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The Durrells of Corfu by Michael Haag
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in particular his much-loved bestseller, My Family and Other Animals. These books in turn are based somewhat loosely on actual events. The real-life Durrells went to Corfu at the urging of Lawrence Durrell, who w ...Show more
Finding Freedom Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Carolyn Durand; Omid Scobie
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world's attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines – from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son ...Show more
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman's escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and Carolyn Jessop's Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author. As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Juda ...Show more
Debbie Harry: Face It by Debbie Harry
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music Biography | Reading Level: very good
Debbie Harry has achieved a level of global success and iconic stature that is reserved for very few musicians, and even fewer women. Charismatic lead singer, critically acclaimed solo artist and style icon, her allure is endless and her legacy is enduring. In this, her first memoir, Debbie shares her r ...Show more
Cult Filmmakers by Kristelle Rodeia (Illustrator); Ian Haydn Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: Cult Figures Ser.
What makes a cult filmmaker? Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably unique, or critically divisive, cult filmmakers come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a chance change in fashion sees their work propel ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern - A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is a leader for a new generation, one tired of inertia in the face of pressing issues such as climate change, immigration and the rise of far-right terrorism. Ardern was catapulted onto the international stage with her grace and compassion following the Chri ...Show more
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
**International Bestseller** **The Times (UK) Memoir of the Year** **One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020** An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. As seen on Netflix's Th ...Show more
Machete and the Ghost by James Griffin; Oscar Kightley
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
Lelei Lelei Jnr (aka Machete) and Neil Turnbull (aka The Ghost) came from very different backgrounds but when they eventually found each other they became the 2nd five/centre combination that ruled world rugby. On the pitch they were an unorthodox and mostly unstoppable team. On their day, when they wer ...Show more
Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The brand new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, bestselling author of Classic Scrapes, undercover cop, receiver of cabbages. PERFECT SOUND WHATEVER is a love letter to the healing power of music, and how one man's obsessive quest saw him defeat the bullshit of one year with the beauty of another ...Show more
The Best of A. A. Gill by A A Gill
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
For over twenty years, people turned to A. A. Gill's columns every Sunday - for his fearlessness, his perception, and the laughter-and-tear-provoking one-liners - but mostly because he was the best. 'By miles the most brilliant journalist of our age', as Lynn Barber put it. This is the definitive collec ...Show more
The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese that his ankles gave way--to the grimly bloody storie ...Show more
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
''This book has found a special place in my heart. It''s as strange, beautiful and unexpected, as precise and exquisite in its movings, as bees in a hive. I loved it'' Helen Macdonald, author of H IS FOR HAWK ''Everyone should own A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings, which moved and delighted me more tha ...Show more