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Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
Harvey Milk was a complex man. There were seemingly many Harveys as he drifted for years through various stages, fumbling to find the niche from which he could fulfill the high, vague aspirations of his childhood.... Each earlier "life" represented some genuine (if contradictory) aspect of Harvey Milk-a ...Show more
Harvey Milk - His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman
$36.99 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+ | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
A lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting all minorities Harvey Milk--eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck--was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even serve ...Show more
Hokusai: A Graphic Biography by Giuseppe Lantaza
$35.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Graphic Lives Ser.
A stunning visual biography of one of Japan's most famous historical artists, this book beautifully illustrates the story of Katsushika Hokusai. Enter the world of Katsushika Hokusai - the enigmatic creator of Japanese art's all-time most iconic image. This vivid graphic biography tells the story of ...Show more
Houdini - The Elusive American by Adam Begley
$57.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the world's greatest escape artist In 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie was never made, its title, "The Marvelous Adventures ...Show more
Jane Austen by Carol Shields
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Lives Ser.
Bestselling, award-winning novelist writing about one of the most popular and enduring English novelists of all time.'Splendid ... a gem' LITERARY REVIEW'An excellent biography' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Shields on Austen offers up a delicious prospect. And we are not disappointed' SCOTSMANJane Austen was one of t ...Show more
Jane Austen by Carol Shields
$29.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Lives Ser.
An observant and revealing biography of this remarkable writer whose characters are as alive today in their longings as they were two hindred years ago, when Jane Austen first gave them breath.
Julian - Romes Last Pagan Emperor by Philip Freeman
$44.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of ...Show more
Kusama : A Graphic Biography by Elisa Macellari
$35.00 NZD
$38.00 (7% off)
Category: Art & Design | Series: Graphic Lives Ser.
From rural Japan to international icon Yayoi Kusama has spent her remarkable life immersed in her art. Follow her incredible journey in this vivid graphic biography which details her bold departure from Japan as a young artist, her embrace of the buzzing New York art scene in the 1960s, and her eventual ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Thomas
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Frida Kahlo was a colourful Mexican artist who endured great pain and hardship, but used her bright, vivid brushstrokes to express her emotions and reveal her true personality. She created over 50 self-portraits, and is considered to be one of the most influential and inspirational artists of the twenti ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Maya Angelou by Danielle Jawando
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Maya Angelou was an African-American author, poet, playwright and civil rights activist. She wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and a long list of plays, films and television shows. Never taking 'No' for an answer, Maya used her voice and her art to overcome pre ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives - Stephen Hawking by Isabel Thomas; Marianna Madriz (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's most famous scientists. His ground-breaking research into black holes and the Big Bang has helped to explain the beginnings of our universe and his book A Brief History of Timehas sold over 10 million copies. Diagnosed with a form of motor neuron disease when he wa ...Show more
Lives Of The Artists (Volume I) by Giorgio Vasari
$25.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first dra ...Show more