Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life (new Edition) by Roxana Robinson
$53.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This is without question the best book ever written on O'Keeffe' New Yorker Born on a wheat farm in Wisconsin in 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia O'Keeffe had her eyes wide open to the beauty of nature from the very beginning, and by her twenties had become a formidable artist, and a striking ...Show more
I Live a Life Like Yours - A Memoir by Jan Grue
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A profoundly beautiful memoir about living in a vulnerable body, fiercely and tenderly rewriting our understanding of relationships and desire.
Eat A Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The celebrated chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his debut memoir. 'Funny, wise, humble, and self-aware. With Eat a Peach, he puts words to so many of the things we all feel' Chrissy Teigen, New York Times bestselling author of Cravings In 2004, Momofuk ...Show more
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978-1987 by Helen Garner
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Diaries
Finally, Helen Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Recorded with frankness, humour and steel-sharp wit, these accounts of her everyday life provide an intimate insight into the work of one of Australia's greatest living writers. Ye ...Show more
Anna by Amy Odell
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Fascinating' Sunday Times 'Deeply sourced and rich with anecdotes' The Times 'Like a nonfiction version of The Devil Wears Prada' Elizabeth Day 'Odell's extensive reporting dredges up a wealth of delightful details' New York Times This definitive biography of Anna Wintour chronicles the steep climb ...Show more
A Gentle Radical - The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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
The Sister -The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, the Most Powerful Woman in North Korea by Sung-Yoon Lee
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Recent years have seen the dramatic rise of a young woman called Kim Yo Jong in North Korea. Stomping the world stage from the shadows of her secretive state, she is creating headlines and fevered speculation about her role and her future. She is the sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and, as her murd ...Show more
Who I Am by Melanie C
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls. For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet by Jane Goodall; Douglas Abrams
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe ...Show more
A Florence Diary by Diana Athill
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A charming, vibrant diary of Diana Athill's holiday to Florence in the late 1940s.