Ed Climbs A Big Hill (Inspirational Kiwis) by Dreydon Sobanja
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: Inspirational Kiwis
An inspirational story about one of New Zealand's most iconic kiwis that will inspire young children to dream big and then follow those big dreams.
Emma - Emma Twigg's Inspirational Journey to Olympic Gold by Jessica Lawry
$11.99 NZD
$19.99 (40% off)
Category: NZ Biography
THOSE WHO GET BACK UP, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WILL BE REWARDED. When Emma Twigg started rowing it was difficult and not always fun. But as she stuck at it, she grew to be a world-class rower. So, winning an Olympic medal would be easy, right? Wrong. This is the remarkable true story of a young New Zealand ...Show more
Faking It: My Life in Transition by Kyle Mewburn
$38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Kyle Mewburn grew up in the sunburnt, unsophisticated Brisbane suburbs of the 1960s and '70s in a household with little love and no books, with a lifelong feeling of being somehow wrong - like 'strawberry jam in a spinach can'. In this book, Kyle describes this early life and her journey to becoming her ...Show more
Fanene Peter Maivia - Son of Samoa by David Riley
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Fanene Peter Maivia – Son of Samoa is the remarkable story of the first Polynesian to become a star of professional wrestling. Fanene’s life began in Samoa and he took Samoa to the world. He was a pioneer who inspired some of the greatest wrestlers the world has known, including his own grandson, Dwayne ...Show more
Fearless: The life of Adventurer, Equestrian and Endurance Rider Chloe Phillips-Harris by Chloe Phillips-Harris
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The real-life adventures of a young woman pushing the limits, trusting her instincts and living her life off the beaten path. Suffering through searing pain and delirious illness in frigid, makeshift conditions, Chloe Phillips-Harris, at the age of 25 years, summoned every ounce of determination to brav ...Show more
Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O’Connor
$59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tūpuna of Te Tai Tokerau. ‘E kore e mōnehunehu te pūmahara ki ngā momo rangatira o neherā nā rātou nei i toro te nukuroa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa me Papa Tū a Nuku. Ko ngā tohu o ō rātou tapuwae i kākahutia ki runga i te mata o te whenua – he taonga, he tapu. ...Show more
From the Centre - A Writer's Life by Patricia Grace
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
'We live by the sea, which hems and stitches the scalloped edges of the land.' Renowned writer Patricia Grace begins her remarkable memoirs beside her beloved Hongoeka Bay. It is the place she has returned to throughout her life, and fought for, one of many battles she has faced- 'It was when I first w ...Show more
From the Pilot's Seat: Kiwi Adventurers in the Sky by Fletcher McKenzie
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
Enthralling tales from New Zealand pilots - both men and women - who fly a variety of aircraft around the world in a range of situations, from the domestic to the heart-stopping. Aviation safety expert and keen pilot Fletcher McKenzie has interviewed 23 Kiwi pilots who have worked around the world and ...Show more
Golden Kiwis by David Riley
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
"Golden Kiwis brings you 100 years of Kiwi excellence in the Olympics. It tells the stories behind every Olympic gold medal won by a New Zealander"
Grand: Becoming my mother's daughter by Noelle McCarthy
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography
The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. "I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith." —Mammy, just before she died. Funny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in p ...Show more
Helen Clark: Inside Stories by Claudia Pond Eyley, Dan Salmon
$29.99 NZD
$39.99 (25% off)
Category: NZ Biography
New Zealand's first elected woman prime minister; nine years in power through the foreshore and seabed, Afghanistan and Iraq, Corngate and Paintergate; head of the UN Development Program and ranked among the most powerful women in the world. Helen Clark's public life is well known. But what about the in ...Show more
Hero of the Sea: Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
A stunning biographical picture book for young readers about Sir Peter Blake, world-renowned New Zealand yachtsman, adventurer and environmentalist.'Remember,' he wrote, 'this is the most beautiful world, and it's the only one we've got.'Sir Peter Blake's life was filled with amazing adventures. During ...Show more