Internal Medicine - A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Out of the crucible of medical training, award-winning writer Terrence Holt shapes this stunning account of residency, the years-long ordeal in which doctors are made. "Amid all the mess and squalor of the hospital, with its blind random unraveling of lives," Internal Medicine finds the compassion from ...Show more
So, Anyway... by John Cleese
$54.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a comedy giant. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-wracking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of 8 and 5/6ths; his endlessly peripatetic home life w ...Show more
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy - the Story of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the "Huffington Post "says "knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets." Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the ...Show more
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby - later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent - set sail aboard Moshulu, the largest sailing ship still employed in the transporta ...Show more
Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim
$26.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel. 'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMES Today the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, a ...Show more
House of Stone by Christina Lamb
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. In 2000, after Robert Mugabe had launched his controversial land reform programme, Nigel Hough held on to a fervent hope that he might keep hold of his ...Show more
A Cat Called Norton: The True Story of an Extraordinary Cat and His Imperfect Human
$28.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Peter was a confirmed loner and cat hater, until he was given a small, grey (and impeccably handsome) kitten with folded ears by his then girlfriend. The girlfriend went but Norton stayed - in fact, he and Peter became inseparable. Trotting along beside him down the street, having his own chair in resta ...Show more
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran; Nicky Harman (Translator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
"Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother is made up of the stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them, and also brings us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. These are stories which Xinran could not bring herself to tell previously - because ...Show more
Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom by Alex McBride
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Every day, criminal barrister Alex McBride stands up in court and attempts to save people from conviction, prison, even a lifetime behind bars. Sometimes it's a hopeless case. Sometimes he has the chance to right a wrong. But mostly his clients are just plain guilty. In Defending the Guilty, McBride tak ...Show more
Rough Diamonds and Real Gems by R.M. Winn
$29.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
This inspiring collection features nine captivating stories about ordinary bush men and women who lead extraordinary lives. There's the island cattleman who swims his herd past toothy sharks and beady-eyed crocs; the pineapple grower who builds a stone church for his community; the timber worker who be ...Show more
Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published. It concentrates not simply on Stalin as dedicated bureaucrat or serial political killer, but on a fuller ...Show more
Last Dog on the Hill by Steve Duno
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The story of a Rottweiler-cross called Lou who was bred as a guard dog by drug smugglers but by dint of a superior intelligence and good luck led an extraordinarily varied life as companion to Steve Duno and friend to countless others both human and canine.