Barbarian Days
Barbarian Days by William Finnegan is a captivating memoir that takes readers on an extraordinary journey across the globe, capturing the author’s lifelong passion for surfing. From the early days of his youth spent on the sun-drenched beaches of California and Hawaii, Finnegan's life is marked by an unrelenting quest for the perfect wave. This enthralling narrative details Finnegan’s adventures...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Revenge
The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller, Now with a Brand New Final Chapter 'Explosive' The Sun'Accounts from insiders who have never spoken before' The Times'Bombshell' The Mirror The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebrated around the world, was the beginning of a new era for the Windsors. Yet, within one tumultuous...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
And 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$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Crash
In 1987 Sally Wenley was the driven, fun-loving and at times naughty sports prefect of her Hawke’s Bay school with everything to live for. When a bus crashed on a school trip, five people were killed and she became a paraplegic, her sporting dreams in tatters. Now an award-winning radio reporter, in this engaging, uplifting and at times hilarious memoir...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
A Hymn to Life
The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for shame to change sides. For the very first time, Gisèle Pelicot tells her story. In A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot inspired and moved millions of people with her astonishing courage and dignity as she chose to waive her right to anonymity in her legal fight against...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Bread of Angels
A radiant new memoir from beloved artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award Winner Just Kids. ‘God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper’, writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist. A post-Second World War childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail: consumptive children, vanishing neighbours,...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
My Life with the Chimpanzees
Inspired by a stuffed toy, Jane Goodall became the first woman to study chimps in the wild and in the process made history. As a child, Jane Goodall was given a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee, and she has said her fondness for this figure started her early love of animals. While others thought Jane would be terrified by the toy,...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Anthony Bourdain Reader
The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, including unpublished and never-before-seen material, with an Introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe. Anthony Bourdain represented many things to many people – and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him than that of a writer; it was one of the central ways he saw...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit 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
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The Confessions of Saint Augustine is a profound autobiographical work that traces the remarkable journey of Augustine, from his youth spent in pursuit of worldly pleasures to his ultimate transformation into one of Christianity's most influential thinkers. This seminal work captures his internal struggles with sin, his profound...Paperback$900Elsewhere:$999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Your Story, Grandma
A guided journal for grandmas that will be a bridge between generations, a great conversation starter and a cherished collection of family history. Families are rich with stories but often these go undocumented and uncelebrated. This journal empowers grandmas to capture their life experiences. Grandmas will take on the role as author to their own story, inspired by a series...Hardback$2400Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
On Tyranny
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder is a compelling and insightful guidebook on how to resist and challenge the forces of authoritarianism and preserve democratic values. Bringing together lessons from history, Snyder provides concrete strategies and principles that individuals can employ to protect freedom and stave off the threat of tyranny. This essential read is not only a reflection on the...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Gone Bush
The story of a wanderer, long-distance tramper, and hut-bagging legend. Paul Kilgour was bitten by the tramping bug early. He began going on epic trips as a young boy, beyond the farm and along the coast. During these wanderings, he met old folk living simply in tiny huts out the back of farms and on clifftops, and swaggers walking in...Paperback$2699Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Poems & Prayers
From the Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Greenlights comes an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief.My prayers are my poems are my prayers.I've always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world.A prescriptionist at heart, I've always...Hardback$3099Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayChampions Do Extra
A transformational new book about mindset, from rugby and league icon Brad Thorn. Brad Thorn's career rewrote the rules of what an athlete can achieve. From his country upbringing on the frosty fields of Otago in New Zealand to the baked turf of Queensland in Australia, Brad Thorn reveals the powerful lessons he learned in his relentless pursuit...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Manners 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$3399Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Idaho Murders
Based on extensive research and first-hand interviews, this true crime novel offers unprecedented insight into the 2022 Idaho murders and the subsequent trial. On 13th November 2022, in the small quiet town of Moscow, Idaho, the unthinkable happened. Four innocent college students were murdered in their home. In the ensuing investigation, the local police and FBI did a lot right....Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World
The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's tumultuous life, touching readers in powerful ways. It became an international bestseller, translated into eleven languages. Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World picks up Ruth's story with more charming, heartbreaking, brave and funny tales. Having found the love of her life, Lance,...Hardback$3100Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Wintering
Wintering by Katherine May offers readers an intimate and revelatory exploration into the quieter, often overlooked periods of life. Through a thoughtful narrative, May delves into the times when we must step back to care for and repair ourselves, emphasizing the natural cycles of retreat and renewal. She artfully blends personal memoir with insightful reflections on the ebb and flow...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
New ReleaseMr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour — from the mysterious man behind the camera... Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a global audience, earning them the Guinness World Record...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
This is Going to Hurt
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay takes you on an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and often hysterical journey through the gruelling life of a junior doctor working in the NHS. The book is based on Kay's private diaries, penned during endless shifts, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, revealing the raw realities of a profession that is both incredibly demanding and...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New ReleaseAll the Medals Have Been Handed Out
The million-selling truck mechanic returns with stories of Colombian kartels, an Arctic mission with the marines, endurance motorbike challenges, plus a few smashes, breaks, and sprains along the way. Guy's been pushing himself to the outer limits, as usual. There's no medals, no big ceremony at the end of it all. He's just driven by putting himself through the misery....Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Hine Toa
Hine Toa is an incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer, and Māori liberation movements. 'Remarkable. At once heartbreaking and triumphant' – Patricia Grace In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Letters from a Stoic
Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Seneca offers readers an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of Rome's eminent philosophers. The book comprises a series of letters that Seneca, an advisor to Emperor Nero, wrote to his friend Lucilius. These letters explore themes central to Stoic thought, such as the pursuit of wisdom, coping with adversity, and the...Paperback$900Elsewhere:$999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
New ReleaseDogs of the World
A love letter to dogs and the world they help us see more clearly. For almost a decade, Craig Turner-Bullock has wandered the globe with camera in hand and dogs in his heart, capturing the spirit of nearly 70 breeds within the landscapes that helped shape them and which, to this day, reflect their origins and histories. Ranging over continents,...Hardback$8000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Everything But the Medicine
Wise, candid, brave and moving, this superbly written memoir by a New Zealand GP is reminiscent of the warm wisdom and humanity of the American physician and writer Atul Gawande. Over her long career, Dr Lucy O’Hagan has developed deep insights into the profound but often complex relationship between patients and doctors. Reading about her own struggle with what it...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
New ReleaseSaid the Dead
From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book—both history and ghost story—that will leave you gasping by its final page. In the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern apartments. One passerby has always flinched as she passes the place. Had she lived in another time, she too might have...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3799Unit 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 
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
New ReleaseGhost Stories
Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt's tender memoir of the forty-three years she spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster: from their first encounter in 1980s New York, to his death in 2024. Featuring Paul Auster's last ever piece of writing. 'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with love' SARAH WATERS 'What a...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
HOPE
The groundbreaking, intimate, and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025, the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now. HOPE is the revelatory...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Last Secret Agent
'One of the most remarkable women I have ever met.' - Chris Parsons, Commanding Officer New Zealand SAS, (2009-2011) 'The most remarkable story of a most courageous woman' - Hon Judith Collins 'This biography of a remarkable woman is an absolute cracker. What makes this book so readable and so accessible is the combination of Pippa's fantastic life story and...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air is an extraordinary memoir that offers readers an intimate glimpse into the life of Paul Kalanithi, a talented neurosurgeon who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the age of thirty-six, just as he is poised to complete nearly a decade of rigorous training. In this profoundly moving and thought-provoking narrative, Kalanithi takes readers on a...Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Book of Alchemy
A guide to the art of journalling and meditation on the central questions of life, from the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms. Suleika Jaouad's journal has been a lifelong companion—marking life's great occasions and helping her ride its roughest waves, through illness, heartbreak, and the deepest oceans of uncertainty. Like Suleika, many consider it a transformative and often vulnerable...Hardback$3899Elsewhere:$4500Unit 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 
Tailored Realities
Spanning the genres of fantasy and science fiction, this collection features stories from beyond the bounds of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe. Along with the never-before-seen novella 'Moment Zero', Tailored Realities will include 'Snapshot', 'Perfect State', 'Defending Elysium' (a novella set within the world of Skyward), and five other stories that were originally published individually elsewhere—never before collected into one volume,...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3799Unit 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$2799Elsewhere:$3099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Create Dangerously
Create Dangerously by Albert Camus is a compelling and thought-provoking collection of essays that delve into the intricate relationship between art and society. Written with the precision and eloquence that only Camus can offer, this collection is a profound exploration of the artist's duty in a time of sociopolitical turmoil. The title essay, "Create Dangerously," lays bare the inherent risks...Paperback$299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Out of the Ashes
The story of one young woman's survival against the odds, and how the love of her mother saved her. When the White Island volcano erupted in New Zealand in 2019, it shattered the lives of Stephanie and Marie Browitt. Stephanie, just 23 years old, suffered horrific burns to 70 per cent of her body and lost her younger sister, Krystal...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Light and Thread
What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs and diaries. A book of...Hardback$2999Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Dream Dealer
Growing up in 1950s Auckland, Greg Newbold's early years were marked by order and chaos in equal measure, as his stable childhood later became transformed by his mother's alcoholism. After leaving school at 17, he entered university in 1970 and soon became immersed in the drug-fuelled hedonism of the era. Always a risk-taker, he began dealing in the drugs he...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Nobody's Girl
The extraordinarily powerful and unforgettable memoir by the woman who stood up and spoke out about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Daughter. Prisoner. Survivor. Warrior. Nobody's Girl... This is Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s last word. In 2011, Virginia hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Letters from a Stoic
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under Emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with...Paperback$1200Elsewhere:$1299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Cat On The Road To Findout
Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music, and spiritual adventures of Yusuf/Cat Stevens, one of the iconic figures of our time. Cat On The Road To Findout is more than a memoir—it's a profound exploration of identity, faith, and the universal search for meaning. Cat Stevens was launched to fame in the swinging sixties, with chart-topping pop hits...Paperback$3099Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
South Sea Vagabonds
Join Johnny Wray in the enduring New Zealand classic that has inspired adventurers for generations, as South Sea Vagabonds embarks on its 75th anniversary edition. A tale of resilience, daring, and the pursuit of dreams, this narrative follows Johnny's journey from the bustling shores of Auckland to the serene, untouched beauty of the South Pacific's azure waters and palm-fringed atolls....Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Billion Dollar Whale
Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly, starred review), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia orchestrated one of the biggest financial heists in history. Billion Dollar Whale follows the meteoric rise of Jho Low, a mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$3499Unit 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 /UnavailableOut 18 Aug 2026Pre-order -
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 
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
William & Catherine
The first joint biography of William and Catherine to be written in over a decade, by acclaimed royal journalist and broadcaster Russell Myers. From the relentless media scrutiny and controversies of their 2022 Caribbean Tour to the shock cancer diagnoses of both the Princess of Wales and the King, this captivating biography by acclaimed royal journalist Russell Myers intimately traces...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Greenlights
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Gloriously bonkers - Guardian, Best Autobiographies and Memoirs of 2020 A rollicking, contemplative trip - Financial Times From the Academy Award-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. I've been in this life for fifty years, been...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Five
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold is an extraordinary historical narrative that offers a poignant exploration of the untold lives of five women—Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Mary-Jane—whose fates disastrously intersected with the notorious figure known to the world as Jack the Ripper. Unlike traditional accounts focusing solely on the crimes and the elusive murderer, this book shifts the spotlight back...Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
SAS 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$2499Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly
Welcome back to Diddly Squat Farm, where Jeremy Clarkson's agricultural adventures continue unabated in Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly. Since seizing control of the farm three years ago, Jeremy has delved deeper into the mucky, unpredictable world of farming. This latest instalment offers more of his uniquely entertaining blend of wit, frustration, and unexpected triumphs. On the farm, Jeremy faces...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The White Album
Joan Didion’s hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of the Sixties. We tell ourselves stories in order to live. The princess is caged in the consulate. The man with the candy will lead the children into the sea. In this now legendary journey into the hinterland of the American psyche,...Paperback$2199Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Raising Hare
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND iNEWS 'A beautiful book' - ANGELINA JOLIE 'I...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Chickenhawk
Robert Mason's Chickenhawk takes readers on a visceral and harrowing journey through the Vietnam War, as seen from the cockpit of a Huey helicopter. Mason, who dreamed of flying from a young age, is given the opportunity by the U.S. Army, leading him to pilot more than 1,000 assault missions between August 1965 and July 1966. Through his eyes, we...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Say Nothing
The International Bestseller A New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century Soon to be an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+ 'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' — Nick Hornby From the author of Empire of Pain – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions....Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
Excellent...entrancing and disturbing. The New York Times One of the world's best investigative journalists tells the true story of Chinese twins forcibly separated as babies through adoption trafficking, raised on opposite sides of the globe and only reunited as teens. In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Alone in the World
'Miriam finds beauty in what lies beyond fear.' Ben Fogle, New Lives in the Wild Do something unexpected. Sooner, rather than later. Miriam Lancewood - adventurer, philosopher, brave and extraordinary yet humble human being - takes you into her world of expeditions through New Zealand, Bulgaria, the Himalayas, India, Turkey, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. She hitchhikes to remote locations, camps in...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Utterly 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$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories
From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. On Monday, September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, "Should I continue?" "Yes," she said. "I like it." From global bestseller and creator of Jack...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
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$3399Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Mad and the Brave
With real-life echoes of SAS Rogue Heroes – this is an astonishing account of Europe’s biggest major conflict, told through the eyes of a ragbag collection of foreign fighters. Three days after Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky issues a desperate appeal for foreign military volunteers to help defend his country. Thousands answer the call from all over...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
I Wanna Be Yours
I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke is a vivid memoir that paints an extraordinary picture of an unconventional life. This candid and compelling autobiography takes readers on a journey through Clarke's remarkable career and personal experiences, offering a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of Britain's most iconic poets. The memoir is a rich tapestry of humour,...Paperback$2499Unit 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
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
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls offers a stirring portrait of a childhood marked by both deprivation and resilience. Walls, a celebrated journalist, recounts her journey starting from the dusty, desolate mining towns of the American Southwest, to finally reaching the grandiose, antique-filled apartment on Park Avenue in New York City. This evocative memoir takes readers through an extraordinary life...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
Fifty new books at £1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. I am Black and lesbian, and what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger...Paperback$499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book.” —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express—until now. Have you ever...Hardback$4000Elsewhere:$4699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
RFK 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$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Book of Lives
The life and times of one of the most important writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in the Canadian far north, through the writing of The Handmaid's Tale, to her position today as a revered truth-teller and literary icon. How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story? Immerse yourself in the creative universe of...Hardback$5999Elsewhere:$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Frankenstein
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Frankenstein ‘The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…’ Victor Frankenstein’s monster is stitched...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
What Have I Done?
What Have I Done? For the first—and only—time, Ben tackles this question head-on in his frank, forthright, and entertaining autobiography. Taking a deep dive into his life and times, both private and public, he reveals the true stories behind iconic hits such as The Young Ones, Blackadder, and We Will Rock You. He discusses his pioneering routines hosting Saturday Live,...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Normal Women
The Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A lasting work of social history’ — The Times ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ — Dan Jones ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ — Spectator From the multi-million bestselling historical novelist comes the culmination of her life’s work. Did you know that there are more penises than women in the...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Rest is History
NOW WITH A FUN PUB QUIZ 'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times The nation’s favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn’t even think to ask... - What was the most disastrous party...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Savage Storm
The most pivotal, brutal, and shattering campaign the Allies faced in World War II by bestselling historian James Holland. Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters - Daily Mail James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians - Sebastian Faulks With the invasion of France the following year taking shape, and hot on...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Dark Days
Dark Days by James Baldwin is a powerful collection of essays that vividly reflects on Baldwin's own experiences of racial prejudice and systemic injustice in mid-20th century America. As a seminal voice in the civil rights movement, Baldwin unflinchingly explores the deeply entrenched racism that pervades society and envisions a more equitable and hopeful world. Through these searing essays, Baldwin...Paperback$699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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