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.
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield
38.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 3 Biography
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the very concentration camp they were held in.When Gustav ...Show more
Couchsurfing in Russia: Friendships and Misadventures Behind Putin's Curtain by Stephan Orth
38.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 5.5 Travel
'In the late summer of 2016' writes award-winning travel writer Stephan Orth, 'a journey to Russia feels like visiting enemy territory.' In this humorous and thought-provoking book, Orth ventures through that vast and mysterious territory to uncover the real, unfiltered Russia not seen in today's headl ...Show more
More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
50.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue explores what it means to come into your own--on your own terms Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way ...Show more
No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco
50.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
In her new memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these frank, ...Show more
Bookworm - A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
28.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up different worlds and cast new light on this one.She was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. No wonder she only le ...Show more
One Man's Climb - A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2 by Adrian HAYES
19.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
He was also one of the last people to speak to highly renowned mountaineering guide Marty Schmidt, and his son Denali, who tragically died on K2 in 2013 during Adrian's first attempt. Adrian was the one to break the news of this tragedy to the outside world. The author frankly discusses the true reason ...Show more
The Moth: Occasional Magic - True Stories of Defying the Impossible by Catherine Burns, and The Moth
32.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Before television and radio, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. Their bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. Storytelling phenomenon The Moth recaptures this lost each week in cities across America, ...Show more
Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life by Guy Kawasaki
50.00 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them. Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom abou ...Show more
Let Me Finish by Chris Christie
34.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The famously candid two-term governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie was the first major official to endorse Trump for president. Christie quickly became one of Trump's most trusted advisors, tapped with running Trump's transition team and nearly being named vice president. Within days of Trump's surpris ...Show more