Off-Road by Phillipa Sage
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
In Off-Road with Clarkson, Hammond & May, Phillipa shares the tour highs, lows and laughter of three clever, funny, and very stupid motoring journalists.For over 12 years Phillipa Sage worked alongside Clarkson, Hammond and May as their PA, gofer, and fixer where she saw the boys at their best and, ...Show more
A Doctor in Africa by Andrew Browning
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The Australian doctor saving the lives and dignity of thousands of women in Africa, one surgery at a time. From Ethiopia to Sierra Leone, Tanzania to Togo, Dr Andrew Browning has been helping women affected by obstetric fistulas - a debilitating condition resulting from obstructed childbirth - for near ...Show more
Elizabeth & Margaret - The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more, Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called ‘Lillibet’. ...Show more
The Auschwitz Photographer - Based on the True Story of Wilhelm Brasse Prisoner 3444 by Luca Crippa; Maurizio Onnis
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Based on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner Wilhelm Brasse, whose photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the Holocaust. 'Horror in sharp focus... important, because the world must know.' John Lewis-Stempel, Daily Express __________ When Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland i ...Show more
Latitude: The Astonishing Adventure that Shaped the World by Nick Crane
37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
By knowing the shape of our earth we can create maps, survive the oceans, follow rivers, navigate the skies, and travel across the globe. This is the story of our world, of how we discovered what no one thought possible - the shape of the earth. A thrilling and page-turning account of the first major e ...Show more
Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser.
'Meticulous... Probably the most disturbing portrait of Hitler I have ever read' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'There will never be a definitive life of Hitler. The subject is too vast, the man too contradictory and the sources unmanageable. But Volker Ullrich's biography comes as close as we can reaso ...Show more
Sharon Stone - The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
In The Beauty of Living Twice, Sharon Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life, and the slow road back to wholeness and health. In an industry that doesn't accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to mak ...Show more
Guy Martin: My Autobiography by Guy Martin
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
This book is the Phenomenal Sunday Times No1 Bestseller. 'It was the start of the third lap of the 2010 Senior TT, the last race of the fortnight. The last chance to get a TT win for another year, and I was pushing hard. Ballagarey. The kind of corner that makes me continue road racing. A proper man's c ...Show more
Guy Martin: When You Dead, You Dead: My Adventures as a Road Racing Truck Fitter by Guy Martin
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
"The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again a' As Guy's Latvian grandfather frequently reminded him, 'When you dead, you dead'. So before it's all over, Guy Martin is making ...Show more
Guy Martin: Worms to Catch by Guy Martin
18.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
'I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.' In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix superbike race held on the world's fastest racetrack. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken spine and hand back together, and within days he decided ...Show more
Facing Fear: The First Woman to Sail Solo Around Antarctica by Lisa Blair
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Facing Fear is the inspiring true story of Lisa Blair who sailed into the history books on 25 July 2017 by becoming the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica. Seventy-two days into her circumnavigation, when Lisa was more than 1000 nautical miles from land, the mast of Climate Action Now came cras ...Show more
Mary's Last Dance: The untold story of the wife of Mao's Last Dancer by Mary Li
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.' Mary Li (nee McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin publ ...Show more