The Resilient Farmer: Weathering the Challenges of Life and the Land by Doug Avery
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Eight years, the drought lasted. Marlborough's hills bleached straw-yellow then became ash, so bare the earth's bones poked through, dusty and crumbling. Day after day, the sky was a relentless, empty blue. Sometimes we could see clouds, grey and fat with the promise of rain, passing by on the northwest ...Show more
Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby - Not Here By Chance by Jeff Evans
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A biography of Hec Busby: businessman, entrepreneur, waka expert and master waka builder, traditional navigator and Te Rararwa elder.
Jacinda Ardern: The Story of an Extraordinary Leader by Michelle Duff
37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
In depth analysis of Jacinda Ardern's extraordinary leadership as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fully updated and revised edition, now including the 2020 election and New Zealand's Covid-19 response, the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, Ardern's shock resignation and what she's doing now. Michelle Duff ...Show more
Thomas Gilchrist and Sons Limited of the Maniototo - The story of New Zealand's longest operating general store and the communities it serves by Paula Wagemaker
54.95 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Epic: Adventures Across Aotearoa (HB) by Ray Salisbury
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
New Zealand is a country synonymous with epic adventure. Over the years, countless sea kayakers, climbers and alpine trampers have attempted journeys across its stunning landscape, and many more dream of following in their tracks. In Epic, the stories of a dozen memorable Kiwi explorers are brought toge ...Show more
Excommunicated - A multi-generational story of leaving the Exclusive Brethren by Craig Hoyle
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren. After coming out as gay as a teenager, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, po ...Show more
Island Girl to Airline Pilot: A Story of Love, Sacrifice and Taking Flight by Silva Mcleod
34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
This is the life story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot. She's still one of only a handful. Told by Silva with frankness and wit, it's quite a story. Silva takes us on a journey of cultural change from her beginnings as a poor island girl to her marriage to an Australia ...Show more
Walking With Rocks, Dreaming With Rivers: My Year in the Waikato by Richard von Sturmer
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
In 2020 Richard von Sturmer spent twelve months exploring the Waikato region, this book is the record of his discoveries, reveries and experiences. It is a travel journal to some of the lesser visited parts of the Waikato, including the Hinuera Natural Stone quarry, the remnants of the Tokanui Pyschiatr ...Show more
On the Record by Steven Joyce
37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
A candid, engaging and entertaining memoir by one of the most powerful players in the John Key government with lots of fresh revelations. Before Steven Joyce entered politics, he had a hugely successful 17-year career building and running the radio network RadioWorks. He learnt to cut deals, compete fe ...Show more
The Quiet Hero: Andrew Bagshaw by Philip Matthews
37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
Genetic scientist Andrew Bagshaw put his life on hold to help the people of Ukraine. His selfless actions would cost him his life. This is his story. Andrew Bagshaw was many things - a genius-level geneticist, keen cricketer and sailor, private pilot, much-loved son, brother and uncle, as well as a hug ...Show more
A Canoe Before the Wind: An Immigrant Son's Story of Family, Adversity and Courage by Vitale Lafaele
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
An extraordinary memoir of an immigrant son's story of a better future. In 1962, a Samoan family journeyed to New Zealand - a country immigrants once called 'the land of milk and honey' - in search of a better life. Instead, their eldest son, Vitale, arrived in an era of dawn raids by police and immigr ...Show more