Jane Campion on Jane Campion by Michel Ciment
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Jane Campion on Jane Campion offers a unique perspective on the creative process of one of cinema's greatest contemporary film directors. Through a series of interviews from the early days of Campion's career to her most recent projects, conducted by Michel Ciment, each chapter contains the study of a f ...Show more
Mana Whakatipu - Ngāi Tahu Leader Mark Solomon on Leadership and Life by Mark Solomon; Mark Revington
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
In 1998, just as South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu was about to sign its Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the government — justice of sorts after seven generations of seeking redress — a former foundryman stepped into the pivotal role of kaiwhakahaere or chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, the tribal council of ...Show more
No Excuses: My Story - From Crime to Community and Fat to Fit by Dave Letele
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Dave Letele's life has taken him from crime to community, footy to failure, riches to rags (and back again), and from fat to fit. Today, he is a businessman, community leader and life coach who helps literally thousands achieve their goals as the face of Buttabean Motivation. He gives out free meals for ...Show more
On the Record by Steven Joyce
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
A candid, engaging and entertaining memoir by one of the most powerful players in the John Key government with lots of fresh revelations. Before Steven Joyce entered politics, he had a hugely successful 17-year career building and running the radio network RadioWorks. He learnt to cut deals, compete fe ...Show more
One of Them by Shaneel Lal
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby TuiWhat would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional villa ...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
Te Puea - A Life by Michael King
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
Te Puea Herangi, whom Professor John Pocock identified as 'possibly the most influential woman in our political history', wanted an honest biography of her turbulent life. Michael King has written such a book. He did so with the full support of Te Puea's tribe, Tainui, and of her surviving family and pr ...Show more
The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor by Judy Siers
$145.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of James Walter Chapman-Taylor - architect, craftsman, furniture designer, builder, photographer, astrologer and family man. The biography unfolds chronologically from Chapman-Taylor's birth in London to his childhood in Taranaki, New Zealand, and traces his career from his early years ...Show more
The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir. 'It's material, make a story out of it,' was the mantra Charlotte Grimshaw grew up with in her literary family. But when her life suddenly turned upside-down, she needed to re-examine the reality of that material. The more she delved in ...Show more
The Only Way is Up - Reflections on a Life in Opera by Donald McIntyre; David A Rees
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
Edited by music professor and well-known New Zealand Wagnerian and radio personality, Heath Lees, this book is a fitting monument to Sir Donald's magnificent half century in opera. Until the age of twenty, Donald McIntyre hoped to play for the All Blacks, and was on his way to acheiving that aim. As a ...Show more
The Queen's Wife by Joanne Drayton
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak. A memoir of a turbulent time — and a chess game that broke all the rules. In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down. This is ...Show more
The Quiet Hero: Andrew Bagshaw by Philip Matthews
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Genetic scientist Andrew Bagshaw put his life on hold to help the people of Ukraine. His selfless actions would cost him his life. This is his story. Andrew Bagshaw was many things - a genius-level geneticist, keen cricketer and sailor, private pilot, much-loved son, brother and uncle, as well as a hug ...Show more