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Frida Kahlo - Lives of the Artists series by Hettie Judah
$30.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Lives of the Artists Ser.
Fridamania has made Frida Kahlo's image ubiquitous: she has been reborn as a Halloween costume, Barbie doll, children's book character, textile print, phone cover, and the inspiration for everything from cocktails to fashion shoots. But it is more difficult to get a clear vision of this bold and brillia ...Show more
Great Lives in Graphics: Coco Chanel by BUTTON BOOKS
$22.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Great Lives in Graphics Ser.
Great Lives in Graphics: Coco Chanel is a graphic retelling of Chanel's story which gives children a visual snapshot of her life and career, while educating them on everything from the history of early twentieth century fashion and society to life in wartime France. You may already know that Coco C ...Show more
Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela by BUTTON BOOKS
$22.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Great Lives in Graphics Ser.
Great Lives in Graphics: Mandela is a graphic retelling of Mandela's story which giveschildren a visual snapshot of his life and long fight for freedom, whileeducating them on everything from the history of racial segregation to theimportance of equality. You may already know that Nelson Mandela endedap ...Show more
Great Lives in Graphics: Marie Curie by BUTTON BOOKS
$22.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Great Lives in Graphics Ser.
Great Lives in Graphics: Marie Curie is a graphic retelling of Curie's story which gives children a visual snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from how radioactivity works to the importance of self-belief. You may already know that Marie Curie was a scie ...Show more
Hannah Arendt by Samantha Rose Hill
$29.99 NZD
$39.00 (23% off)
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Critical Lives Ser.
Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first book at the age of twenty-three, before turning away from the world of academic philosophy to reckon with ...Show more
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
James Joyce by Richard Ellmann
$72.95 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Oxford Lives S.
This acclaimed biography has won both the James Tait Black and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prizes, and is considered by many to be the definitive account of Joyce's life and work.
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.