Sons of a Good Keen Man: Life in the shadow of Barry Crump by The Crump Brothers
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Barry Crump - the man, the myth, the father. 'Barry was never a father to me, but he did become a friend.'- Martin Crump Barry Crump was a titan of New Zealand writing, his semi-autobiographical novels about life as a rugged outdoorsman selling more than a million copies. In his time, he was held up a ...Show more
South West of Eden: A Memoir 1932-1956 by C K Stead
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Very Good
'I said many times I would not write autobiography - partly because it might signal, either to my inner self, or to others, a "signing off" as a writer; and partly because I did not want to mark off areas that were fact in my life from those that might yet be invented. Fiction likes to move, disguised a ...Show more
Sports Crazy by Roy Williams
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
A series of personal memories and vignettes from Roy's long career in and around top-level sport in New Zealand as a sportsman, coach and reporter. The book tells of a sporting life during a simpler time and includes plenty of irresistible anecdotes of well-known figures and high-level sporting events, ...Show more
Stacey: The Life, Style and Trials of a Great New Zealand Man by David McGill
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Roy Stacey was from the late 1940s to the 1980s the capital lawyer to go to. He defended the downtrodden and the different: displaced immigrants at war's end, warweary sailors jumping ship, bookmakers, brothel keepers, those charged with murder when hanging was the ultimate penalty, and most famously, t ...Show more
Stallion Challenges by Kelly Wilson
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Series: Wilson Sisters | Reading Level: Near Fine
From the author of the bestselling book For the Love of Horses, comes an epic new journey to rescue wild Kaimanawa horses from the biennial cull. Follow television stars Vicki, Kelly and Amanda Wilson on their quest to train 10 wild, difficult and sometimes dangerous Kaimanawas for competition in the fi ...Show more
Standing My Ground - A Voice for Nature Conservation by Alan F Mark
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Near Fine
For more than five decades, Alan Mark has been a voice for conservation in New Zealand. From his call in the 1960s for the establishment of tussock-grassland reserves in the South Island high country to his involvement in the 2011-13 campaign to save the Denniston Plateau from mining, he has been a pass ...Show more
Starship: Inside Our National Children's Hospital by Lochie Teague
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Inside New Zealand's famous national children's hospital. Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital is a landmark New Zealand institution. The passion and dedication of staff at all levels shines from these pages, which detail how Starship has grown and developed over the last 21 years. How does an import ...Show more
Steve Williams: Out of the Rough by Steve Williams
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
One of the most successful caddies of the modern era, having amassed 150 wins, Kiwi Steve Williams has worked with some of the golfing world's best, including 13 years on the bag of Tiger Woods. Together, Woods and Williams won more than 80 tournaments - with 13 major championships among them. In this c ...Show more
Still Lives: A Memoir of Gaza by Marilyn Garson
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Four years, two wars and one most unlikely social enterprise. Marilyn Garson was an experienced aid professional who created jobs at the edge of war. In 2011, she was invited to move to the Gaza Strip. Friends warned her that nothing worked behind the Gaza blockade. Unable to resist that challenge, Mari ...Show more
Straight from the Pig's Mouth - The Life and Crimes of a Kiwi Detective by Al Lester
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
'This book takes you into the life of a New Zealand police detective.I tell it how it was and spare few details so that you too can see the world through one policeman's eyes. The stories contained in this bookrange from the humorous, strange and bizarre to extreme violence and murders. This is the lot ...Show more
Stuff I Forgot to Tell My Daughter by Michele A'Court
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A warm and witty memoir of motherhood (or what you meant to say but were too busy parenting ...) Adapted from the author's sell out solo standup show, this is a candid and very funny account of being the mother of a daughter, of how we are sometimes so busy parenting we forget how to be a person, and wh ...Show more
Such Absolute Beginners : A Memoir by Ian Cross
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Autobiography of the author of the New Zealand classic The God Boy.Journalist, author, and broadcaster Ian Cross has made many splashes in New Zealand's small pond and in this rich and rewarding memoir he reveals much of his life that would easily elude any would-be biographer: The bizarre troubles he a ...Show more