Shane Cotton
For over thirty years Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha) has developed a rigorous and evolving painting practice, using the medium to layer the visual languages through which Aotearoa can be seen and understood. In this book, leading art writer Anthony Byrt takes us on a voyage into Te Tai Tokerau to unravel the relationships, landscapes...Hardback$8499Elsewhere:$8999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayAnimal Farm and 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
Two modern classics in one volume. George Orwell is one of the finest and most influential writers of the twentieth century. Here in one volume, are two of his best-known works of electrifying political fiction, 1984 and Animal Farm.Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party and the omnipresent Big...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayDown and Out in Paris and London
Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that… As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMoonwalk
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 /UnavailableBackorderShips mid OctoberIdle In Provence
A hilarious and heartwarming memoir of Monty Python legend Eric Idle's fifty-year quest to build the perfect home in Provence. 'Enchanting and hilarious' Stephen Fry In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python's Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars—and made all their lives a little more complicated—Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid OctoberTonight the Music Seems So Loud
He wrote one of the biggest hits of our age in 'about an hour' in his childhood bedroom. He would go on to collaborate with some of the greatest musicians of all time, from Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder. He was a pop star who bleached his hair blonde, wore tiny shorts and, at the same time, critiqued his own...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayRumours of My Demise
"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?" After Kurt Cobain's passing in 1994, everyone expected Evan Dando to be next. Rising to fame in the '90s as frontman of the Lemonheads, he was infamous for his decadent lifestyle, from his extensive drug-taking and partying with Keith Richards and Kate Moss to sleeping on floors in his punk days and...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayPink Floyd Shine On
The definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members and the band themselves through exclusive, never before published interviews. Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe World of Miss Marple - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Can you help Miss Marple solve the latest crime to be committed in the picturesque village of St Mary Mead? You might need to use her trusty binoculars to spot all the clues in this garden-party scene, where more than one murder weapon is hidden amongst the tea, cakes, and distinguished guests. Find all your favourite characters in this intricate...1000 PieceJigsaw$3100Usually:$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBottom of the Pyramid
When you’ve been told over and over that you belong at the bottom, how do you come out on top? Dance Moms star and triple threat Nia Sioux shows the way via her story of resilience, triumph, and defining success for herself. Young dancer Nia Sioux was only nine years old when she stepped into stardom as one of the...Hardback$4700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWho Me!
Embark on a journey through time, space, and the enduring magic of Doctor Who history. From collecting Dalek toys in 1960s South London to becoming one of Doctor Who's most influential historians, David J Howe's life has been shaped by Britain's beloved time-travelling hero. In this engaging memoir, Howe shares his journey from young fan to professional authority, offering unprecedented...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMe Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title essay, about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that "every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section". His family is another inspiration. You Can't Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother, who talks incessant hip-hop...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayCountry Girl
I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, crossed love and unrequited love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date, yet regardless, to go on writing and reading, to be lucky enough to live in these two...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayLess
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ - CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ - JOE LYCETT We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn’t have many but those we had were important to us. We’d cherish them, repair...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todaySonny Boy
The long-awaited memoir of the legendary actor, for readers of Keith Richards' Life and Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run. From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role,...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWings
A landmark account of Paul McCartney's triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the subsequent rise of one of the decade's most iconic bands. As the Sixties came to a close, Paul McCartney was faced with the daunting prospect of being a solo artist for the first time. Wings' ascension to the top of the charts with classic albums including...Hardback$7600Elsewhere:$9500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todaySeriously Silly
Python, actor, director, popular historian, reluctant national treasure, purveyor of sincere silliness - this is the story of the one and only Terry Jones. In an intimate portrait penned by the close friend Terry chose to write his memoir, Seriously Silly is the story of one of our greatest comedy legends. Taking in his major successes as well as his...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThat's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You
Writer, comedian, and content creator Elyse Myers gets real about life’s awkward moments in her bold, funny, and unfiltered debut book. Elyse Myers is known to her twelve million followers as “The Internet’s Best Friend,” sharing her relatable stories and comedic sketches and serving as an advocate for topics such as neurodivergence, impostor syndrome, body image, and more. Whether she’s...Hardback$4199Elsewhere:$5299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWhat I Ate in One Year
From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste — a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives. 'Sharing food is one of the purest human acts' Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life — from stracciatella soup...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Mirror Book
Growing up behind the family façade. Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir from a critically acclaimed writer. 'It's material, make a story out of it,' was the mantra Charlotte Grimshaw grew up with in her famous literary family. But when her life suddenly turned upside-down, she needed to re-examine the reality of that material. The more she...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayHolding the Baby
Part-memoir, part-manifesto, Holding the Baby is a wildly reassuring and radically ambitious book for any new parents who have felt dismissed, misunderstood or short-changed. 'My favourite person on the politics of parenthood' - Pandora Sykes 'Exhilarating, infuriating, urgent and human' - Daisy Buchanan 'A blazing, brilliant read ... compassionate, convincing, funny!' - Amy Liptrot 'Honest, unflinching and necessary' - Sara...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayA Thousand Threads
The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry. A Sunday Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Evening Standard, Uncut and Rough Trade Book of the Year 2024 'Intoxicating . . . Seductive' - Sunday Times 'Fabulous' - Vogue Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut—gold bra, gold bomber jacket,...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayKnife
The Instant Sunday Times #1 Bestseller - a moving, life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie. On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayDown and Out in Paris and London
"You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them." George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute in London and Paris is a moving tour of the underworld of society. Here he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor. Sleeping...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWifedom
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 - LITERARY NON-FICTION 'Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full. And this in a narrative that grips the reader...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThis Much is True
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, Miriam Margolyes, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treasure. Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayImpossible
A powerful memoir of redemption and the remarkable journey to find one’s purpose amidst adversity. Stan Walker, one of the most celebrated musicians to emerge from Australia and New Zealand, invites readers into his life story with Impossible, an unflinching memoir that is as captivating as it is inspiring. Growing up in a tumultuous environment where love and violence coexisted,...Paperback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMy Animals, and Other Animals
In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way. Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage. Fast forward a few decades...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayFriends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
There's never been a more honest or raw memoir . . . and it may just save lives Daily Mail Funny, fascinating, compelling . . . also a wonderful read for fans of Friends The Times HI, MY NAME IS MATTHEW, although you may know me by my full name. My friends call me Matty. So begins the riveting story...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWhat I Ate in One Year
From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste - What I Ate in One Year is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals, and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives. 'Sharing food is one of the purest human acts.' Food has always been an integral part of...Hardback$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayTaylor Swift Style
Dazzling. Incomparable. Unforgettable. The definitive book of Taylor Swift's fashion evolution. For Taylor Swift, fashion and music go hand-in-hand, each playing a powerful role in shaping the narrative of this generation's most prolific storyteller. Red lipstick isn't just a makeup choice; it's the emblem of an era. A miniskirt isn't simply part of a cute outfit; it's a coat of...Hardback$2900Usually:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayRaising Demons
In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the beloved author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet—her own children. Shirley Jackson, with her trademark wit and uncanny precision, skewers the trials of domestic life in 1950s America. In Raising Demons, Jackson's four offspring have now grown into fully-fledged little devils, turning everyday family...Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayPageboy
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his story. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Singular' - Daily Telegraph 'Powerful' - New York Times 'Vital' - i 'Vivid... Moving... Juicy' - NPR 'A profoundly talented writer' - Elizabeth Day 'Raw, harrowing, and often heartbreaking' - LA Times 'Written by a...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Third Eye
The Third Eye is George Harrison's own intimate, beautiful collection of more than two hundred never-before-collected photos of the Beatles at work and at play—the vast majority published for the first time. From 1963 to 1969, George Harrison travelled the world with his bandmates, Pentax in hand, chronicling their impossible path from Liverpool to Ed Sullivan, Adelaide to Rishikesh, the...Hardback$9999Elsewhere:$13000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayLetters to Milena
A window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer. You are the knife I turn inside myself Letters to Milena contains Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska, providing an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer. Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayJane Austen at Home
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley is an intimate and groundbreaking biography that delves into the personal and domestic life of one of literature's most beloved novelists, Jane Austen. Through meticulous research and a vivid narrative, Worsley brings to light a new perspective on how Austen's surroundings and daily experiences influenced her writing, creativity, and...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Long and Winding Road
One of the world's bestselling storytellers, Lesley Pearse writes brilliantly about survivors. Why? Because she is one herself... Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart. A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Uncool
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. Cameron Crowe was an unlikely rock and roll insider. Born in 1957 to parents who strictly banned the genre from their house,...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todaySpeak, Memory
The autobiography of one of the world's most talented and intriguing writers, reissuing in Penguin Modern Classics. Speak, Memory, said Vladimir Nabokov. And immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers-on, and of grand...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayColdplay One Lens
A lush book of stunning photographs capturing Coldplay's epic live shows and journey to global superstardom. Experience the electrifying magic of Coldplay live, as captured in this stunning celebration of one of the world's biggest touring bands. Covering two decades of live performance, and featuring never-seen-before images shot through the lens of renowned music photographer, Victoria Smith follows Coldplay from...Hardback$5999Elsewhere:$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksCrying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 'fking destroyed me,' - Olivia Rodrigo 'Michelle Zauner explores what it means to cook your feelings... she uses the lens of food and cooking to explore her Korean identity after she loses her mother to cancer.' - Jungkook of BTS From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, this is an unflinching, powerful, deeply moving memoir about growing...Paperback$1999Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayActually, Nevermind
Actually, Nevermind is a collection of sharply funny, deeply honest essays from comedian Taylor Tomlinson, on the art of changing your mind. From once holding black-and-white beliefs shaped by a strict religious upbringing and early grief, to now embracing the glorious mess of nuance, Taylor charts her evolving worldview—both the profound and the ridiculous. With self-deprecating humour and flashes of...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksTender is the Night
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Tender is the Night 'Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.' American Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are the epitome of 1920s elegance and sophistication, entertaining friends and pursuing a glamorous lifestyle at their French Riviera villa. When Rosemary Hoyt, a...Paperback$1099Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayI Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
Packed with hard-won wisdom and gentle truths, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery. Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book. Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade - there have been surprising joys, but also challenging lows. I shall be honest about...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeksDiddly 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 todayThe Third Gilmore Girl
A memoir of stardom over six decades from the beloved Tony-Award winning actress. Finally sharing the long-awaited story of her fascinating career, Tony-Award winning actress Kelly Bishop takes us on her journey from starring on the stage to the silver screen to our most-streamed TV shows, sharing the wisdom she's learned along the way. Perhaps most famous for playing Emily...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayAlways Winning
An unconventional memoir filled with brave and inspiring stories, hard-earned wisdom, and the keys to discovering true success from the award-winning star of Adolescence and Top Boy. From the star of the phenomenal Netflix show, Adolescence, comes a powerful memoir, packed with inspiring stories and hard-earned wisdom for life's most challenging moments. "I wanted to write this book for that...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBabe: Elaboratio
From the Author: There aren’t enough trees to make enough paper to write enough words to say how much I love my mom, and words would just make a big bucket of ink. I only knew her for a short time, as she died when I was thirteen, but those years gave me infinite joy and strength. I carry her...Hardback$3799Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMurray Ball
The bestselling biography of cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats. In Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life, Murray's son Mason Ball shares all the hits and misses and long years of hard graft that went into what would become the wildly successful creative enterprise: Footrot Flats. From his unique viewpoint and with candid honesty, Mason reveals the real-life backstory to...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBarnett Newman
The definitive biography of a transformational American artist and the city that shaped him. Barnett Newman (1905-1970), a founding member of the abstract expressionist movement, was a contemporary of such figures as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. He left behind only 118 finished paintings, six sculptures, and 83 acknowledged drawings, yet is often regarded as...Hardback$7999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayJess and Norma
Step into the world of Jess and her 90 year old grandmother Norma who, with over 4.5 million devoted followers, have taken social media by storm with their infectious sense of humour and heart-warming bond. Hi! I'm Jess, and if you follow us on social media, you'll already know my Nan, Norma. We've had so much fun writing this book...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayA Mind of My Own
'This is a book about being raised as a feral, motherless child; starting work at 17; immortalising several of this country’s most endearing catchphrases; triumphing at Cannes; being told you’re a genius by Peter Cook; and, at one party, accidentally taking some of Shaun Ryder’s crack, then attempting to set fire to a woman’s arse.' - Caitlin Moran, Times Magazine...Paperback$3700Elsewhere:$4799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe World of Hercule Poirot - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Put your little grey cells to the test as you piece together Hercule Poirot's most famous cases. You'll need to use order and method to spot all of the clues, crimes and culprits hidden in this intricate jigsaw, which references all thirty-three of Agatha Christie's beloved Poirot novels. The World of Hercule Poirot offers a thrilling challenge in the form...1000 PieceJigsaw$3100Usually:$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayTaylor Swift
Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums—from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department—Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it. This book also features several chapters on all the Taylor's Version albums released to date, with panel discussions from noted Swift scholars accompanied by vibrant photography that captures Swift in...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMichael
He died at only 37, but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a twelve-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael's trusted confidant until his...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayLittle Girl Blue
Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar. Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen's heartbreaking struggles with her mother,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayAverage at Best
Astrid Jorgensen is on a mission to teach the world to sing. But she’s not promising to make anybody better at singing – she simply wants people to feel less ashamed of whatever voice they have. By its very nature, ‘best’ is rare and elusive: you’re not going to get much of it in life. And I sure don’t want...Paperback$3099Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayRide Free
Willie G. Davidson likes to say that he was born with gasoline in his veins and a crayon in each hand. A designer at heart, Davidson combined his passions for art and motorcycles to extend a multi-generational unbroken thread from Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company's birth in a wooden shed in the early twentieth century to today. The grandson of one of...Hardback$5799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayOnly God Can Judge Me
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman turns his sharp eye and meticulous storytelling to one of pop culture’s most enduring and enigmatic figures—Tupac Shakur—presenting the definitive retelling of his life, complete with explosive new details. Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur remains a subject of immense cultural significance and speculation nearly thirty years after his murder. Despite...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNever Understood
A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR In Never Understood, William and Jim Reid tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain - one of Britain's greatest guitar bands - for the very first time. A wildly funny and...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayFires Which Burned Brightly
A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks. In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood — 'cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range' — the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street,...Hardback$3600Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMake Your Own Rules
USA TODAY Bestseller YouTube sensation Andrew Huang offers practical tips and hard-won advice for creatives seeking financial stability while staying authentic. How does a musician with acute hearing loss, a refusal to perform live, and no industry connections carve a path to millions of followers and lucrative royalty checks? In Make Your Own Rules, Andrew Huang shares stories from his...Hardback$4500Elsewhere:$4900Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBrat
Fans of Patti Smith's Just Kids and Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and bracingly honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as a 1980s Hollywood Brat Pack member. Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his roles in movies like Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo's Fire,...Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayGreta
Find inspiration and empowerment as you explore the life, career, and influences of Greta Gerwig. The actor, writer, and director probably best known (at the moment) for the ground-breaking blockbuster film Barbie, Greta Gerwig is an icon to young women who hope to follow in her footsteps and pursue their own creative passions. But what has driven her to create...Hardback$2400Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMonet
The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of Impressionism Based on thousands of never-before-translated letters and unpublished sources, Jackie Wullschläger's enthralling biography is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. Deeply moving, it immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his art, and...Paperback$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayFifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
“So smart and entertaining it should come with its own popcorn”—People Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the film version of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the acclaimed, New York Times bestseller that is the definitive account of Audrey Hepburn and the making of the cultural landmark film—now updated with a new introduction by the author. In Fifth Avenue, 5...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayLife on Air
The broadcasting memoirs of Sir David Attenborough, the world's leading Natural History programme-maker - revised and updated in mass market paperback. Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly six decades, and in this volume of memoirs Sir David tells stories of the people and animals he has met...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayFrom Scratch
Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours. It was love at first sight when...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayMantel Pieces
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Life of Charlotte Bronte
Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Brontë was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Brontë's life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer who had 'foreseen the single life' for herself, to her...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayThe Broken House
The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt Sunday Times An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNovelist as a Vocation
Thoughts and advice on the creative writing process from an international master of literature. Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles. You end this collection...vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again — Guardian Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNot Dead Yet: The Autobiography
The long-awaited autobiography from Phil Collins, one of the bestselling music artists of all time. This is the rollercoaster journey from his beginnings as a child actor to his domination of the charts both as a solo artist and as part of Genesis. His success is astounding, his music has global reach and his story is legendary. In his own...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayGreat Diaries
An illustrated guide to the finest literary and historically important diaries from ancient times to the present day. Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks, Great Diaries provides an intimate insight...Hardback$4400Elsewhere:$4800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayHow to End a Story
The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers. How to End a Story, Helen Garner's third volume of diaries, is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is disintegrating around her. Living with a powerfully ambitious writer who...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNotes to John
An extraordinary, previously unpublished work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights, Joan Didion. In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years.' She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayWords for My Comrades
Before his murder at twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the pre-eminent storyteller of the 90s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half-century. He recorded several platinum-selling albums, starred in major films, and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history and brilliantly...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayBound for Glory
The captivating autobiography by one of America's most influential folk singers, Woody Guthrie. Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of American folk music. He tells of his childhood running wild in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, the tragedies that struck his family, and of his life on the open road during the...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayNo Words for This
The much-anticipated memoir by media personality Alison Mau In my family, we never talked about the past... Since the age of twelve, Alison Mau wanted to be a journalist just like her dad. A beer-swilling, straight-talking man who was rough around the edges but could quote passages of Hamlet at will, he taught Ali everything from rabbit-hunting to throwing a...Paperback$3100Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips todayA Moveable Feast
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast. — Ernest Hemingway to a friend. A Moveable Feast is Hemingway's captivating memoir of living in Paris during the twenties. His memories of life as an...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today