Endgame by Omid Scobie
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Biography
The new book from bestselling author Omid Scobie shedding light on the Royal Family, with unique insight and exclusive access. On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world’s most famous family, and ...Show more
Enzo Ferrari: The definitive biography of an icon by Luca Dal Monte
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Soon to be an AppleTV+ series, Enzo uncovers a wealth of new facts about the origins, ambitions, and private life of Enzo Ferrari.Drawing on years of original research conducted in Italy and abroad, this book lays bare the hidden aspects of Ferrari's career. From his earliest failed business ventures, t ...Show more
Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution by John Eidinow
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
The thousands of academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her?This is the story of Esther Simpson, a remarkable woman history has largely forgotten, but whose selfless actions left an indelible mark on the cultural and intellectual ...Show more
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series by Dolly Alderton
$28.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting du ...Show more
Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome...'Four Seasons in Rome' charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, a ...Show more
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
$36.99 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundsta ...Show more
Grayson Perry - The Pre-Therapy Years by Chris Stephens, Catrin Jones
$45.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Grayson Perry was the first ceramicist to win the Turner Prize, the internationally renowned award for the best young British Artist. He rapidly established a unique brand as "the transvestite potter." This book examines the plates, pots, and statues from the 1980s to the mid-1990s with which he establi ...Show more
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
$38.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
From the Academy Award-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. 'I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues ...Show more
H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick by Helen Macdonald
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. Years later, when her father died, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to ...Show more
Heart, Soul, Fire: The Life of Paul Briggs by Paul Briggs
$34.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Paul Briggs was set to become a kickboxing world champion until he gave it away and developed an appetite for ecstasy and cocaine. With the help of American-Indian spiritual healing he scraped his soul bare and began to love. He turned to boxing and is now on his way to the top of the WBC rankings.
Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins by Hunter S. Thompson
$14.99 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics.'A phalanx of motorcycl ...Show more
Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
$27.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Reading Level: very good
Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Now in a special new edition perf ...Show more