The Seddons by T.E.Y Seddon
$26.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
This is a book within a book, a life within a life. It is Tom Seddon;s autobiography, from his earliest childhood in Kumara on the West Coast of the 1890s to the 'present' day, a tale of pleasant nostalgia and occasional sad memories. It is also the story and naturally an intimate one, of the last years ...Show more
The Seven Lives of Lady Barker by Betty Gilderdale
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
This compelling biography of Lady Mary Anne Barker is a fascinating account of a Victoria woman who, through the course of her life, lived in England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Mauritius, Australia and Trinidad. Momentous historical events of the period, such as the Indian Mutiny (Revolt) and th ...Show more
The Sixth Man - The Extraordinary Life of Paddy Costello by James McNeish
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
'I think Costello was pursued by British Intelligence because there was an assumption that it might be an extension of the Philby "ring of five".' - Sir George Laking Auckland. Cambridge. Moscow. Paris. New Zealand's most brilliant envoy and the man who blew the whistle on Soviet possession of the atom ...Show more
The Story of Sir Peter Blake by Tessa Duder
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Peter Blake was one of New Zealand's great modern heroes. In a life packed with competitive sailing, he circled the world many times, covered as many sea miles as any sailor in history, led us to America's Cup victory (twice!), and gave his last years (and ultimately his life) to saving the environment. ...Show more
The Two Baxters - Diary Notes by Pat Lawlor with an Essay by Vincent O'Sullivan by Pat Lawlor
$23.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The Wonderful World at my Doorstep by Mona Anderson
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
The Years Before My Death : Memories of a comic life by David (David Alexander) McPhail
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
In The Years Before My Death, renowned and much loved actor-director and comedy show writer David McPhail recounts his early life and what led him to pioneer the satirical TV programmes (including A Week of It and McPhail and Gadsby) for which he is famous, what drove him to perform comedy, and what was ...Show more
There's Gold in Them Hills: The Saga of a Colonial Cove by D. Mundy
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
There's a Cure for This - A Memoir by Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The striking debut memoir from award-winning doctor and writer, Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]. "I graduated as a doctor in 2020 and arrived into the Covid-19 pandemic with my ta moko on my arm, my hospital lanyard, my stethoscope and a purpose. I don't know why medicine felt like coming home. I had no ...Show more
This Life We Have. The Diary of a New Zealand Soldier ( Killed in Action ) Relating His Experiences in the Beyond by Unknown
$175.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Secondhand. Rare. "This simple and artless diary of a New Zealand soldier boy, who found himself projected out of his body into a land of peace and beauty, was transmitted to earth, with the sole purpose of comforting his mother and all mothers who mourn. The communicated message is but the part of a h ...Show more