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
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
$10.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
$18.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: good-very good
A Castle in Tuscany - The Remarkable Life of Janet Ross by Sarah Benjamin
$18.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Tells the story of the extraordinary Janet Ross. To lovers of classic food books, Janet's name is recognisable, as the eminent Elizabeth David cited her as a source and her work changed the way the English thought about vegetables. Few people though know much about the life she lived.
A Daughter's Love: Thomas and Margaret More by John Guy
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
This book will break open a secret. It is a gripping tale of love, loyalty and domestic happiness that came to be overwhelmed by the forces of ambition, deceit and treachery, from the award-winning author of 'My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots'. The life of Sir Thomas More is familiar ...Show more
Midnight in Broad Daylight - A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II-an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption-this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.-Japan relations and ...Show more
Diary of a Dog-walker: Time Spent Following a Lead by Edward Stourton
$8.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good
Based on the popular series of articles which appeared in the Telegraph, Edward Stourton muses on the meaning of life and all things canine as he walks his dog Kudu. 'If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you - about anything'. And they do. Edward Stourton's walk ...Show more
Ma, it's a Cold Aul Night an I'm Lookin for a Bed by Martha Long
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In this latest instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner and the establishment, Martha is now 16 and her time at the convent school is up. In "Ma, It's a Cold Aul Night an I'm Lookin for a Bed", she leads us through her first mon ...Show more
The Big House : The story of a country house and its family by Christopher Simon Sykes
$12.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: good
The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.On 17 June 1751 Richard Sykes, 'laid the first stone of the new house at Sledmere, in a God-forsaken spot high up on the Yorkshire Wolds, where wolves had roamed freely less than fifty years befor ...Show more
Columbus and The Conquest Of The Impossible by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
$10.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Phoenix Press Ser. | Reading Level: good
A highly readable and controversial portrait of a man driven by religion, influenced by mysticism, and, at best, a primitive navigator who barely knew how to use his ship's instruments. A pre-eminent historian calls into question earlier findings by himself and other scholars. With a new introduction an ...Show more
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"I knew I could only be killed once. I might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb". Irene was a 17-year-old nursing student when the Nazis invaded Poland. They took over her country and her life. Nothing in her innocent girlhood could have prepared her for the horrors she was to witness. However, ...Show more