Shackleton: How the Captain of the newly discovered Endurance saved his crew in the Antarctic by Ranulph Fiennes
$30.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
The enthralling life, endurance and incredible leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, told by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes.To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endu ...Show more
Traitor King - The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie
$25.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens.
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years by David Cannadine
$45.00 NZD
$55.00 (18% off)
Category: Sale Books (non-returnable)
This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch. In February 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will mark seventy years as monarch with a celebration known as the Platinum Jubilee. This official publication honors the Quee ...Show more
Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland
$28.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph "Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did in The Splendid and the Vile."―Kirkus * "Fascinating... well-researched and well-written."--Andrew Ro ...Show more
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guervara
$26.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
An iconic bestseller- Che Guevara's account of his youthful adventures travelling around South America on his motorcycleAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcyc ...Show more
Lady in Waiting - My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner
$30.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
**International Bestseller** **The Times (UK) Memoir of the Year** **One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020** An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. As seen on Netflix's The C ...Show more
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
$26.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times. At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the ne ...Show more
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
$29.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
In this instantand tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one o ...Show more
Educated by Tara Westover
$30.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't b ...Show more