Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss - Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award by Rachel Clarke
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life. It brought me often to laughter and - several times - to tears. It sings with joy and kindness' Robert MacfarlaneFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Life in My Hands comes this vibrant, tender and ...Show more
Robert Mapplethorpe by Mark Holborn (Editor); Dimitri Levas (Editor); Patti Smith (Contribution by); Andrew Sullivan (Introduction by)
$250.00 NZD
Category: Biography
A revised and updated edition of the most comprehensive survey published of Mapplethorpe's photographyRobert Mapplethorpe was one of the twentieth century's most important and influential artists, known for his groundbreaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn ...Show more
By the Book - Writers on Literature and Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul
$34.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular By the Book feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she b ...Show more
Gotta Get Theroux This: My life and strange times in television by Louis Theroux
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography
In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to off-beat charact ...Show more
Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell
$42.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives
"Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores the full range of Spielberg's works for the light they shine upon the man himself. Through such powerhouse hits as Close Encounters of the Third ...Show more
Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell
$42.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives
"Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores the full range of Spielberg's works for the light they shine upon the man himself. Through such powerhouse hits as Close Encounters of the Third ...Show more
Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell
$42.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives
"Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores the full range of Spielberg's works for the light they shine upon the man himself. Through such powerhouse hits as Close Encounters of the Third ...Show more
The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
$28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Tanizaki's masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two. With surgical precision, Tanizaki lays bare the sinews of prid ...Show more
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
$26.99 NZD
Category: FICTION | Reading Level: very good
"Things Fall Apart" tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the firs ...Show more
On the Game by Albert Norris Bingley (Photographer); Margaret Julie Bingley (Illustrator)
$17.95 NZD
Category: Biography
Baseball Buzz by C. C. Joven; Ed Shems (Illustrator)
$15.00 NZD
Category: George | Series: Sports Illustrated Kids Starting Line Readers Ser.
Jackson is ready for his first baseball game, but a pesky bee might just ruin his big day. This Starting Line Reader is sure to be a home run for every new reader.