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I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biography
John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator, reluctant national treasure. At 5 feet 11 inches (116lb, 32in chest, 27in waist), in trademark suit jacket, skin-tight drainpipes and dark glasses, with jet-black ...Show more
My Last Supper - One Meal, a Lifetime in the Making by Jay Rayner
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'Hilarious, informative, enlightening, instructive ... It's the funniest book I've read all year' - Chris Evans You're About to Die. What Would Your Final Meal Be? This question has long troubled Jay Rayner. But why wait for death? Why not eat your 'last meal' now, when you can enjoy it? So, he had a ...Show more
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'Magical' GUARDIAN'A gripping tale of the search for meaning in times of turbulence - expressed with Smith's signature poetic flair' VOGUE'Extraordinary ... A tense, teasing mix of reality and dream' Sunday Times'A melancholy mood and poetic language distinguish Smith's third memoir' BBC'Her willingness ...Show more
The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
John Lennon achieved with the Beatles a level of superstardom that defied classification. "We were the best bloody band there was," he said. "There was nobody to touch us." In the summer of 1980, Lennon signs with a label and hires a top producer to recruit the best session musicians, ready to record ...Show more
Rise by Mark Bouris
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'Anyone can better themselves, better their life, better their situation. You've got to think big. People have lost faith in the system, it's time to empower yourself.' At a time of ultimate global disruption, many people are having to re-set their goals and take a new path. Mark Bouris is a self-made ...Show more
The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames - Losing and Finding My Mother in the Foundling Hospital by Justine Cowan
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Growing up with a volatile and obsessive mother, Justine Cowan couldn't get far enough away. It was only after her mother died that she found herself pulling at the threads of a story half-told - her mother's upbringing as a foundling in the famous British institution. Haunted by this secret history, Ju ...Show more
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
$75.00 NZD
Category: Biography
The highly anticipated new biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials--including unpublished letters and manuscripts; court, ...Show more
Letters of Denis Glover by Sarah Shieff (editor)
$79.95 NZD
Category: Biography
Oh Christ, a bloody ½ witted student, for purposes of an essay, has just come in to ask me what I and Baxter write verse for, and if we mean what we say, or is there something deeper; could we write better verse in England, or here; or do the critics and professors just read a lot into what’s said that ...Show more
A Del of a Life by David Jason
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A third volume of memoirs from the national treasure David Jason, following on from the success of his previous much-loved books My Life and Only Fools and Stories. In celebration of Sir David Jason's 80th year, A Del of a Life: Lessons I've Learned relives Jason's extraordinary life and career from ove ...Show more
The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times by Lionel Barber
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography
'An extraordinary personal and professional insight into fifteen years of tumultuous times.' - Tony Blair 'Riveting - a world of power, money, ego and disaster, as witnessed from the front row' - Philippe Sands 'Brutal, brilliant and scurrilously funny ... don't miss it' - Misha Glenny 'As FT editor, I ...Show more
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut by Samantha Cristoforetti
$48.00 NZD
Category: Biography
'Today I woke up on Earth. And I will fall asleep in space' In space the sun rises and sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain and desert, every city and every port. The most ordinary things -- eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cutting your hair -- have to be relearned, until ...Show more
Lights Out, Full Throttle: Stories from the Pit Lane by Damon Hill; Johnny Herbert
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Laurel and Hardy, Ant and Dec, Morecambe and Wise, Herbert and Hill. The history of entertainment is studded with brilliant comic duos. Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill between them competed in 261 Grand Prix amassing 25 wins, 49 podium finishes, one World Championship, 458 championship points, a Le Mans w ...Show more