Stephen Hawking A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific figure held such a position in popular consciousness. In this enthralling memoir, writer and physicist Leonard Mlodinow tells the story of his friend and their friendship, offering an ...Show more
Couchsurfing in China: Encounters and Escapades Beyond the Great Wall by Stephan Orth
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
China can be a challenging travel destination, with its strict visa conditions, the language barrier and internet censorship. Couchsurfer Stephan Orth chooses a different path than most and gains an insider view of the nation, directly from the living rooms of locals. He talks to them about their dreams ...Show more
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father ...Show more
Fire and Fortitude by McManus, John C.
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
"This eloquent and powerful narrative is military history written the way it should be."-James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "Out here, mention is seldom seen of the achievements of the Army ground troops," wrote one officer in the fall of 1943, "whereas the Marines are blown up to the ...Show more
When the Ship Hits the Fan by Rob Anderson
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Captain Rob Anderson spills the beans on a lifetime of incidents, accidents and shenanigans of every type, in every ocean of the world, during an era when the seas were largely unregulated and more like the Wild West than anything witnessed on land. Since he first went to sea at 15 Captain Rob has b ...Show more
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks - My life in the Death Zone by Nirmal Purja
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
My comfort zone begins where most individuals quit. As a kid in Nepal, I went barefoot because my family had nothing. That's how I developed the resilience I needed for joining the Gurkhas - one of the most fearless forces in the British Army. Then against all odds, I became the first ever Gurkha soldie ...Show more
Shuttle, Houston - My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control by Paul Dye
$44.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe. A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space A ...Show more
Travel Light, Move Fast by Alexandra Fuller
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'You can survive more than you'd believe; Dad had told me that. He'd also told me you can survive more than you want; but it's not always up to you, not the enormous things, those are beyond all control...'
What a Flanker by James Haskell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful - I am just hugely fond of this guy' -Eddie Jones 'I'd like to be remembered as a player who showed that you can be incredibly professional but also a lot of fun - a bit of a joker in the changing room, but the ultimate competitor on t ...Show more
Last Stop Auschwitz: My story of survival from within the camp by Eddy de Wind
$24.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'The ultimate Holocaust testimony.' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey Afterword by JOHN BOYNE, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas _______________ Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel, whom he had met ...Show more
Healing Lives hamlin gashe by Sue Williams
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: CATHERINE HAMLIN
Two incredible women, an unlikely friendship, and a united mission to save the lives of some of the world's poorest and most desperate women. Healing Lives reveals the untold tale of Mamitu Gashe, Dr Catherine Hamlin's protégée, and the inspiring almost 60-year friendship between the two women.In 1962, ...Show more
More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
How to be an older woman? Who knows. Being a young woman can be challenging. But it turns out not even a fraction of the bullshit has happened to you by the time you turn thirty. Because your thirties, forties and beyond see you dealing with Real Life, the stuff you never thought would happen to you- gr ...Show more