Alexander McQueen - Fashion Visionary by Judith Watt
$45.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
A retrospective of McQueen's designs and a salute to his artistry that showcases his work from his graduate collection at Central Saint Martins to his designs created just days before his untimely death. Celebrating his work and vision, it traces the designer's ascent to becoming one of the world's most ...Show more
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City by Edmund Richardson
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
'This is a jewel of a book' - SUNDAY TIMES'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage' - William Dalrymple'Immensely enjoyable' - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE____________________________________For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and Wes ...Show more
Alfred Hitchcock by Peter Ackroyd
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did th ...Show more
Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Alicia Jurman is five-years-old when her story begins. It is 1935 and she is living in the East Polish town of Buczacz. Although brought up in an atmosphere of anti-Semitism, nothing could prepare this young girl for the Russian invasion of Poland and the full horror of the Nazi Occupation. When Alicia ...Show more
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
A funny, irreverent, gossipy, nostalgic tour through the life of one of the most influential comedians of all time.At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares ...Show more
All Blacks Don't Cry: A Story of Hope (Revised edition) by John Kirwan
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
All Blacks Don't Cry is the remarkable story of hope and healing from well-known mental health campaigner, and legendary former winger, Sir John Kirwan. While 'JK' is now famous for sharing his own experiences with depression, there was a time when he suffered alone. One of the most devastating wingers ...Show more
All In: The Autobiography of Billie Jean King by Billie Jean King
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals -- let alone athletes -- of recent timesIn this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career -- six years ...Show more
All In: The Autobiography of Billie Jean King by Billie Jean King
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals--let alone athletes--of recent times. Journeying from a blue-collar childhood to shatter tennis's exclusive country-club culture, Billie Jean King paved the way for a more open, inclusive, a ...Show more
All Those Yesterdays by Elspeth Biss
$32.50 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
This is a story many New Zealand women - particularly those who grew up in the country - will identify with. Elspeth Biss was brought up on Hawke's Bay farms in the 1940s; attended boarding school in the 1950s; trained as a nurse, married, and brought up a family in the 1960s and 70s on farms in the Wai ...Show more
Allan Hubbard : A Man Out Of Time by Virginia Green
$44.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Allan Hubbard is a man very much loved by thousands of South Islanders, but whose finance company Aorangi Securities is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office. Despite this, thousands of passionate supporters marched in Timaru, flocked to defend him on the internet and some even compla ...Show more
Allen Curnow - Simply by Sailing in a New Direction - A Biography by Terry Sturm; Linda Cassells
$69.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Allen Curnow (1911-2001) was at the time of his death regarded as one of the greatest of all poets writing in English. For seventy years, from Valley of Decision (1933) to The Bells of Saint Babel's (2001), Curnow's poetry was always on the move - from his early approaches to New Zealand identity and my ...Show more
Allies Rangihuna Comes to Town by Allies Rangihuna; Billie Taylor
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography