Marlon Brando by Patricia Bosworth
$10.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Lives | Reading Level: very good
Swiss Hotel Pioneers by L. Gaulis and R. Creux
$18.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: very good
Malinche's Conquest by Anna Lanyon
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
An engrossing and evocative quest into Mexico's past, to uncover the story of the legendary Amerindian woman who became translator and concubine to Cortes in the Spanish Conquest. 'Lanyon has spent more than a decade pursing this elusive woman, Malinche---in archives, in churches, in forgotten corners o ...Show more
Mayhem: A Memoir by Sigrid Rausing
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
'Now that it's all over I find myself thinking about family history and family memories; the stories that hold a family together, and the acts that can split it apart . . . ' In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The ...Show more
Home Work - A Memoir of My Years in Hollywood by Julie Andrews
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Home, the enchanting Julie Andrews picks up her story with her arrival in Hollywood, sharing the career highlights, personal experiences and reflections behind her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound ...Show more
Letters of Marcilio Ficino Volume 1 by Marsilio Ficino
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
The problems which troubled people's minds during the Italian Renaissance were much the same as today. In trying to cope with them, many deep thinking people turned to Marsilio Ficino for help. Through his letters he advised, encouraged, and occasionally reproved them. Fearlessly he expressed the truth ...Show more
How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--"Half memoir, half polemic, and entirely necessary," (Elle UK) Caitlin Moran's debut--an instant runaway bestseller in the UK--puts a new face on feminism, cutting to the heart of issues with an irreverent, transcendent, and hilarious touch. "Ca ...Show more
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox- potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined The ...Show more
The Way to the Labyrinth - Memories of East and West by Alain Danielou; Marie-Claire Cournand (Translator)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Alain Dani lou was an accomplished pianist, dancer, player of the Indian v n , painter, linguist and translator, photographer, and world traveler. To these attainments he has added The Way to the Labyrinth, translated into English by Marie-Claire Cournand. Born of a haute-bourgeoise French family--his m ...Show more
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike through a remote part of Utah. Eight miles from his truck, in the middle of a deep and narrow canyon, he was climbing down off a wedged boulder when suddenly the rock came loose. Before he could ...Show more
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. Good Samaritan Abdulrahman has stayed on in the city, traversing its deeply flooded streets by canoe, feeding trapped dogs and rescuing sur ...Show more
Purple Dandelion: A Muslim Woman's Struggle Against Violence and Oppression by Farida Sultana & Shila Nair
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Purple Dandelion is the true story of Farida Sultana, an extraordinary Muslim woman and single mother. The book is a reflection of her personal journey as an unconventional child who struggled through her adulthood and married life. Being a survivor of violence and abuse, Farida emerged as a strong advo ...Show more