Soldier: Respect Is Earned by Jay Morton
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best. Soldier is Jay Morton's masterclass in mindset, strategy and excellence. Drawing on his extraordinary pe ...Show more
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey Of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful – and elusive – woman in the world. The Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider – a research chemist an ...Show more
Valentino Rossi: The Definitive Biography by Stuart Barker
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
This is a story of speed, love and loss - the definitive biography of the most world's most legendary motorsports racer. 'AN EXCEPTIONAL READ' - Motor Cycle News 'STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS' - DAILY MIRROR 'At high speed everything b ...Show more
Letter To My Younger Self: The Big Issue Presents... 100 Inspiring People on the Moments That Shaped Their Lives by Jane Graham, The Big Issue
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
100 remarkable people from the worlds of entertainment, politics, food, sport and business write letters to their younger selves in this collection taken from The Big Issue's popular feature. ALL ROYALTIES FROM SALES OF THIS BOOK GO TO THE BIG ISSUE If you could write a letter to your younger self, what ...Show more
Bourdain: In Stories by Laurie Woolever
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. His impact was outsized and his legacy has ...Show more
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone - The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike
45.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
'What I have in common with Nico is the understanding of her furious frustration at not being recognised.' - Marianne Faithfull Over the course of her life, Nico was an ever-evolving myth, an enigma that escaped definition. Though she is remembered for contributions to The Velvet Underground & Nico, ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by Australia's greatest storyteller. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived ...Show more
The Contrarian - Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power by Max Chafkin
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business and politics Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater global impact than S ...Show more
Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunn ...Show more
My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of twelve, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them. What you will discover was written when Joan 'fe ...Show more
Red Roulette - An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China by Desmond Shum
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
'THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder's Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st century China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously rea ...Show more
The Nazis Knew My Name by Magda Hellinger & Maya Lee
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The extraordinarily moving memoir by Australian Slovakian Holocaust survivor Magda Hellinger, who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage, kindness and ingenuity. In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other y ...Show more