I Know This to Be True - Jacinda Ardern on Kindness, Empathy and Strength by Jacinda Ardern
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
'I Know This to Be True' is a global five-year project founded on original interviews to inspire a new generation of leaders. Truth, wisdom, inspiration and what really matters for the most inspiring leaders of our time. Politician, feminist and champion for social equality, Jacinda Ardern epitomizes th ...Show more
Ice Breaker!: An Epic Antarctic Adventure by Maria Gill
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Much has been written about explorer Ernest Shackleton’s three courageous expeditions to the Antarctic. What is not so well-known is the crucial role that Captain Frank Worsley played in saving the lives of the crew of Endurance after it got stuck in ice floes and broke apart during the attempt to trave ...Show more
Impossible: My Story - Stan Walker by Stan Walker
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
An extraordinary memoir about family, love, belief, redemption and the power of forgiveness. Everything has a reason. Everything has a purpose. Stan Walker is one of the finest singers to emerge from Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa in a generation. When Stan won Australian Idol in 2009, he was thrown ...Show more
Impossible (Young Readers' Edition) by Stan Walker
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
An abridged edition of the bestselling memoir. Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even kno ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern: Prime Minister of New Zealand by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: World Leaders
Introduces readers to the political career of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Engaging infographics, thought-provoking discussion questions, and eye-catching photos give the reader an invaluable look into New Zealand and the office of its current leader.
James Cook - The story behind the man who mapped the world by Peter FitzSimons
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
HE STORY BEHIND THE MAN WHO MAPPED THE WORLD The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost ma ...Show more
Jean Batten: The Story of New Zealand's Great Pioneering Aviator by Luisa Adam
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
This fully illustrated book celebrates the amazing story of Jean Batten who, born in Rotorua in 1909, was to become one of the great international stars of aviation who braved the skies in the 1920s and '30s. She flew high into the sky in her tiny aeroplane and covered huge distances across the globe in ...Show more
Jean Dreams of Flying (Inspirational Kiwis) by Dreydon Sobanja; Terry Fitzgibbon
$9.99 NZD
$19.99 (50% off)
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Inspirational Kiwis
Jean was just a normal New Zealand girl who dreamed that she was a bird that could fly high, high up in the sky and far, far away. Most people thought Jean's daydreams were silly. But one day she met someone who showed her the most fantastical machine, and Jean's dreams took flight. Follow the inspirin ...Show more
Joseph Parker (Reading All Stars) by David Riley
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Reading All Stars
Joseph Parker tells how a young boxer from South Auckland, New Zealand became a heavyweight champion of the world! Joseph Parker is a Reading All Stars book. Reading All Stars books are written for people who need support with reading, whatever their age. The text is written in short bites, in simple l ...Show more
Learning To Be French (and Failing) - A New Zealander, a Tiny Village & an Ancient Stone House by Anna Bibby
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
What happens when an art gallery owner from New Zealand buys a dilapidated French house on a whim? Anna Bibby owned a successful art gallery in New Zealand until one day, on holiday in France, she bought a falling-down house in a picturesque medieval village. So began the process of renovating her beaut ...Show more
Mind That Child: A Medical Memoir by Simon Rowley
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Leading paediatrician Dr Simon Rowley has committed almost all of his working life to the care and wellbeing of children. In Mind That Child, Rowley provides a rare glimpse into what it means to be entrusted with the most precious of responsibilities - a young human life. Charting his decades of medical ...Show more
Mophead Tu: The Queen's poem by Selina Tusitala Marsh
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Follows on from Mophead; Winner of the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction, and Supreme Winner at the 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. An inspirational graphic memoir written and illustrated by fast-talking PI Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh. The journey of Mophead continues! Our ...Show more