Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America's First Celebrity by Tana Wojczuk
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
All her life, Charlotte Cushman refused to submit to others' expectations. In a time when women were expected only to marry and raise children, she was "a lady universally acknowledged as the greatest living tragic actress," performing the male roles hi Shakespeare and classic plays alongside Edwin and ...Show more
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Barbara Pym became beloved as one of the wittiest novelists of the late twentieth century, revealing the inner workings of domestic life so brilliantly that her friend Philip Larkin announced her the era's own Jane Austen. But who was Barbara Pym and why was the life of this English writer - one of the ...Show more
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Tsar and his Family by Robert K. Massie
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A superbly crafted and humane portrait of the final days of the last Romanovs - Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra. Complementing his Pulitzer prize-winning Peter the Great, in this commanding book Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the ...Show more
Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography
New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses, a fascinating look at the lives of heiresses throughout history and the often tragic truth beneath the gilded surface. Heiresses: surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private ...Show more
Shackleton: How the Captain of the newly discovered Endurance saved his crew in the Antarctic by Ranulph Fiennes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The enthralling life, endurance and incredible leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, told by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endu ...Show more
The Man Who Understood Democracy - The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville by Olivier Zunz
$75.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest champions In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward, the French aris ...Show more
The Queen by Andrew Morton
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography
In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world.
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen by A. N. Wilson
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A celebration of HRH, Queen Elizabeth II: one of the most remarkable rulers of our age.
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Shortlisted for the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fictionFrom standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establis ...Show more
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd is both a tale of remarkable success and a window into a brilliant creative mind.Finlay Macdonald's beautifully told, visually gorgeous biography of Dame Lynley Dodd and her creation, the rascally dog Hairy Maclary. 'A visual delight' NZ Listener's 100 Best Books of 2013' ...Show more
Anna - The Biography by Amy Odell
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
This definitive biography of Anna Wintour chronicles the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would, with singular and legendary focus, become the most powerful woman in media. As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob hair ...Show more
A Gentle Radical - The Life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A major biography of Jeanette Fitzsimons, the hugely influential leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Jeanette Fitzsimons was a visionary, a pioneer and a radical. This is the story of someone who battles National and Labour's lock on parliament and had the courage to challenge political s ...Show more