My Life and Times by Jerome K Jerome
$21.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. This book is a reprint of the original published in 1926. Superb Folio Society edition of Jerome’s autobiography, especially interesting for the depiction of his family’s crushing poverty in the west midlands. Includes photographs of Jerome and others.
Pepys Diary - Selected and Edited - 3 Volumes by Samuel Pepys
$90.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
Beatrix Potter's Lakeland by Hunter Davies; Cressida Pemberton-Pigott (Photographer)
$23.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
Reissued with Beatrix Potter illustrations and previously unpublished materials, this book combines authoritative text with colour photographs taken during the course of a complete year to show the Lake District in all its seasons and moods.
Losing a Kingdom, Gaining the World: The Catholic Church in the Age of Revolution and Democracy by Ambrogio A. Caiani
$38.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Despite its many crises, especially in Western Europe, there are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world today. The Church remains a powerful but controversial institution.In Losing a Kingdom, Gaining the World, Ambrogio A. Caiani explores the epic history of the Roman Catholic Church. Throughout the early m ...Show more
Rasputin : The Last Word by EDVARD RADZINSKY
$32.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Based upon long-lost contemporary documents, this biography presents a sensational account of the life of the Russian peasant mystic whose malign influence led to the downfall of the Romanovs.
Blücher - Scourge of Napoleon by Michael V. Leggiere
$37.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Series: Campaigns and Commanders Ser.
Secondhand. One of the most colorful characters in the Napoleonic pantheon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819) is best known as the Prussian general who, along with the Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Throughout his long career, Bl ücher distinguished himself as ...Show more
The Science Museum Stephen Hawking Genius at Work: Explore His Life, Mind and Science Through the Objects in His Study by Roger Highfield
$48.00 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs
An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius and the things that inspired him A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world's most prominent scientific thinkers. In 2021, the Science Museum made a once-in-a-lifetime ac ...Show more
Younghusband - The Last great Imperial Adventurer by Patrick French
$28.50 NZD
Category: World Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. A great book on one of the oddest figures of the British Empire - invader of Tibet, visionary and instigator of the hymn 'Jerusalem' Soldier, explorer, mystic, guru and spy, Francis Younghusband began his colonial career as a military adventurer and became a radical visionary who preached ...Show more
No man is an island : A Selection from the Prose of John Donne by John Donne
$25.00 NZD
Category: Classic Non-Fiction
Portrait of a Judge: Sir Joshua Strange Williams P.C by STEWART, W. DOWNE
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. "What was the secret of the esteem, affection and veneration in which this great man was held, not only by the legal profession but by all his fellow citizens both rich and poor?" Joshua Williams 1837 - 1915 Lawyer, politician, judge, university chancellor. He qualified with honours at Cam ...Show more
Sliding Down the Hypotenuse: A Memoir by Eric Beardsley
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: Very Good
Secondhand. Signed by the author In the 80 years since veteran journalist and broadcaster Eric Beardsley arrived in Christchurch from the West Coast, he has lived a full and varied life and devoted much time to observing the Canterbury scene, its people, politics, conflicts and progress. The result is ...Show more
Rugby Rebel: The All Black Accused of Being a Traitor by Christopher P. Tobin
$32.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Rugby Rebel investigates a sensational accusation made against brilliant All Black winger Duncan McGregor that he sold team secrets which cost the Original All Blacks their unbeaten record on the famous 1905 tour of Britain, France and the United States. What made it worse was that McGregor ...Show more