Things I Learned at Art School by Megan Dunn
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
From the writer who brought you Tinderbox, a book about a woman trying to write a book, comes Things I Learned at Art School, a memoir by a woman who has never kept a diary. Until now. Part memoir, part essay collection, Megan Dunn’s ingenious, moving, hilariously personal Things I Learned at Art School ...Show more
To The Summit by Nick Allen
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Near Fine
'A beautifully told and moving story about physical, mental and spiritual wellness, the restorative power of the natural environment, and the journey towards freedom through mountaineering.' - Laurence Fearnley, author of The Hut Builder. 'A frank, insightful and compelling account of climbing with mult ...Show more
Yes, Minister: An Insider's Account of the John Key years by Chris Finlayson
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography
An insightful and entertaining glimpse into what really made the John Key government one of the most successful conservative governments New Zealand has ever seen.
30 Queer Lives: Conversations with LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders by Matt McEvoy
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
30 Queer Lives explores the lives, struggles and successes of LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders, from north to south and from soldiers, celebrities, lawyers, drag queens, businesspeople and Olympians to farmers and fa`afafine. From the famous — including Grant Robertson, Gareth Farr and Chlöe Swarbrick — to the l ...Show more
A Blighted Fame - George S. Evans 1802-1868, A Life by Helen Riddiford
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Near Fine
Secondhand. George Samuel Evans, barrister, editor and politician, was a man of his time, born to battle. He was a zealous, driven, extremely hard-working advocate for parliamentary and colonial reform. Reckless and unpredictable, a brilliant scholar with formidable skills in both oratory and journalis ...Show more
A Bloke for All Seasons: The Peter Yealands Story by Tom Percy
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
A true maverick, Peter Yealands is a Marlborough legend and national figure of prominence in both the aquaculture and viticulture industries. He received the first marine farming license and he and his family were pioneers in the New Zealand mussel farming industry. Though a regular but reluctant name o ...Show more
A Communist in the Family - Searching for rewi Alley by Sandys Elspeth
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
A Communist in the Family: Searching for Rewi Alley is a beautifully written multi-layered narrative centred on New Zealander Rewi Alley and his part in the momentous political events of mid-twentieth-century China. Part-biography, part-travel journal, part-literary commentary, A Communist in the Family ...Show more
A Conversation with My Country: Where We've Come From. Where We Can Go by Alan Duff
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A personal account reviewing an eventful life and an amazing country. Following Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff wrote his hard-hitting book Maori- The Crisis and the Challenge in 1993. His controversial comments shook the country. A quarter of a century later, New Zealand and Maoridom are in a very differ ...Show more
A Fish in the Swim of the World by Ben Brown
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Very Good
‘This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories — distorted by time and distance and a writer’s choice of words…’ Ben Brown writes of that quintessentially New Zealand way of living that may not change the world or eve ...Show more
A Forager's Life by Helen Lehndorf
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: near fine
A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food. When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki, she can't help but feel different from her peers and professors - peculiar, poor. She finds solace in long wal ...Show more
A Gentle Radical - The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A major biography of Jeanette Fitzsimons, the hugely influential leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Jeanette Fitzsimons was a visionary, a pioneer and a radical. This is the story of someone who battles National and Labour's lock on parliament and had the courage to challenge political s ...Show more
A Good Mail: Letters of John Mulgan by Peter Whiteford
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Very Good
The enigmatic figure of John Mulgan remains a striking presence in New Zealand culture, his sole novel, Man Alone (1939), one of the classic landmarks of a mature and independent New Zealand literature. His second book, Report on Experience, published posthumously in 1947, is one of the most clear-sight ...Show more