Whatever Next? Lessons from an Unexpected Life by Anne Glenconner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Bracing honesty, rare insight, and hilarious revelations from the author of the smash-hit New York Times bestselling memoir Lady in Waiting as she shares everything she's learned from her extraordinary and unexpected life. Lady in Waiting brought us royal magic, beguiling insight, and jaw-dropping stori ...Show more
My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations by Michael Parkinson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This exciting new autobiography charts legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson's love of cricket, football and family throughout his life. Reflecting on his sporting life, he touches on his relationship with the late Shane Warne, who he was the first to interview in long form, and recalls his friend ...Show more
Elon Musk: Risking it all by Michael Vlismas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Elon Musk offers exclusive new insights and first-hand interviews into the childhood that shaped Musk. From humble beginnings as an awkward boy from Pretoria, who loved comics and science fiction books, to the influence of his mother and the complex relationship with his father, Musk's early years were ...Show more
Able (Fully updated edition) by Dylan Alcott
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The incredible life of an astonishing athlete and now disability advocate - fully updated to include Wimbledon and French Open wins and moreDylan Alcott has never let his disability get in the way of what he wanted to achieve.His family treated him no differently to any other kid, and it was the best th ...Show more
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An astonishing and brave memoir of life, love, and assisted death, from the author of White Houses. In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the ...Show more
The Naturalist: The remarkable life of Allan Riverstone McCulloch by Brendan Atkins
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
For lovers of natural history, this is the first book to explore Allan Riverstone McCulloch’s scientific genius, artistic talents and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum.Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925) was a leading scientist and talented illustrator, the Australian Museu ...Show more
Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair by William J. Mann
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love story--the romance between Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart--capturing its complexity, contradictions, and challenges as never before. In Bogie & Bacall, William Mann offers a deep and ...Show more
Frank Moorhouse: A life by Catharine Lumby
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The definitive biography of one of Australia's best-known men of letters. Many writers fashion a career out of their writing. Some fashion brilliant careers. Very few, however, commit to their art in a manner that inflects every aspect of their own daily life. Frank Moorhouse was one of the rare writers ...Show more
My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood: Winner of the 2023 National Biography Award by Ann-Marie Priest
$37.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A masterful portrait of a major Australian writer, her incandescent poetry and her battles to be heard in a male-dominated literary establishment. The first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia's most significant and distinctive poets. Harwood is renowned for her brilliance, but love ...Show more
My Life as a Jew by Michael Gawenda
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A multi-award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of a major Australian newspaper searingly explores his Jewish identity at a time when a substantial - and growing - part of the left is opposed to the very existence of Israel as a Jewish state. Born in a displaced persons' camp two years afte ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who eve ...Show more
Aphrodite's Breath: A mother and daughter's Greek Island adventure by Susan Johnson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
What happens when you take your 85-year-old mother to live with you on a Greek island? A strikingly original, funny, and forensic examination of love and finding home from the author of From Where I Fell. In life, as in myth, women are the ones who are supposed to stay home like Penelope, weaving at the ...Show more