Bold and Dangerous Family - The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini by Caroline Moorehead
38.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
Praise for A Train in Winter: "A story of stunning courage, generosity and hope...In Moorehead's expert hands it is a triumphant one." (Mail on Sunday). Praise for Village of Secrets: "An uplifting tale of courage and morality." (The Sunday Times). Mussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and mani ...Show more
Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Using family papers and other protected material, this biography sheds light on Agatha Christie's life, work and relationships. Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the world's best-selling author, is a public institution. Her creations, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, have become fiction's most legendary sleu ...Show more
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this critically acclaimed, bestselling biography she shares the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraor ...Show more
The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner by Franny Moyle
30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mothe ...Show more
A Life Underwater by Charlie Veron
40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
Hailed by David Attenborough, proclaimed a second Charles Darwin, John 'Charlie' Veron almost didn't become a scientist. Disheartened at school, by chance he won a scholarship to a university where he could indulge his passion for the natural world. It was scuba diving that returned him to his childhood ...Show more
No Cunning Plan by Sir Tony Robinson
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. Now, in his long-awaited autobiography, he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first stage production of Oliver!, a pint-sized pickpocket desperately bleaching ...Show more
Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida
34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT is Naoki Higashida's gently subversive follow-up to his phenomenally popular book THE REASON I JUMP, which he wrote as a 13-year-old boy with severe autism. Now he shares his thoughts and experiences as a young man, exploring a range of topics from education, identity ...Show more
The Devil in the Kitchen: The Autobiography
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
The long-awaited autobiography of the archetypal kitchen bad boy - Marco Pierre White
Touchstones: Rugby League, Rock 'n' Roll, the Road and Me by Steve Mascord
34.95 NZD
Category: Biographies
In early 2016, Steve Mascord set out on a quest: 52 games and 52 gigs in a year. He'd document the adventure, the characters and controversies, highlights such as Axl Rose fronting AC/DC and Cronulla winning their first premiership, combine it all with his edgy opinions, and turn it into a book. It beca ...Show more
But Seriously by John McEnroe
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Over a decade after number one bestselling book Serious, John McEnroe is finally back and ready to talk once again. Since his hit book, he's maintained a huge presence announcing at tennis's majors, has guest starred in TV shows like 30 Rock and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and has been competing on the court, ...Show more
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller: An Australian's True Story of Adventure, Danger, Romance and Murder by Carol Baxter
36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
Mrs Keith Miller, internationally known aviatrix, was taken to the county jail here today and held for investigation by State Attorney's investigators. Jail attendants said they understood she was held in connection with the shooting of an airline pilot.' Petite, glamorous and beguiling, Jessie 'Chubbie ...Show more
The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies
In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent ev ...Show more