The Twat Files: A Hilarious Sort-Of Memoir of Mistakes, Mishaps and Mess-Ups by Dawn French
$30.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
A hugely relatable, funny, honest and inspirational 'memoir of sorts' in which Dawn celebrates what it means to be gloriously, messily human. When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person. BUT. That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twa ...Show more
Servo: Tales from the Graveyard Shift by David Goodwin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
We've all filled up at a servo, but what's it like behind the counter, late at night, as a plethora of unhinged and maniacal souls totter in through the parting glass? David Goodwin worked the graveyard shift for six years in his home suburb of Werribee, and this is his hilarious and darkly mesmeric acc ...Show more
Run for Your Life: The Remarkable True Story of a Family Forced Into Hiding After Leaking Russian Secrets by Sue Williams
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved to R ...Show more
Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner by Fern Brady
$28.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
Prizewinner - Nero Prize for Non Fiction 2023 THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE'A set text for all of us in 2023' - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITEA summary of my book:1. I'm dia ...Show more
The Long and Winding Road by Lesley Pearse
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart.A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world.Yet this descr ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
Enzo Ferrari: The definitive biography of an icon by Luca Dal Monte
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
Soon to be an AppleTV+ series, Enzo uncovers a wealth of new facts about the origins, ambitions, and private life of Enzo Ferrari.Drawing on years of original research conducted in Italy and abroad, this book lays bare the hidden aspects of Ferrari's career. From his earliest failed business ventures, t ...Show more
Exploring the World - Two Centuries of Remarkable Adventurers and Their Journeys by Alexander Maitland
$30.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have played a vital role in mankind's development. For almost two hundred years, the Royal Geographical Society has recognised their achievements by awarding its prestigious gold me ...Show more
Breaking Through: My Life In Science by Katalin Karikó
$65.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
From butcher's daughter in Communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination through decades of obscurity and rejection - and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives. 'Riveting. A true story of a brilliant bioche ...Show more
The Trading Game: A Confession by Gary Stevenson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?' Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London ...Show more
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charles T. Munger
$65.00 NZD
Category: Business & Economics
From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life. "Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie's Almanack. Originally published in ...Show more
Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary by Nina Stibbe
$40.00 NZD
Category: Overseas Biography
'Painfully funny, but also deeply moving' - Meg Mason'Vulnerable, sharp, funny, wise' - Bonnie Garmus'A unique comic voice, endlessly funny' - David NichollsTwenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy. Together they take up lodging in the house of writer Deborah (D ...Show more