Stone Will Answer: A Journey Guided by Craft, Myth and Geology by Beatrice Searle
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A beautiful memoir, travelogue, and meditation on stone and the transformative power of craft, by young stone mason Beatrice Searle. A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle. 'A magnificent book' Alex Woodcock 'Exceptional' Kerri Andrews 'Luminou ...Show more
Angel of the Mountains by Paul Maunder
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Charly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia twice. A unique rider, Gaul was supremely gifted at climbing and resilient even in the foulest weather. His pedalling style was smooth and swift, ...Show more
The Traitor of Arnhem by Robert Verkaik
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik reveals the incredible never-before-told story of the role played by the Cambridge Spies in the British defeat at Arnhem The end of the Second World War is in sight. Following the overwhelming victory on D-Day, Churchill, Rooseve ...Show more
Unstoppable by Mark Hughes
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023: SPORT A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival and the three-time winner of the World Drivers' Championship. No Hollywood scriptwriter could possibly have envisioned the breathless, adrenaline-pump ...Show more
An Unquiet Mind - A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Picador Collection
'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty' - Oliver Sacks An Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed. A classic memoir of enormous candour and courage, it teems with t ...Show more
Rising Strong by Brené Brown
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Social scientist Bren Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability--the ...Show more
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: VMC
At the age of 18, Beryl Markham, then Clutterbuck, was the first woman in Africa to be granted a racehorse trainer's licence; she was still active as a trainer until her death in 1986. She took up flying in 1931, inventing big game hunting by air, and in September 1936 she made world headlines by becomi ...Show more
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Acclaimed biographer Sebba offers the first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the 20th century--and one of the most talked about women of her generation.
Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944 by Antony Beevor
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard 'The eye for telling detail whi ...Show more
Bewildered - leaving everything behind for 3000km in the wilds of New Zealand by Laura Waters
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
What would move you to ditch your life and take off into the wild for six months? For Melbourne woman Laura Waters, it took the implosion of a toxic relationship and a crippling bout of anxiety. Armed with a compass, a paper map and as much food as she could carry, she set out to walk the untamed landsc ...Show more
Kick - The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK's Forgotten Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth by Paula Byrne
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: good
The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever - and forgotten - Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history. When Kathleen Kennedy sailed to England after her father had been appointed Ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, her wit, aloofness and sexual ...Show more
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-year-old Story Retold by John Guy
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award John Guy, comes Thomas Becket, a lively and enlightening new book that brings a colossal figure of British history vividly to life. This is the man, not the legend...Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. ...Show more