The Shadow President - The Truth about Mike Pence by Michael D'Antonio; Peter Eisner
$45.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
"It presents an entirely damning portrait of Pence. You've seen his colors before, but not so vividly and in this detail." --Frank Bruni, The New York Times "Producing a biography of a living, controversial politician is always difficult. D'Antonio and Eisner have succeeded in this well-documented, damn ...Show more
The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves by Siri Hustvedt
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion -- or something else entirely?In this profoundly thought-provoking and revealing book, Hustvedt takes the reader on her journey through psychia ...Show more
The Shaking Woman or a History of My Nerves by Siri Hustvedt
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
By the bestselling author of WHAT I LOVED, an account of her search for the key to her mysterious nervous disorder and a fascinating exploration of the mind and its connection with the body - 'provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth' Oliver Sacks.
The Sheep Stell: Memoirs of a Shepherd by Janet White
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
'Every animal needs its own territory and humans are no exception. My plans were clear at an early age. I intended to live somewhere wild and supremely beautiful . . . I imagined searching the whole world for a place, high and remote as a sheep stell, quiet as a monastery, challenging and virginal, unto ...Show more
The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discovery by David L. Mearns
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of the deep sea.' CLIVE CUSSLER David Mearns has found some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. His deep-water searc ...Show more
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Kathryn Hughes reveals here that Bella Beaton was a million miles away from the stoical, middle-aged matron. She was in fact only 25 years old when she created the guide to successful family living and had only had five years experience of her own to inform her. She lived in a semi-detached house in Pin ...Show more
The Sisters Antipodes: A Memoir by Jane Alison
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The Sisters Antipodesis a unique account of the intimate devastations of family betrayal, in equal measure unsettling and engrossing. When Jane Alison was a child, her family met another that seemed like its mirror: a father in the Foreign Service, a beautiful mother, and two little girls, the younger t ...Show more
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: Women in History
Antonia Fraser takes a sympathetic look at the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Taking each in turn, she portrays them as women of spirit, and looks beyond their tragic ends. Paperback (B-Format)
The Skripal Files by Mark Urban
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
'Engrossing . . . Urban tells the story of Skripal's undercover career well, much of it previously unknown and gleaned from around 10 hours of conversations with him at his Salisbury home' Guardian Who is Sergei Skripal? Agent. Prisoner. Target. The Skripal Files tells the story of Sergei Skripal, the ...Show more
The Sky is Falling!: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism by Peter Biskind
$26.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A Sunday Times (London), Best Book of 2018 "A thoughtful, entertaining, and occasionally profound critical study of the texts that entertain, move and, sometimes, shape us."--The Spectator (London) "A bold, witty, and brilliantly argued analysis of the role pop culture has played in the rise of Amer ...Show more
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and The Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowball is the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those ...Show more
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
$60.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
For the first time in his life, after years of turning down offers from authors and publishers, Warren Buffett has agreed to cooperate on a book that will be a biography of his ideas, a perspective that can be applied to business and the day-to-day decisions that dominate our lives. Buffett has opened h ...Show more