Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
'My own first memory is the cupboard door, and laughing, erupting with laughter' - a memoir about finding an identity, a voice and laughter. A funny, elegant, moving memoir by one of New Zealand's best-known authors, a woman who finally rebelled against being a handmaiden. By the time Barbara Else was ...Show more
Tales Of A Vet Nurse by Jade Pengelly
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we loveYou never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital...Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic leg; Jock the Saint Bernard and his problematic ey ...Show more
Second Chances - Facing my demons and finding a better me by Hayley Holt
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery, and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. On our screens for over twenty years, her highs and lows have been aired for everyone to see. Now it's time to share her side of the story. Raised a dancer in bedazzled dresses and fake ...Show more
The Queen's Wife by Joanne Drayton
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A modern love story: whakapapa, archaeology, art and heartbreak. A memoir of a turbulent time — and a chess game that broke all the rules. In 1989, two married women met by chance. They instantly hit it off, but little did they know that their new relationship would turn their lives upside-down. This is ...Show more
All Sorts of Lives - Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything by Claire Harman
37.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Published to celebrate Katherine Mansfield's centenary, this is a compact but comprehensive new portrait of her life, work, relevance and wonderfully inspiring personality. Restless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine Mansfield's short but dazzling career was characterised by struggle, ...Show more
The Bushman's Son by Terry Fergusson-Hughes
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
The story of this Bushman's youngest son starts in 1960s' small town New Zealand where life didn't come without its challenges. This true story begins with a lot of rugby, beer, pig hunting and the socialising that was all part of our basic Kiwi lifestyle. However there was me, Terry, different from t ...Show more
Thank You Elisabeth: Self-awareness when working with people at the end of life by Sue Marsden
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
When beginning her career in Palliative Medicine, the author first met Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This meeting introduced her to the importance of being aware of one's own emotional issues when working with people who are suffering. As Elisabeth said, "You need to deal with your own sh*t first". The book ...Show more
Home is an Island - A Writer's Tribute to New Zealand's Islands by Neville Peat
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Neville Peat has been a New Zealand writer for over 50 years, and during his working life has visited many of the islands within Aotearoa’s marine realm, from the tropics to Antarctica. This book is about these islands, including Stewart Island/Rakiura, Anchor Island in Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Kāpiti Islan ...Show more
Bit Part Actor by Frank Edwards
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
An honest and humorous first-hand account of what it takes to be a creative in Aotearoa: being versatile, working hard, making connections and hoping the small opportunities turn into bigger ones. Frank Edwards has one of those faces Kiwis recognise. A working actor and writer for over fifty years, he’ ...Show more
Downfall - The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of genteel Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who he thought was blackmailing him. They were then riveted by the trial that followed.Mackay was sentenced to hard labour and later left the country, o ...Show more
I Love My Stupid Life: Eat Lit Food And Other Tasty Exploits by Albert Cho
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Biting, pungent, salty and - yes - sweet, too, this is the true story of Albert Cho's life in food and the paramount place of food in his life. Writer Albert Cho has lived through a lot already - from the bland suburban Kiwi racism and heady dairy lolly-bag runs of his childhood to sexual abuse; from th ...Show more