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
Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife - The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger by Jennifer Ashton
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: Unravelling the many mysteries surrounding one of the first Pakeha women residents in New Zealand.This is a story of doubt. It is a story of people who left little trace. . . . There are no writings to pore over; no monuments to gaze at; no perfectly preserved homes to visi ...Show more
Around the Corners, Out to the Edges - A Memoir by composer Jonathan Besser by Jonathon Besser; Nicola McCloy
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Besser's career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the '70s and '80s. Born into a Jewish household in New York in 1949, Jonathan struggled in school as a neuro-atypical child, before delving in ...Show more
South Sea Vagabonds by Johnny Wray
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography
75th anniversary edition of the timeless New Zealand classic of adventure at sea. Johnny Wray's gripping and often hilarious account of his adventures around the South Pacific has inspired readers and changed lives since its first publication 75 years ago. Fired from his day job during the Great Depress ...Show more
The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History by Rachel Smith, Barbara Vesey
$50.00 NZD
Category: Biography
An intimate and inspiring collection of letters revealing some of the greatest queer love stories in history. A good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony and the ecstasy one might feel today have been shared by lovers long gone. In The Love That Dares, queer love speak ...Show more
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook by Karina Urbach
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
What happened to the books that were too valuable to burn? The story of a Jewish chef whose bestselling cookbook was expropriated under the Nazi regime. Alice Urbach had her own cooking school in Vienna, but in 1938 she was forced to flee to England, like so many others. Her younger son was imprisoned i ...Show more
Three Mothers - How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr. , Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing' Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible storIES of three women who raised thr ...Show more
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath. *A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021* Determined not ...Show more
The War Magician - The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert by David Fisher
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.Soon to be a major film starring Benedict Cumberbatch'A richly entertaining read' SUNDAY TIMESJasper Maskelyne was a world famous magician and illusionist in the 1930s. When w ...Show more
The Surprising Life of Constance Spry by Sue Shephard
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Most people today, if they have heard of her, associate Constance Spry with the cookery book bearing her name. But Connie was much, much more than the author of a bestselling cookery book. She was deeply unconventional, extremely charming and very determined; Spry's life took her from the back streets o ...Show more
Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time by Jennifer Shahade
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
For fans of The Queen's Gambit, this is the real life story of a female chess champion travelling the world to compete in a male-dominated sport with the most famous players of all time. Jennifer Shahade, a two-time US Women's Chess Champion, spent her teens and twenties travelling the world playing ...Show more
30 Queer Lives: Conversations with LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders by Matt McEvoy
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
30 Queer Lives explores the lives, struggles and successes of LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders, from north to south and from soldiers, celebrities, lawyers, drag queens, businesspeople and Olympians to farmers and fa`afafine. From the famous — including Grant Robertson, Gareth Farr and Chlöe Swarbrick — to the l ...Show more