Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan FTI by Kim Barker
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
A true-life Catch-22 set in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent - she is candid, self-deprecating, and funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a ...Show more
Whitey by Gerard O'Neill; Dick Lehr
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
From the bestselling writers of Black Mass, now a major film, comes the definite biography of Whitey Bulger - the most brutal modern day mafia boss since Gotti. Drawing on previously classified material, Whiteytells the story of James J. 'Whitey' Bulger, the crime boss, psychopath and killer who brough ...Show more
Why I am So Wise (Ecce Homo : How we became what we are) by Friedrich Nietzsche (tr from German Gerta Valentine)
$7.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Presents Nietzsche's singular autobiography, which sets out the story of his life in bizarre and provocative fashion yet remains key to an understanding of his work. Composed in 1888; first published in German 1908 as Ecce Homo; this edition 2009.
Wild Thing - The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Celebrated as the most innovative guitarist ever to play, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is renowned for symphonic solos and virtuosic picking (sometimes, with his teeth). But, as Philip Norman describes, before Hendrix was setting guitars aflame onstage, he was a shy kid in Seattle, lucking at a broken ukul ...Show more
Wild at Heart - The Dangers and Delights of a Nomadic Life by Miriam Lancewood
$36.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Gripping sequel to the international bestseller Woman in the Wilderness, Miriam Lancewood's story of the quest for a simple life, unfettered by society's norms. Miriam Lancewood's first book Woman in the Wilderness told her story of living for seven years in the wilderness of New Zealand with her husban ...Show more
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road tri ...Show more
Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life', Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, ...Show more
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: near fine
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of o ...Show more
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life i ...Show more
Windswept and Interesting - My Autobiography by Billy Connolly
$49.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is ...Show more
Winging It : The Adventures of Tim Wallis by Neville Peat
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Take a wild animal (red deer) in plague numbers, spread them across a remote and rugged terrain, throw in helicopters hell-bent on shooting or recovering them live, then add a daring pilot called Tim Wallis – these are the ingredients of a whirlwind adventure story.This is Tim’s story. It’s about the wa ...Show more
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman by Matt Stone
$29.99 NZD
$59.99 (50% off)
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Paul Newman is one of the Great Hollywood Stars. He got the racing bug after filming "Winning", and set out to become a racer himself. With tributes from Jay leno, Carl Hass, Mario Andretti, Brock Yates, Patrick Dempsey, Roger Penslee, and others, this title pays tribute to a man who was as passionate i ...Show more