Hands and Minds Together - Rewi Alley's Gung Ho School by Thomas Oliver Newnham; Bangzhen Deng
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Second Chances - Facing my demons and finding a better me by Hayley Holt
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery, and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. On our screens for over twenty years, her highs and lows have been aired for everyone to see. Now it's time to share her side of the story. Raised a dancer in bedazzled dresses and fake ...Show more
To the Fullest Extent of His Powers - C E Beeby's life in education by Noeline Alcorn
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
Beeby was appointed Director of Education, at 38, in 1938. His task was to implement the changes which flowed from Labour PM Peter Fraser's radical educational vision. The book shows how Beeby's early life, education and reseearch and interests shaped his later work and thinking. It examines his life in ...Show more
Kate Edger - The Life of a Pioneering Feminist by Diana Morrow
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. The New Zealand Herald enthusiastically hailed her achievement as 'the first rays of the rising sun of female intellectual advancement'. Edger went on to become a pioneer of women's education in New Zealand. She also w ...Show more
Petals of Memory - Sailor Poet Protestor by Peter Williams
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Petals of Memory is a real revelation about a man who is not only one of the world's leading barristers in criminal law but also a giant for humanity - a committed and courageous advocate for human rights and the concept of "one world" where all peoples, races, religions co-exist in peace and harmony wi ...Show more
I Am Not the Messiah! - Mr Zootherapy Tells All by James Sinclaire
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Pacific Journeys - Essays in Honour of John Dunmore by Gleynnis M Cropp et al. (eds)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Pacific | Reading Level: very good
A collection of essays, in French and English, in honour of John Dunmore. Essayists featured are: E. Dukyer, A. Frost, F. Moureau, C. Hemming, C. Huetx de Lemps, H. Laracy, J. Munro, J.M.R. Owens, P. Tremewan, I. Church, C. Mortelier, R. Arnoux, R. Ramsay, S. Faessel and J. Dawson.
In A Strange Garden - The Life and Times of Truby King by Lloyd Chapman
$12.00 NZD
$34.95 (65% off)
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Truby King has touched the lives of most New Zealanders. Founder of the Plunket movement that led our mothers and grandmothers into military-style baby management, his influence is enormous. Although his extreme and restrictive views about women would be ridiculed today, he gave them a health regime tha ...Show more
His Way - A Biography of Robert Muldoon by Barry Gustafson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
This authorized biography of a dominant figure in New Zealand political life since the mid-20th century, is based on many hours of conversation with Robert Muldoon himself, and interviews with political colleagues, civil servants, family and friends.
The Book of New Zealand Women - Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa by Charlotte Macdonald (ed.); Merimeri Penfold (ed.); Bridget Williams (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. With some 300 biographical essays, The Book of New Zealand Women / Ko Kui Ma Te Kaupapa is both a reference book and an exploration of the hidden history of women.
You Are My Darling Zita by Glenn Busch
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Visual Studies | Reading Level: very good
In these remarkable personal testimonies, six people, who were all born around 1900, reflect on the changes in their lives as old age comes upon them. Photographs from their family albums and portraits made by Glenn Busch at the time of the interviews join together with their words to create deeply pers ...Show more