My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Mary Hartnett (As told to); Wendy W. Williams (As told to)
49.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--"a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of one of our generation's most influential voices in both law and public opinion" (Harper's Bazaar). M ...Show more
Born with Teeth: A Memoir by Kate Mulgrew
35.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
At 22, Kate Mulgrew gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. Three days later, she returned to work as the star of a popular soap opera. Twenty years later, she went in search of the daughter she had given away. We know Mu ...Show more
Miss Aluminium - A Memoir by Susanna Moore
28.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
'I was self-invented, adapting myself minute by minute, a girl on the run. And yes, built for speed.' At seventeen, Susanna Moore left her home in Hawai'I, with no money, no belongings and no prospects. But in Philadelphia, an unexpected gift of four trunks of beautiful clothes allowed her to assume the ...Show more
Year of the Monkey: The New York Times bestseller by Patti Smith
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
'Magical' GUARDIAN'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC'Her willingness ...Show more
Along Came a Llama - Tales from a Welsh hill farm by Ruth Janette Ruck
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem of a memoir tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever (with a foreword by John Lewis-Stempel) Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Flut ...Show more
I'm in a United State by Paul Henry
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Paul Henry reflects on his life and times in this homage to the land of the slightly shabby stars and stripes.
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
27.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The best selling memoir, now in paperback!
Killing Time: Short Stories From the Long Road Home by Jimmy Barnes
49.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
From the rock legend turned master storyteller, this collection of non-fiction short stories is vintage Jimmy. Stories of adventure, misadventure, love and loss from the #1 bestselling author of the critically acclaimed memoirs Working Class Boy and Working Class Man. Outrageous, witty, warm and wise, K ...Show more
The Gran Tour: Travels with My Elders by Ben Aitken
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAŃOne millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap.When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lag ...Show more
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
27.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to c ...Show more
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
40.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Raynor Winn's magical and life-affirming new book, The Wild Silence - the follow-up to the uplifting, Sunday Times, internationally bestselling, Wainwright prize shortlisted, and Costa shortlisted, The Salt Path. In The Salt Path, Raynor and Moth go out to find the sea, the windswept and wild coastline, ...Show more
More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
How to be an older woman? Who knows. Being a young woman can be challenging. But it turns out not even a fraction of the bullshit has happened to you by the time you turn thirty. Because your thirties, forties and beyond see you dealing with Real Life, the stuff you never thought would happen to you- gr ...Show more