The Ones That Bit Me! Camels, cows and other young-vet stories by Marcus Taylor
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
This amusing and endearing hilarious memoir of a young New Zealand vet focuses on the trials and tribulations of being a newcomer to professional veterinary life in New Zealand and then in Newfoundland, southern England and Jordan. In The Ones That Bit Me!, there is sadness and personal challenge, too, ...Show more
The Road to Chatto Creek by Matt Chisholm
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: very good
Matt Chisholm's number-one bestselling book, Imposter, saw Matt and his family leaving Auckland to buy some land in Chatto Creek, Otago, with big dreams to build their own house and farm cattle and sheep. Fast forward a few years and it's been a huge shift for Matt, his wife Ellen and their three kids - ...Show more
Frontline Surgeon by Mark Derby
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly. AN OVERLOOKED NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL PIONEERCentral Otago-born Doug Jolly was one of the greatest war surgeons of the twentieth century. Tireless, dedicated and courageous, he was one of the mostgifted Republican Army surgeons in the Spanish Civ ...Show more
The Fight for Freshwater by Mike Joy
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Mike Joy is recognised in New Zealand as a leading freshwater ecologist and a fervent advocate for the preservation of waterways. However, the journey that led him to these influential roles is as winding and unique as the rivers he strives to protect. His story is not just about academic success and pu ...Show more
Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life by Mason Ball
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The first biography of iconic cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats Let me show you how my dad became a leading cartoonist of his generation, how his endearing characters evolved and where the side-splitting ideas sprang from. Let's see the man behind the drawing desk and delve into the wor ...Show more
Everest Mountain Guide: The Remarkable Story of a Kiwi Mountaineer by Guy Cotter
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The book follows the career of Guy Cotter, Kiwi mountaineer and mountain guide, who has been leading guided ascents of Mt Everest from the early 1990’s. Everest Mountain Guide is an authentic and riveting behind-the-scenes insight into what actually transpires on the mountain, the huge challenges faced ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern: The Story of an Extraordinary Leader by Michelle Duff
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
In depth analysis of Jacinda Ardern's extraordinary leadership as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fully updated and revised edition, now including the 2020 election and New Zealand's Covid-19 response, the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, Ardern's shock resignation and what she's doing now. Michelle Duff d ...Show more
Blindingly Obvious by Minnie Baragwanath
$34.99 NZD
$45.00 (22% off)
Category: NZ Biography
A new book from one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading entrepreneurs, business innovators, and changemakers is – not surprisingly, given its author’s history of social change – upending and expanding the model for how books are published to make them more accessible to all people. Blindingly Obvious: Th ...Show more
Would that be funny? Growing up with John Clarke by Lorin Clarke
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
A family memoir about the beloved comedian John Clarke by his daughter, writer Lorin Clarke. A warm, witty and uplifting book about how our families make us who we are. When satirist John Clarke died in April 2017, many people mourned his passing as if they had lost a friend or a member of the family. ...Show more
A Vintner's Tale by Peter Hubscher
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Of modest stature, from Central European stock and born in West Auckland, Peter Hubscher first trialled as a winemaker in Hawke’s Bay in the 1960s. His apprenticeship completed, he returned to the Waitākere Ranges to begin his career with Montana Wines and put into practice his vision for the undevelope ...Show more
Labour of Love - A Personal History of Midwifery in Aotearoa by Joan Skinner
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Joan Skinner has been a midwife since 1976 and has seen extraordinary change, both in the way women are supported to give birth and in the social and political context in which they become mothers. Labour of Love weaves her own experiences as a midwife into the story of childbirth in Aotearoa: the incre ...Show more
A Month at the Back of My Brain - A third memoir by Kevin Ireland
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Reading Level: near fine
As he enters his 90th year on the planet, Kevin Ireland describes his third memoir as a process of "sweeping up all the reflective wrappers and the tinsel, and describing how, in the setting sun, they glitter with the brilliant romance of nostalgia." Unlike his earlier two memoirs, one of which won a Na ...Show more