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
A History of Silence - A Memoir by Lloyd Jones
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
The 2011 earthquake which shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, ...Show more
A Home-Grown Cook: The Dame Alison Holst Story by Alison Holst
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Dame Alison Holst holds more titles than her damehood suggests: she's been invariably described as 'Mother of the Nation', 'Queen of the Kitchen' and 'a groundbreaker in the culinary world'. In the sixties, Dame Alison singlehandedly changed the way women prepared food for their families with her legend ...Show more
A Life of J.C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar by Timothy Beaglehole
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Very Good
A 'dangerous young radical' who spoke up for academic freedom and civil liberties during the depression in the 1930s and for some years was unable to find a permanent job, J.C. Beaglehole went on to become one of New Zealand's greatest scholars, recognised particularly for his contribution to internatio ...Show more
A Lifetime in Politics: The Memoirs of Warren Freer by Warren Freer
$39.90 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Warren Freer entered parliament at the age of 26 in a 1947 by-election, and was the Labour MP for Mt Albert until his retirement in 1981. A Lifetime in Politics is his own account of those 34 momentous years. Freer gives valuable first-hand accounts of many of the key parliamentary personalities of the ...Show more
A Mild Touch of the Cancer by David Downs
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
An amazing account of Davids battle with terminal cancer, as documented in a highly successful blog, with over 100,000 followers. (Spoiler alert he lived.) With guest sections by some of NZs most well-known comedians, including Jeremy Corbett, Michele ACourt and Paul Ego, and an introduction by The Amaz ...Show more
A Place For The Heart: The Life and Work of Dave Comer, Photographer and Film Location Scout by Peta Carey
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
Dave Comer was a highly respected and reknown photographer and film location scout, popularly known as `The man who found Middle Earth' for his central role in finding what are now the world famous locations for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. He lived much of his life in and around Fiordlan ...Show more
A Sharp Left Turn - Notes on a life in music, from Split Enz to Play It Strange by Mike Chunn
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: very good
A rollicking yarn about the early days of ground-breaking band Split Enz, but also the powerful story of how Mike Chunn dealt with a crippling mental health issue and went on to become one of our most influential music identities. This is a gripping read that works on several levels. It's the sliding-do ...Show more
A Southern Architecture: The Work of Ted McCoy by Ted McCoy
$80.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
The forms of Ted McCoy's houses recall the early stone and mud brick buildings of the colonial era in Otago. After fifty years of architecture in the south, closing with the fine renovation of the Otago Museum's entrance and atrium in 1999, he has produced this book. First published November 2007.
A great New Zealand prime minister?: reappraising William Ferguson Massey by James Watson and Lachy Paterson (editors)
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
A controversial and much-maligned Prime Minister reconsidered. Essays by ten leading historians. One of New Zealand’s longest-serving Prime Ministers, his political legacy has not always been treated kindly. However, recent work by historians suggests that a reappraisal of Bill Massey – which this book ...Show more
After Alexander: The Legacy of a Son by Jan Pryor
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography
Jan Pryor blends her personal experience of losing a child with her professional understanding of family dynamics and children's development. The clumsiness of consolation; the challenges of organising a funeral and what to do with Alexander's ashes; the isolation, being far from friends and family; con ...Show more
After Everest - Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary by Paul Little
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ biography | Reading Level: Good - Very Good
'Well if you have a big life, a lot of stuff happens. Dad had a big life.' - Peter Hillary. Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did ...Show more