Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep by Michael Schulman
36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
A portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep--the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three--that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent. ...Show more
The Elephant Man : A pictorial autobiography of the Whirling Bros Circus by Tony Ratcliffe
49.95 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Tony Ratcliffe is the man behind New Zealand's iconic circus, The Whirling Bros Circus. Many New Zealanders experienced the thrill of watching exotic animals and circus performers under his Big Top during the late 20th Century. An integral part of that show was Jumbo the Elephant, another New Zealand ic ...Show more
M Train by Patti Smith
36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: near fine
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village caf. where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspir ...Show more
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
34.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
Amy Schumer. Her memoir. Need we say more? Amy Schumer is taking the world by storm. In just a few short years, she's become a huge movie star, writing and starring in Trainwreck, not to mention BFFs with Jennifer Lawrence and Judd Apatow, is a media darling, acclaimed as a subversive comic genius, and ...Show more
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife by Dr Eben Alexander
32.99 NZD
Category: Biography And Memoir
A New York Times Bestseller -- Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under ex ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
29.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs
A New York Times Bestseller -- Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2008. Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious neuroana ...Show more
Dear Leader: North Korea's Senior Propagandist Exposes Shocking Truths Behind the Regime by Jang Jin-Sung
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
This is a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller. Dear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime. It is also the gripping story of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic country became its most courageous, outspok ...Show more
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future by Ashlee Vance
28.00 NZD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is ...Show more
War Dog : The No-Man's Land Puppy Who Took to the Skies by Damien Lewis
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies
After getting shot down in the skies over France during a daring mission over the trenches in the winter of 1939, airman Robert Bozdech stumbled across a tiny German Shepherd puppy while engaged in his own nail-biting escape from no-mans-land. He hid the dog, who he named Ant, inside his jacket, and fro ...Show more
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Life Lessons from Space by Chris Hadfield
24.99 NZD
Category: Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
"Hadfield is a genius, a man of science and technology and no first-timer to the universe."-New York Post Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live ...Show more