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Freyberg - A Life's Journey by Matthew Wright
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
In this fresh account of one of the 20th-century's great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widely known figure of a military leader. What took a humble immigrant child in Wellington to become a hero in two wars, friend to literary giants and politici ...Show more
Down South: In Search of the Great Southern Land by Bruce Ansley
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the south's famous character. Not ...Show more
Pull No Punches - Memoir of a Political Survivor by Judith Collins
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
A candid and revealing memoir from one of politics' great survivors - National MP, and leader of the opposition, Judith Collins.
The Mirror Steamed Over - Love and Pop in London 1962 by Anthony Byrt
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of po ...Show more
New Zealand Nature Heroes by Gillian Candler
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
New Zealand Nature Heroes is designed to inspire and empower New Zealand kids to be naturalists and conservationists. Aimed at the 8-12 age range, the book features stories of 15 different nature heroes, people who, in the past, or currently, are working to protect and understand New Zealand's natural w ...Show more
I Am More Than Just My Tits - Surviving Breast Cancer by Karin Horen
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Karin Horen tells the remarkable story of her continuing battle with breast cancer. At just 26 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and immediately underwent two surgeries, resulting in a partial mastectomy, a twelve-month course of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiotherapy. Unphased by her health sca ...Show more
Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women's Poetry by Paula Green
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealand women have published poetry for over 150 years. In this landmark book, poet and anthologist Paula Green celebrates and makes connections between 201 of them, from emerging poets and those who are household names to those who have slipped from public view or were not paid the honour they were ...Show more
Parallel Lives: Four Seasons in the French Pyrenees by Jennifer Andrewes
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Increasingly dissatisfied with the humdrum routine of corporate life, Jennifer Andrewes does what many of us can only dream about when in 2014 she and her family pack up and spend two seasons living in a village in the south-west region of France. But it’s not just any region as Jennifer discovers – the ...Show more
Wild Journeys: New Zealand's Fmous & Infamous, historic and off-the beaten-path Journeys, Tracks, Routes & Passages by Bruce Ansley
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: very good
In Wild Journeys Bruce Ansley retraces the path of doomed surveyor John Whitcombe across the Southern Alps, follows the raiding party of northern chief Te Puoho along the West Coast, sails around New Zealand's North and South capes, walks through the valley under the Two Thumb Range to mythical Mesopota ...Show more
Kahurangi Stories : More Tales from Northwest Nelson by Gerard Hindmarsh
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
More fascinating untold stories from the backcountry of Northwest Nelson. Building on the success of Kahurangi Calling, this new volume of stories from the Northwest Nelson backcountry, is a compelling blend of natural and social history. An area of astonishing ecological complexity, the area has gener ...Show more
Edmund Hillary: A Biography by Michael Gill
$30.00 NZD
$59.99 (49% off)
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
This new and important biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, a truly great New Zealander, breaks new ground among previous accounts of his life. The author, Michael Gill, was a close friend of Edmund Hillary's for over 50 years, accompanying him on many expeditions, and becoming heavily involved in his Himal ...Show more
Curnow: Slipcase Dual Edition by Terry Sturm
$125.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
This handsome slipcase brings together the definitive biography and collected poems of Allen Curnow (1911¿2001), widely recognised as one of the most distinguished poets writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. From Valley of Decision (1933) to The Bells of Saint Babel¿s (2001) he ...Show more