Surf By Day, Jam By Night by Ash Grunwald
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Surf by Day, Jam by Night is Ash Grunwald's deep dive into the extraordinary. From heavy wipe-outs to heaving crowds, soulful road trips to flow states, this book gives a rare insight into the lives and minds of the true legends who have mastered the artforms of surfing and music. Traditionally seen as ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
26.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: good
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more
Lawless - A Lawyer's Unrelenting Fight for Justice in One of the World's Most Dangerous Places by Kimberley Motley
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary story of Kim Motley, the US woman who became the first foreign lawyer to practice in Afghanistan.
High Adventure: The Adventure Doesn't End When You Become a Dad by Mike Allsop
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
What happens when a confirmed adventurer becomes a father? Does he continue his solo adventures? Is there a way of having it all - time with family plus adventures?
Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures As a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer by Bren Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
From the aquatic world's Anthony Bourdain, Eat Like a Fish is a former fisherman's memoir, manifesto and vision for the future of food: restorative ocean farming.
Backyard to Backpack by Evie Farrell
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life in the suburbs for a life lived fully together travelling the world. What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy? When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sol ...Show more
The Political Years by Marilyn Waring
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
"When I entered Parliament in 1975, I joined a very small club: although women in New Zealand won the right to vote in 1893, only a tiny handful had been Members of Parliament in the hundred or so years that followed. I was number 15!" In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as ...Show more
The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl
35.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"A sharp and unconventional book -- a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history's champion day-dreamers." --Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" A spirited inquiry into the lost value of leisure and daydream The Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque travelogue of leisure written from ...Show more
The Crossway by Guy Stagg
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Winner - Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2019.Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. 'An extraordinary travelogue, strange and brilliant' i In 2013 Guy Stagg made a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Jerusalem. Though a non-believer, he began the journey after suffering several years of mental ...Show more
From Scratch - A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! **A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food ...Show more
We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels
39.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
"In this powerful first novel . . . Bartels successfully weaves American history into a deeply moving story of heartbreak, long-held secrets, and the bonds of family."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "A forbidden interracial marriage, an escaped slave, an expectant mother waiting for her Union soldie ...Show more
Wild Horses of the Summer Sun: Iceland, Freedom and the Gift of Female Friendship by Tory Bilski
36.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
A wondrous story of adventure and friendship. Woman in the Wilderness meets Wild.