Kubrick - An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker; Nathan Abrams
$75.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The most comprehensive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odessey, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange.
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker—this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest. Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a r ...Show more
Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
A deeply moving memoir of a young daughter, her dying mother - and the trail of letters and gifts she left behind.'Her messages met me like guideposts in a dark forest; if her words couldn't point the way, at least they offered the comfort of knowing someone had been there before' Ten days before Gwen K ...Show more
The Times Lives Less Ordinary by Nigel Farndale (Editor); Times Books (Editor)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 85 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Be they dons, pop stars, vicars, MPs, rugby players or aristocrats, each has marched to the beat of their own drum and led a life far from ordina ...Show more
Rebel Rising: A Memoir by Rebel Wilson
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography
"For decades, Rebel Wilson had single-mindedly focused on her career, making a name for herself through her iconic roles in Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids, and Isn't It Romantic. Now she's ready to chronicle the emotional and physical lessons she learned, as well as her most embarrassing experiences. A mala ...Show more
In My Own Process by Bruce Lee
$97.00 NZD
Category: Biography
'Many of you know that I am a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, and, by daily actualizing my potentiality through soulful discoveries and daily exercising, I hope to become also an artist of life.' - Bruce Lee'I venture that 95% of people have heard of Bruce Lee. They might not know ever ...Show more
An Angel at My Table - The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame; Jane Campion (Introduction by)
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. It is one of the classics of autobiography. She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential' HILARY MANTEL'Janet Frame is the greatest Ne ...Show more
The Twat Files: A Hilarious Sort-Of Memoir of Mistakes, Mishaps and Mess-Ups by Dawn French
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A hugely relatable, funny, honest and inspirational 'memoir of sorts' in which Dawn celebrates what it means to be gloriously, messily human. When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person. BUT. That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twa ...Show more
Run for Your Life: The Remarkable True Story of a Family Forced Into Hiding After Leaking Russian Secrets by Sue Williams
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved to R ...Show more
Going Solo (Classic Collection) by Roald Dahl
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: The\Roald Dahl Classic Collection
Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. This beautiful edition of Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the ...Show more
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Classic Collection) by Roald Dahl
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: The\Roald Dahl Classic Collection
Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine. This beautiful edition of Boy, part of The Roald Dahl Cla ...Show more
Quentin Tarantino: A Graphic Biography by Michele Botton
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: BioGraphics Ser.
Unofficial and unauthorised. "When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'No, I went to films'" From the set of 1993's Pulp Fiction, to a bar room meeting with Robert Rodriguez and an inspirational lunch with Leonardo di Caprio, this unique graphic novel takes us across a series of Holl ...Show more