The House With All The Lights On: Three generations, one roof, a language of light by Jessica Kirkness
$37.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
'If I were to tell you our story in sign language—the story of my grandparents and me—I'd begin with a single finger touching my chest.' Jessica Kirkness has traversed the boundary between deaf and hearing cultures all her life. Her memoir tells the story of her grandparents who grew up deaf in a he ...Show more
The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse by Lyndall Gordon
$40.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The loves inextricable from his poetry, especially the one kept secret. Among the greatest of poets, T.S. Eliot protected his privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives and a churchgoing companion. Yet he concealed a longtime love for an obscure American: Emily Hale, a drama teacher ...Show more
The Illustrated Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
$22.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
The Kennedy Women - The Triumph and Tragedy of America's First Family by Laurence Leamer
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
As Rose had said so many years ago, the Kennedys were like a nation unto themselves, with their own private language and customs. They invited friends into their lives, but there was always a distance between themselves and others. political dynasty. It is a story of epic proportions, brimming with triu ...Show more
The Letters of A.R.D. Fairburn by Lauris Edmond (ed.)
$32.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh by Charlotte Mosley (Editor); Nancy Mitford; Evelyn Waugh
$30.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The writers Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh were great friends, and their friendship gave rise to the 500 letters in this collection.
The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL,D.
$525.00 NZD
Category: Antiquarian | Reading Level: very good
During his travels as a missionary, David Livingstone beheld many previously unknown wonders of the African interior. He put Victoria Falls and Lake Ngami on the map, and was the first white man to cross the African continent. Diaries, reports and letters are combined to create a wonderful narration of ...Show more
The Life and Letters of John Keats by Joanna Richardson
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through My Childhood by Bill Bryson
$19.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may h ...Show more
The Life of the Late Most Noble Lord Horatio Nelson (1806) by Archibald Duncan
$1500.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
$60.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
The powerful, inspiring follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In The Light We Carry, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. She considers the ques ...Show more