Browse by category
Biographic Audrey - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Sophie Collins
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) was a Hollywood movie star and world famous fashion icon. What, perhaps, they don't know is that she is one of a few select people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony; that she could speak five different languages; that she owned a pet deer ...Show more
Biographic: Bowie - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that David Bowie (1947-2016) was an iconic singer, songwriter and actor, whose lyrics, performances and ever-changing persona were at the heart of pop culture for over five decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he smoked 80 cigarettes a day, acted in 27 films, sold over 140 mi ...Show more
Biographic - Dickens - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Michael Robb
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era, whose works include David Copperfield and Great Expectations. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he invented more than 200 original words and phrases; that he always slept facing north, in an ef ...Show more
Biographic - Einstein - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Brian CLEGG
$22.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the creator of the theory of relativity that revolutionized modern science. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he did not learn to speak until he was 4 years old; that he was asked to become the President of Israel in 1952, but refused; that he w ...Show more
Biographic - Hemingway - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Jamie Pumfrey
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a towering figure of American literature, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner and author of novels including The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he was an ambulance driver in the World War I and suffe ...Show more
Biographic: Hendrix - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was a pioneering guitarist and songwriter whose electric playing and performances were at the heart of Sixties pop culture. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he trained as a paratrooper in the Army; that his first guitar cost only $5, while the guitar ...Show more
Biographic: Marilyn - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Katie Greenwood
$0.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was a Hollywood icon, and at one time the most famous movie star on the planet. What, perhaps, they don't know is that she lived in 42 different homes; that she loved Abraham Lincoln with a passion; that she was the first choice for the role of Holly Goli ...Show more
Biographic Marley - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a singer-songwriter who popularized reggae music and whose Jamaican culture and Rastafarian beliefs have attained worldwide influence. What, perhaps, they don't know is that his music inspired 7,000 prisoners of war to escape; that after running out of mo ...Show more
Biographic Tesla: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Brian CLEGG
$19.98 NZD
$23.00 (13% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an engineer and inventor, instrumental in developing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system and wireless radio communications we still use today. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he was born during a lightning storm; that when he first arr ...Show more
Biographic The Beatles - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Viv Coot
$23.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that The Beatles (1960-1970) were the most famous pop group of all time, who were at the heart of 1960s counterculture and whose songs transformed the music world. What, perhaps, they don't know is that they have spent more than 1,300 weeks, or 25 years, on the Billboard chart; that the ...Show more
Coco: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Sophie Collins
$29.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was a prolific French fashion designer and founder of the House of Chanel, who ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that, she was taught to sew by nuns and started Chanel by making hats; that ...Show more
Dior: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Christian Dior (1905-1957) was a French fashion designer, the founder of the world famous fashion house that carries his name. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he once owned a small art gallery selling work by artists including Pablo Picasso; that he employed a young Yves Sai ...Show more