50 years, 50 stories: Marlborough the region that turned the wine world upside down
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Gaylene's Take - Her Life in New Zealand Film by Gaylene Preston
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
From one of our very best filmmakers comes a memoir of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand. Gaylene Preston has always sought out the stories that have not yet been told, and in this book she reveals the challenges and sometimes heartbreak that have come with that ambition. In both wide lens and close-up ...Show more
Tales Of A Vet Nurse by Jade Pengelly
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we loveYou never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital...Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic leg; Jock the Saint Bernard and his problematic ey ...Show more
From There to Here - A Memoir by Joe Bennett
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirty. Joe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deat ...Show more
Down South by Bruce Ansley
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island of New Zealand in search of what makes it unique. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people ...Show more
A Spirit Companion - Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust by Roger McDonald
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
For 50 years, people from all walks of life have stepped aboard first the Spirit of Adventure, and today the Spirit of New Zealand Te Waka Herenga Tangata o Aotearoa, for a voyage of personal discovery. They've had fun, made friends, and been given a taste of expanded possibility. Distinguished author R ...Show more
The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond by Chris Long
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life. On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew up two days' hike from the nearest road. He was born into the country's most isolated family, his parents committed to freedom from ...Show more
Wild Kinship - Conversations with Conscious Entrepreneurs by Monique Hemmingson
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
Wild Kinship features 28 creative entrepreneurs in a wide range of industries across Australasia who have environmental sustainability at their core. Meet the industry leaders who are foraging a new path and changing the world in their wake. From tiny homes builders, permaculture growers and muesli bar ...Show more
A Young Man's Antarctic Discovery by Maureen Lee
40.00 NZD
Category: Nautical
Diary of New Zealander Clarence Hare on Captain Scott's First Expedition 1901. A likeable young Christchurch man talks his way into joining Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition to remote Antarctica. Also on board as the ship departs New Zealand: 46 men, 25 dogs, 3 cats and 50 sheep. Clarence (Clar ...Show more
John Mulgan and the Greek Left by C.-Dimitris Gounelas; Ruth Parkin-Gounelas
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
In September 1943, New Zealand writer John Mulgan was parachuted by the British Special Services (SOE) into remote mountain terrain in the centre of Nazi-occupied Greece, where he worked with the left-wing resistance to facilitate some of WW2's most successful episodes of guerrilla warfare. This experie ...Show more
Down a Country Road II: More Stories from New Zealand's Back Country by Tony Ormon
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: very good
'Down a Country Road Volume II is an evocative return to a way of life that has largely disappeared. From the explorer pioneers of the nineteenth century to those who continue to inhabit the harsh inland environment today, the wry humour and staunchness, determination and other admirable qualities of th ...Show more
Storms Ahead Rick Dodson: America's Cup champion to Paralympian by Rebecca Hayter
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
In 1997, America's Cup winning strategist Rick Dodson thought he was invincible. He had a happy marriage, a stack of wins in national and international sailing, and was part-owner in one of the world's most technically advanced sailmakers. But a diagnosis of MS (multiple sclerosis) threatened his world. ...Show more