology used in more than 30 of today's fastest growing health profession areas--plus comprehensive inclusion of entries suited for the nursing field. The book includes 1,000 enriched color images and ph ...Show more
Churchill: The Power of Words by Sir Winston S. Churchill
$35.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography
Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation with their powerful style and thoughtful reflection. ...Show more
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great ...Show more
Edda Mussolini - The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe by Caroline Moorehead
$40.00 NZD
Category: Historical Biography | Reading Level: very good
Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal. She was her father's confidante during the 20 years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and pla ...Show more