Welcome to our Biography & Memoir section, where the real stories of extraordinary heroes come to life. Here, you'll find tales of courage, resilience, and inspiration from people who have shaped the world or navigated incredible journeys. Browse books that remind us of our shared humanity and the infinite ways we can all impact the world.
Staff Picks
This Angry Pen of Mine
This Angry Pen of Mine by Layne Staley delves into the turbulent and often chaotic world of creativity and the...
Famesick
Famesick by Lena Dunham is a reflective exploration into the complexities of fame and its effects on personal identity and...
Swan Song
Swan Song is a compelling biography that delves into the life and experiences of its subject, offering an intimate look...
Dogs, Boys and Other Things I've Cried About
Dogs, Boys and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee is a heartfelt exploration of the author's personal journey...
Stakes
Stakes by Noelle McCarthy is a heartfelt memoir exploring the author's journey through personal struggles and family dynamics. McCarthy reflects...
Built for This
Built for This by Brad Poulter chronicles the author's inspiring journey from adversity to success, detailing the personal challenges and...
Even the Good Girls Will Cry
Even the Good Girls Will Cry weaves a gripping tale of deception and resilience, focusing on a group of seemingly...
An Ocean and a Day
An Ocean and a Day is a deeply moving memoir by Hannah Richell, recounting the grief and loss she endured...
Explore our Business Biographies...
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How To Be Wrong
Sometimes the only way to be right is to get comfortable with being wrong. Most startup advice is dangerously misguided. The mythology of the lone genius founder, the obsession with capital raising, and the theatre of startup ecosystems lead countless ventures astray. Drawing on two decades at the heart of New Zealand's most successful technology companies – Trade Me, Xero,...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is a riveting memoir that unveils the remarkable journey behind the creation of Nike, one of the world's most iconic and successful brands. Phil Knight's story begins in 1962, when fresh out of business school, he embarks on a daring entrepreneurial adventure with a radical premise: to import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Armed...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseRegime Change
From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House and the first year of his second presidency. Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms, Regime Change takes the reader into...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Start With Yourself
Start with Yourself is a game-changing, no-BS guide for anyone seeking meaningful success on their own terms. It’s an essential framework that will give you the tools and mindset to unlock your full potential in life and business—straight from a woman who defied all the odds to become a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of culture-defining global businesses, a non-profit champion, and...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Trading Game
The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open. 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?' Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseTech Bros
The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company. In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from scratch and revolutionise the way the world works. They couldn't have been more different - Cannon-Brookes...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Infinity Machine
A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future - and what it means to win. Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognised as a special case. Born to working-class, immigrant parents in North London, a chess prodigy by five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The 5 Types of Wealth
A powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up’ TIM COOK, CEO of Apple ‘Full of great storytelling, great takeaways, and great wisdom’ SUSAN CAIN ‘An important clarifying force in anyone’s search to make the best possible choices for their life’ ANDREW HUBERMAN Throughout your life, you’ve been slowly indoctrinated to believe that money is the...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
25% offThe Secret Life of Flying
How does a plane stay up in the air? Does the Mile-High Club actually exist? When you flush the toilet, where does it all go? Buckle up for some turbulence because nothing flies under the radar for Captain Jeremy Burfoot. With more than 35 years of airline experience, the former Qantas pilot presents an Airbus-load of stories about unruly passengers...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Alan Joyce: Riding the Jet Stream
Alan Joyce: Riding the Jet Stream is a compelling, factual and gripping memoir from one of Australia’s most consequential chief executives. With a network spanning seven prime ministers and countless captains of industry, Alan Joyce provides a no-holds-barred account of some of the most important decisions taken during his career leading one of aviation's most respected brands. Few chief executives...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Elon Musk
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter. Australian Financial Review Top 20 Read for 2023 Elon...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Bonfire of the Murdochs
When Rupert Murdoch made a fateful decision about who should inherit his media colossus, he believed that pitting his children against each other would produce the most capable heir. Twenty-five years later, that gamble would tear apart one of the world’s most powerful families and trigger a multi-billion dollar reckoning in a succession battle featuring betrayals, lawsuits, and revenge plots....Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Empire of Pain
The inspiration behind the Netflix TV series Painkillers, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick. Amazon's Top 20 Best Books of the Year 'This is no dense medical tome, but a page-turner with a villainous family to rival the Roys in Succession, and one where every chapter ends with the perfect bombshell.' - Esquire The highly-anticipated portrait of three generations of...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips early September -
What's Your Dream?
An inspirational guide to achieving fulfilment and finding purpose from Social Media's fastest growing angel investor. Simon loves dreams and he wants you to live yours. This book will stop you from giving up on your goals and start building the life you want – Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
12% offSoftly As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Priscilla Presley's divorce from Elvis left his fans incredulous. How could she leave theman every woman wanted? From the outside, life in Elvis's mansion looked glamorousand enviable, and in many respects, it was. But inside the mansion, her husband wasconstantly surrounded by a male entourage while at the gates, lines of beautiful womenwaited hopefully for an audience with the King....Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
25% offBecoming Steve Jobs
The SUNDAY TIMES and #1 International Bestseller - with a new foreword by Silicon Valley legend Marc Andreessen. Becoming Steve Jobs presents an enthralling and detailed narrative of the rise, fall, and resurrection of one of the world's most iconic entrepreneurs, Steve Jobs. This meticulously crafted biography departs from conventional accounts, providing an unparalleled peek into the mind and life...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
What's Your Dream?
An inspirational guide to achieving fulfilment and finding purpose from Social Media's fastest growing angel investor. Simon loves dreams and he wants you to live yours. This book will stop you from giving up on your goals and start building the life you want. Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and host of the On...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Widow Clicquot
The Widow Clicquot is the New York Times bestselling business biography of the visionary young widow who built a champagne empire, became a legend in her tumultuous times, and showed the world how to live with style. Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life the woman behind the label, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, in this utterly intoxicating book that is as much...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
28% offCage Kings
Cage Kings is a cultural and business history of the UFC, tracing the unlikely rise of mixed martial arts from what was derided in the '90s as 'human cockfighting'—more violence than sport—to a global pop culture phenomenon. Senator John McCain once decried mixed martial arts as 'human cockfighting,' while the New York Times despaired that the sport offered a 'pay-per-view...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
29% offPlay Nice but Win
From Michael Dell, the renowned founder and chief executive of one of America's largest technology companies, comes a compelling inside story of the battles that shaped him as a leader. Play Nice but Win is a riveting account of the three critical battles waged for Dell Technologies—one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it. This...Hardback$4000Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Never Enough
Never Enough by Andrew Wilkinson offers an unflinching and candid exploration of the high stakes world of entrepreneurship and the lives of the ultra-rich. Chronicling his extraordinary journey from a modest barista to a formidable entrepreneur, Wilkinson invites readers to delve into the realities of building a billion-dollar enterprise. By the age of thirty-five, his business had surpassed the billion-dollar...Hardback$5800Elsewhere:$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Dirtbag Billionaire
Dirtbag Billionaire by New York Times bestselling author David Gelles reveals how Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, turned the business world on its head and became a global leader in ethical business practices before giving away the source of his wealth. 'A riveting behind-the-scenes look at Patagonia-and how the trailblazing company redefined business and purpose....essential reading.' - Charles Duhigg, bestselling...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
When The Heavens Went On Sale
Bestselling author of Elon Musk—over 1.5 million copies sold—returns with an incredible, untold new story of the renegade space race and the new wild west above the clouds. An instant New York Times Bestseller 'One of the most exciting tales of our time... It's the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller' - Walter Isaacson, author of...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Staff PickSteve Jobs
The acclaimed biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson unravels the rollercoaster journey of Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc. and a pioneer in the realms of personal computing, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. This compelling narrative is drawn from more than forty interviews with Jobs himself over two years, as well as interviews with...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Biographies of political and civic leaders...
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One Last Question, Prime Minister
From Muldoon to Luxon, untold stories from the House of Parliament Barry Soper has spent close to five decades questioning New Zealand's prime ministers.From the imposing, larger-than-life characters of Rob Muldoon and David Lange, to the golden age of Helen Clark and John Key, and the post-Covid era of Jacinda Ardern and the 'Chrises', Soper's insight and nose for a...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Regime Change
From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House and the first year of his second presidency. Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration’s most closely guarded rooms, Regime Change takes the reader into...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseA Different Kind of Power
#1 New Zealand bestseller #1 Amazon bestseller #2 Audible bestseller #3 New York Times bestseller #3 Sunday Times bestseller #4 Australian bestseller From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Ockham WinnerA Different Kind of Power
What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she commanded global respect for her empathetic leadership that put people first. This is the remarkable story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt made...Hardback$4799Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseBuilt for This
Raised among strong women, butcher's benches, and hard ideas about what men are meant to be, Brad Poulter grows up knowing he's different long before he has the words for it. But in late '90s small-town New Zealand, 'different' isn't discussed, it's managed. Joining the Royal New Zealand Navy offers escape, certainty, and belonging. The rules are clear, the uniform...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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The Chief and the Empire
The Chief and the Empire uncovers the extraordinary true tale of Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi - the first influential Māori leader to cross the Tasman - whose curiosity about the Pākehā world forged alliances, saved lives, and ultimately cost him his own. On a visit to Sydney in 1805, Te Pahi was feted as a celebrity, building close...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
26% offManners and Mischief
Filled with sparkling anecdotes and tales of living life to the full, featuring previously unseen photographs from Lady Glenconner's personal collection. Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil's Bar to...Hardback$2500Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Serviceman J
A new edition of the bestselling 2024 memoir by a former NZSAS commander, on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits. 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Churchill
The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians. Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Trump: The Art of the Deal
President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work, a first-hand account of the rise of America's foremost deal-maker. The Art of the Deal is the number one bestseller from the 45th President of the United States. "I like thinking big. I always have. To me, it's very simple - if you're going to...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
20% offSAS Daggers Drawn
The real story of Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, endorsed by the Mayne family Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the Nazi Reich deep behind enemy lines. Facing Hitler's fearsome Panzer divisions with little more than raw courage and their nimble Willys jeeps, it would take maverick thinking and unconventional warfare...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Anything Could Happen
In this illuminating and beautifully written book, Grant Robertson reflects on the major events in his life, from growing up in a loving but complex family, to his highly successful career as a Labour politician and becoming Finance Minister in the Ardern government during one of New Zealand history's most tumultuous times. A natural storyteller, Robertson writes memorably about his...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
22% offRFK Jr: The Fall and Rise
A revelatory portrait of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chronicling his battles with addiction and his astonishing journey from entitled scion to environmental activist to a prominent member of the president's cabinet, based on RFK Jr.’s secret journals and the author’s interviews with dozens of sources close to him. Born into one of the most storied families in American history, Robert...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
Drawn from rigorous research, this true crime title tells the story of Marilyn Monroe's extraordinary life and explores the shocking circumstances of her death. BORN IN THE SHADOWS. LIVED FOR THE SPOTLIGHT. WAS SHE MURDERED? Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Norma Jeane. No one would have thought that the girl who spent her childhood between foster homes and orphanages would...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Thomas Cromwell
In Thomas Cromwell, Diarmaid MacCulloch offers an unrivalled exploration of one of Tudor England’s most enigmatic and influential figures. From his humble beginnings in Putney to his meteoric rise within the court of Henry VIII, Cromwell's life is a testament to the power and peril of ambition. Firmly rooted in historical context, this biography delves into the intricate and often...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Shackleton
Embark on an unforgettable journey through one of history's most epic tales of survival and leadership in Shackleton by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. This gripping biography delves into the life and trials of Sir Ernest Shackleton, whose doomed 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition remains one of the most remarkable feats of human endurance ever recorded. As his ship, the Endurance, becomes hopelessly...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell is a gripping and meticulously researched biography that unveils the untold story of Virginia Hall, an American woman who became one of the most formidable spies of World War II. In September 1941, Virginia Hall, disguised as a journalist, arrived in Lyon, Vichy France. Despite the wooden leg she acquired from a...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
You've heard about the tantrums, the seething, the storming out of court, yes. But what about E. Jean's side of the story? What about the flight suits, the bottle of green Chartreuse, and the bob? Not My Type puts you in a better seat than the jury box. You will hear Alina Habba, Esq., "Trump's most beautiful attorney," asking E....Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Look
Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama's style evolution, in her own words for the first time. In this celebration of style, from the moment she entered the public eye during her husband's U.S. Senate campaign through her time as the first Black First Lady of the United...Hardback$6800Elsewhere:$8000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X is a riveting journey through the life of one of the most influential figures in the American Civil Rights Movement. This poignant narrative begins with Malcolm Little's early years in Omaha and Michigan, weaving through the unsettling experiences of racial discrimination and violent encounters that shaped his childhood. As he transitions to the streets of Harlem,...Paperback$2900Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
19% offThe Happiest Man on Earth
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku is a profoundly inspiring memoir that tells the story of how hope, kindness, and inner strength can lead to happiness even in the darkest times. Born in Germany, Eddie Jaku considered himself German first and Jewish second. His life, however, took a harrowing turn in November 1938 when he was beaten, arrested,...Hardback$2500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
SAS The Great Train Raid
So secret was this mission, the SAS seizure of a train to raid deep into enemy territory to liberate a concentration camp, that it wasn't until 1968—twenty-seven years after the formation of the SAS—that a short mention of it was made in the Rover and Wizard annual, under the headline 'Who Dares Wins'. No further published record exists. Best-selling author...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. 'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' – Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Wickedly entertaining.' – Andrew Marr, New Statesman 'An irresistible, saucy read . . . One of the most impressive editions of our time.' – The Telegraph 'They're among the...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Lovers in Auschwitz
The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find each other again more than 70 years later. 'Haunting and powerfully resonant... this is a story not just of remarkable individuals, but also a tribute to the wider indomitability of...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Biographies of creative and artistic heroes...
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Did I Ever Tell You This?
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion. By his own account, his...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
This Angry Pen of Mine
This Angry Pen of Mine by Layne Staley invites you to dive into the untold creative world of Layne Staley, the legendary voice behind Alice in Chains. This extraordinary collection showcases his handwritten lyrics, deeply personal poetry, stunning original artwork, rare photos, fan tributes, and so much more. Step into the world of Layne Staley like never before. For the...Hardback$7299Elsewhere:$8999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Mother Mary Comes To Me
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things. Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, this is a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her relationship to her extraordinary, singular mother Mary,...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer
Novelist, memoirist and playwright Witi Ihimaera – author of Pounamu, Pounamu and The Whale Rider – decided, at the age of eighty, to dive back into the water and spend a year full-time at Te Wānanga Takiura, immersing himself in his own language, in te reo Māori. This book tells the story of this kaikaukau, this swimmer, and his year...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
37% offGreat Writers and the Cats who Owned Them
Throughout history, cats and writers have bonded together in a magical combination of comfort, companionship and inspiration. The famous authors featured here range from Samuel Johnson, whose cat Hodge dined on oysters, and Edward Lear, whose charismatic cat Foss was missing half his tail, to Margaret Mitchell, L. M. Montgomery and Dorothy L. Sayers, who rescued her kitten Blitz from...Hardback$2500Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseThe Land and its People
'Very little makes me laugh. I would say the one exception is anything by David Sedaris' GRAHAM NORTON 'Sedaris is the God of the comic essay... Sedaris' only rule: be funny or perish' LENA DUNHAM In The Land and Its People, David Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveller, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Paul Weller: Dancing Through the Fire
The groundbreaking oral history on one of the most legendary musicians of all time: Paul Weller. Across musical history, certain artists have transcended their craft to become cultural icons, leaving an indelible mark on the world of sound and style. Paul Weller, the legendary British musician, singer, and songwriter, stands among the select few whose influence spans generations. His enduring...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Stakes
Read our interview with author Noelle McCarthy! A darkly funny, sparkling follow-up to the author’s bestselling memoir Grand. You have to invite him in. You have to want the vampire’s badness in the house with you. Growing up in Catholic Ireland, Noelle McCarthy is captivated by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The vampire is a risk-free fantasy, a suave alternative to the fraught realities...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Diddly Squat: The Farmer's Dog
It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - and another book full of hilarious stories. Clarkson's farm is the gift that keeps on giving, and now our hero has decided to bring his misunderstood entrepreneurial flair to bear on a new venture—a pub. Let the doors open on The Farmer's Dog. All British produce, Hawkstone beer on tap,...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
I'm Glad My Mom Died
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Home Again
Join rock-legend, former Shihad frontman and lead singer of The Adults, Jon Toogood in this unflinching and no-holds-barred memoir Home Again.This is more than a rock story. Toogood looks back on a 37-year career that helped define New Zealand rock music, and the personal cost that came with it. From a music-obsessed childhood in Wellington to the deafening roar of international stages, this...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableOut 25 Aug 2026Pre-order -
New ReleaseThe Make-Believe
From the actor in Skins and Games of Thrones, a deeply intimate, shockingly honest memoir about acting, fame, mental illness and the struggle to leave a cult-like organisation whose belief in magic shattered Hannah's reality. In 2017, Hannah Murray was a successful actor whose career had taken her to Hollywood and given her the opportunity to act with A-list stars...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Moab Is My Washpot
The original bestselling autobiography by the comedian, novelist, and national treasure, Stephen Fry. Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them. Moab Is My Washpot, the remarkable story of Stephen Fry's tumultuous early life, is by turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank,...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Always Home, Always Homesick
WINNER 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION 'In my brief breath of life, might I find a way to fit light to paper?' In a land of ethereal beauty, within a culture soaked in myth, a young woman discovers the story that will change her life. In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the...Paperback$2299Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Moonwalk
Moonwalk is Michael Jackson's one and only autobiography, offering insight into the King of Pop's life in his own words. This is the only book Michael Jackson ever wrote about his life. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. Providing unrivalled insight into the King of Pop's...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
31% offAnd Away...
The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer. ‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ - Sunday Times ‘Winningly heartfelt’ – The Guardian ‘A triumph’ – Daily Mail Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery...Paperback$1800Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
I Am Ozzy
People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don’t know what to say. When I was growing up, if you’d have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Mortified
The hilarious and heartfelt debut book from award-winning TV writer and comedian Pax Assadi A joyfully chaotic memoir about what we gain by embracing our shameful moments, from award-winning comedian and TV writer Pax Assadi.What do we lose by hiding our shame, and what do we gain by sharing it? From herding ducks across South Auckland to catastrophic culture shock...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Simply More
It is never too late to build the life you’re seeking.Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing that those same lyrics would change her life. Ten years later, she has the chance to perform those songs on a world stage, showing us that there is always time to keep discovering ourselves, that the journey...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Diddly Squat
Jeremy Clarkson takes us into the pitfalls (and pratfalls) of his new life as a gentleman farmer in this thigh-slapping collection of stories from a year on Clarkson's Farm. Welcome to Clarkson's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows, woodlands, and natural springs. Jeremy always liked the idea of being a farmer. But, while...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between
The story of a remarkable friendship between two people whose creative chemistry ignited the perfect storm of drama, comedy and heart. It explores how the characters and storylines came into being, with anecdotes from the making of all episodes of the show. Gavin & Stacey is a TV series like no other. Now, for the first time, its creators James...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Mother Mary Comes To Me
The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things. 'Heart-smashed' by the death of the mother she ran from at age eighteen and shaken by the intensity of her response, Arundhati Roy began this remarkable memoir—a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and the...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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We Did Ok, Kid
Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theatre career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety in his honest, moving and long-awaited memoir. Born and raised in Port Talbot – a small Welsh steelworks town – amid war and depression, Sir Anthony Hopkins grew up around men who were tough, to say the least, and eschewed...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
39% offUtterly Lazy and Inattentive
By the age of 14, I decided I would be a photographer. ‘It’s what I will do for the rest of my life, until I drop dead.’ I knew when I was very young. It was a definite decision. Don’t ask me why. I just knew it was the right thing. When Martin Parr was fourteen, his teacher wrote that...Hardback$4900Usually:$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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Surviving White Island
Surviving White Island - Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery, from someone who lived through the Whakaari White Island volcanic eruption. "I heard someone say, 'Wow!' And someone else exclaimed, 'Look at that!' I had my back to the crater. I turned around. The moment I saw it, I...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
One Last Question, Prime Minister
From Muldoon to Luxon, untold stories from the House of Parliament Barry Soper has spent close to five decades questioning New Zealand's prime ministers.From the imposing, larger-than-life characters of Rob Muldoon and David Lange, to the golden age of Helen Clark and John Key, and the post-Covid era of Jacinda Ardern and the 'Chrises', Soper's insight and nose for a...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Go Hard or Go Home
From the front bench to rock bottom: Go Hard or Go Home is Kiri Allan's fearless memoir of ambition, disruption and survival in NZ politics and beyond. Kiri Allan's six-year political career spanned some of the most challenging times in recent history. Events a government might encounter once in a generation stacked up: a terrorist attack, a volcanic eruption, destructive and deadly...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Did I Ever Tell You This?
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion. By his own account, his...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseA Place to Stand
A Place to Stand by Clare Ward is a profound memoir that delves into the life of a country doctor living and working in the Hokianga Harbour area in the far north of Aotearoa New Zealand. This region is sparsely populated and poses numerous health challenges. This thoughtful account details Clare’s thirty-year career, highlighting the people she works with and...Hardback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Lucky You're Tough
Lucky You're Tough chronicles the early life of helicopter pilot and NZSAS soldier Mark Law, from growing up in the rural wilds of Whangamōmona through to surviving a series of life-threatening events that would shape his life and career. After a career as a badged soldier in the NZSAS that led to an intriguing stint with the British SAS and...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer
Novelist, memoirist and playwright Witi Ihimaera – author of Pounamu, Pounamu and The Whale Rider – decided, at the age of eighty, to dive back into the water and spend a year full-time at Te Wānanga Takiura, immersing himself in his own language, in te reo Māori. This book tells the story of this kaikaukau, this swimmer, and his year...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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A Different Kind of Power
#1 New Zealand bestseller #1 Amazon bestseller #2 Audible bestseller #3 New York Times bestseller #3 Sunday Times bestseller #4 Australian bestseller From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseA Bushman's Book of Yarns
Back to the bush with the bestselling author of Sam The Trap Man. Sam Gibson's best-selling debut, Sam The Trap Man, introduced us to a natural-born storyteller with a deep enthusiasm for the ngahere. Now, Sam takes us back to the bush with another round of cracking yarns and hard-case characters, as well as a guide to edible native plants...Paperback$3799Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
New ReleaseShane Cameron
This is the gripping, often surprising story of one of New Zealand's toughest and most resilient fighters. Shane Cameron rose from humble beginnings to become a dominant force in the Australasian heavyweight division. Known for his explosive power and fearless fighting style, Cameron captured multiple national titles and fought 'The Fight of the Century' against David Tua in the biggest...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Become Unstoppable
Master your winning mindset with lessons from the life and career of coaching legend Gilbert Enoka. In a career spanning almost three decades, visionary psychological coach Gilbert Enoka changed the way the All Blacks played their game. With a 77% winning record in test match rugby, the highest of any professional sports team, they are the only international team to...Paperback$3099Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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A Different Kind of Power
What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she commanded global respect for her empathetic leadership that put people first. This is the remarkable story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt made...Hardback$4799Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Blood Says Otherwise
An absorbing true crime account of years at the frontline of crime scene reconstruction - from cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue. A compelling account of Ruben Miller's years working as a forensic scientist, visiting crime scenes and gathering evidence. His detailed descriptions of what he sees are often heart-breaking. The behaviour of...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Bookseller at the End of the World
An extraordinary story. Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about favourite books, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life. She's sailed through the Pacific for years, been held up by pirates, worked at Sydney's Kings Cross with drug addicts and prostitutes, campaigned on numerous...Hardback$3299Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Northbound: Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa
Alone in the wilderness Northbound: Four Seasons of Solitude on Te Araroa is an inspiring memoir by award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold. She spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities, and plains from summer to spring, enduring days of thick mud, blazing sun,...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Built for This
Raised among strong women, butcher's benches, and hard ideas about what men are meant to be, Brad Poulter grows up knowing he's different long before he has the words for it. But in late '90s small-town New Zealand, 'different' isn't discussed, it's managed. Joining the Royal New Zealand Navy offers escape, certainty, and belonging. The rules are clear, the uniform...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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The Chief and the Empire
The Chief and the Empire uncovers the extraordinary true tale of Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi - the first influential Māori leader to cross the Tasman - whose curiosity about the Pākehā world forged alliances, saved lives, and ultimately cost him his own. On a visit to Sydney in 1805, Te Pahi was feted as a celebrity, building close...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Every Second Counts
Every Second Counts is a fascinating, fast-paced memoir by award-winning NZ journalist Charlotte Glennie, who survived life-changing injuries after a near-fatal accident. She went on to break new ground reporting across Asia during major world events, including military and political crackdowns and natural disasters. Set in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Europe, this is the adrenaline-fuelled life of a journalist...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Night, Ma
For three and a half years, calamities hit Elizabeth Knox and family in rapid succession. Her sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her husband’s brother died by violence, and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In time, she was able to write about it. Night, Ma is a book about the net of...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
21% offSaving Elli
One child. Two years in hiding. Three lives in mortal danger. In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, near Anne Frank's house, another Jewish girl is hidden. Her name is Elli. Her father has been executed at Mauthausen concentration camp. Her mother is fleeing for her life. Elli is next. To save her, resistance couple Frits and Jo Hakkens must risk everything, concealing her...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Everyone told Sinead that having a newborn was a bubble of bliss - and after a traumatic pregnancy, she was hoping they were right. Instead, a few weeks in, Sinead was admitted to the Mother & Baby unit at Starship with Vivie, in the grips of severe postnatal depression. An honest, gut-wrenching, irreverent and shockingly funny memoir about motherhood and...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Unlikely Doctor
Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a bright boy in the eastern Bay of Plenty, nurtured by his reo Māori-speaking grandparents, Timoti's life changed sharply when his mother took custody of him when he was six. He survived abuse,...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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Underworld
From the author of the bestselling books about the escalation of organised crime and gangs in New Zealand. The brutal execution of an innocent man. The undercover DEA agent who fooled the Hells Angels in a 400kg cocaine plot. The brutal execution of a not-so-innocent man. The never-ending quest to bring down New Zealand's most wanted gangsters. These stories read...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Resilient Grieving
Hone shows us how to harness the (thankfully common) power of our own resilience to work our way through a horrible loss. The New York Times A recommended new book for those who are grieving... [Hone's] metaphor for life after loss is both powerful and apt: Think of it as a scattered jigsaw puzzle, where the pieces of one's former...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today