An Appetite for Wonder - The Making of a Scientist - A Memoir by Richard Dawkins
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pionee ...Show more
Bleed by Bill Williams
$15.00 NZD
Category: Medicine
Surviving cerebral catastrophe: a tale of the mind, mortality and modern medicine On a trip to visit Pintubi friends in the remote western desert of central Australia, GP Dr Bill Williams wakes to a nightmare. Gisela, his wife, is felled by a thunderclap headache. What are the possibilities - migraine? ...Show more
Lou Reed - The Life by Mick Wall
$10.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: good
The biography of the legendary musician and songwriter Lou Reed. Rock 'n' roll was Lou Reed's life. From recording one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time with THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967), to heavy drug abuse and performing in front of the Pope, Lou Reed's story is one of g ...Show more
Lucinda Williams - Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
'Deeply personal' New York Times'Raw and honest, this must-read account soars on the back of Williams's hard-won wisdom about making art and overcoming struggle' Publishers Weekly'Remarkable' BooklistThe beloved and iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic child ...Show more
Britney Spears - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the ...Show more
Passionate Spirit - The Life of Alma Mahler by Cate Haste
$25.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
The life of an extraordinary artist and intellect: the composer, author and socialite Alma Mahler, whose life spanned one of the most captivating and dramatic periods in historyBorn into the dying days of the Habsburg Empire, Alma Mahler was at the epicentre of fin de siècle Vienna's artistic and intell ...Show more
Michelle Obama - Becoming by Michelle Obama
$10.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United StatesThe No. 1 BestsellerBritis ...Show more
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster
$20.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: near fine
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the unmissable account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, written and reported from inside the presidential compound in Kyiv, based on Shuster's unparalleled access to President Zelensky and his top aides.
Trying to Float - Coming of Age in the Chelsea Hotel by Nicolaia Rips
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise--a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents" (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old's darkly funny, big-hearted memoir about growing up in New York City's lege ...Show more
Sonic Life - A Memoir by Thurston Moore
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art - from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder. "Downtown scientists rejoice! F ...Show more
My Life in France by Julia Child; Alex Prud'homme
$15.00 NZD
Category: Cooking | Reading Level: very good
In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child
A Citizen-Soldier Remembers 1942-1946 - 149th Armored Signal Company of the 9th Armored Division by George E McAvoy
$15.00 NZD
Category: World War II | Reading Level: very good