Charles Brasch Journals 1945-1957 by Charles Brasch; Peter Simpson (ed.)
59.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Series: Charles Brasch Journals | Reading Level: very good
This volume of Charles Brasch's journals covers the years from late 1945 to the end of 1957, when the poet and editor was aged 36 to 48. It begins with his return to New Zealand after World War II to establish a literary quarterly to be published by the Caxton Press. The journals cover the first decade ...Show more
The Cause of Death : True Stories of Death and Murder from a New Zealand Pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Strange and shocking stories of death and murder in provincial New Zealand You won't believe these stories happened in New Zealand...Forensic and coronial pathologist Dr Cynric Temple-Camp lifts the lid on some of the most fascinating cases he's worked on during his 30-year career as a corpse investigat ...Show more
A Woman's Place: Life, Leadership and Lessons from the Boardroom by Joan Withers
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
'Successful women rarely set out to become role models. They just do the best they can, and hopefully that becomes inspirational for other women.' Joan Withers left high school with School Certificate at the age of 16 and from those unassuming beginnings has gone on to manage one of New Zealand's leadin ...Show more
Yoga of Sailing by Dyana Wells
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Series: Anchors in an Open Sea
Experience the delight of sailing when it's carried into the risky experiences of navigating around the major islands in the Pacific, from exhilaration to exhaustion! "What drives the desire for spiritual experiences? This and many other questions are explored by Alice and her family." The Yoga of Saili ...Show more
An Archaeologist on Holiday by Brenda Sewell
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Increasing age is no barrier to having fun or adventures, a fact well known by archaeologist Brenda Sewell and her husband Eric, who in their 60s and 70s, hiked and bussed and joined tour groups away from the usual tourist destinations. Along their way they met people who invited them into their homes a ...Show more
An Archaeologist on Holiday by Brenda Sewell
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Increasing age is no barrier to having fun or adventures, a fact well known by archaeologist Brenda Sewell and her husband Eric, who in their 60s and 70s, hiked and bussed and joined tour groups away from the usual tourist destinations. Along their way they met people who invited them into their homes a ...Show more
Island Nurses: Stories of Birth, Life and Death on Remote Great Barrier Island by Leonie Howie; Adele Robertson
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Second hand. Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson live and work on remote Great Barrier Island-so called because it faces the full brunt of the wild Pacific weather and acts as a barrier for the mainland about 100 kilometres away. With a population of about 1000, no reticulated electricity, no ATM machine, ...Show more
The Secret Diary of Charlotte Gatland: It Was 1847, and This Is Her True Teenage Life Story... by Patricia Charlotte Dennis
38.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: Near Fine
AT 19 YEARS OLD SHE PARTIED WITH LONDON SOCIETY, STRUCK GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND FOUGHT TRAGEDY, DESTITUTION AND DANGER TO CARVE A FUTURE IN PIONEER NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS 1847, AND THIS IS HER TRUE TEENAGE LIFE STORY... If you think today's teens have it tough, spare a thought for Charlotte Gatland: "Washi ...Show more
The Grass Catcher - A Digression About Home by Ian Wedde
29.99 NZD
40.00 (25% off)
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good-very good
From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969-70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life. Haunted by the ghosts of his r ...Show more
Maurice Gee - Life and Work by Rachel Barrowman
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand s greatest fiction writers. His long literary career began in the 1950s and includes seventeen adult novels, thirteen novels for children, a short story collection, and screenplays for television and film. His work is loved by generations of readers and has earned him m ...Show more
A Life on Gorge River - New Zealand's Remotest Family by Robert Long
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robyn (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outside wo ...Show more