West Island by Johnson Stephanie
$39.95 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
Five notable twentieth-century New Zealanders who made their lives in Australia are the subject of this fascinating biographical investigation by award-winning author Stephanie Johnson.Roland Wakelin, Dulcie Deamer, Jean Devanny, Douglas Stewart and Eric Baume had little in common in personality, procli ...Show more
Writing Life - Twelve New Zealand Authors by Deborah Shepard
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A unique, candid and intimate survey of the life and work of 12 of our most acclaimed writers: Patricia Grace, Tessa Duder, Owen Marshall, Philip Temple, David Hill, Joy Cowley, Vincent O'Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Marilyn Duckworth, Chris Else, Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera. Constructed as Q&As with ...Show more
Young Queen by Parris Goebel
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Crazy. Bold. Fearless. Parris Goebel was destined to make her mark. Young Queen is the autobiography of a dancer with a dream . . . a young Polynesian girl who grew up in New Zealand and went on to conquer the hip hop world. In this honest memoir, Parris Goebel shares the extraordinary story of how s ...Show more
Zigzags and Leapfrogs - A Memoir by Maris O'Rourke
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
Born on a small island in Scotland to a local girl and an Australian serviceman, raised in a working class, dysfunctional, often violent, itinerant household around the UK and Europe, O'Rourke rose to become the Secretary for Education for New Zealand, the Director of Education at the World Bank, an Int ...Show more