Watsonia: A Writing Life by Don Watson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale... Watsonia collects the fruits of a writing life. It covers everything from Australian bush humour to America gone berserk; from Don Bradman to Oscar Wilde; from Animal Farmto the Australian parliament. Wher ...Show more
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize"Black Spartacus is a tour de force: by far the most complete, authoritative and persuasive biography of Toussaint that we are likely to have for a long time . . . An extraordinarily gripping read." --David A. Bell,The GuardianA new interpretation of the life of ...Show more
The Third Pole - My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine by Mark Synnott
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition–and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded. On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and “Sandy” Irvine set out to stand on the roof o ...Show more
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie Brown
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him. F ...Show more
When the Past Awakens - A Mother's Pain by Helena Kidd; Maria Avraam
$69.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Victorian Community Historical Awards, Victorian Public Records Office in conjunction with Victorian Historical Society of Victoria. When the Past Awakens' is Maria Avraam's real and brutally honest account of her life and thoughts, straight from the heart, with emotional intensity. If it wasn't for Ma ...Show more
Lawson by Grantlee Kieza
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. Born on the goldfields in 1867, he became the voice of ordinary Australians, recording the hopes, dreams and struggles of bush battlers and slum dwellers, of fierce independent ...Show more
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words. "I hope fans of comedy will get a kick out of the stories behind my work, and really e ...Show more
Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide by David Walker, Li Yao, Karen Walker
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A fresh perspective on the Australia-China relationship told through the lens of memoir, culture and friendshipIn the late nineteenth century, as crippling famine devastated northern China, the Li family had no choice but to leave Shanxi province. Heading north, they began a new life, farming the remote ...Show more
Gladys: Staying Strong by Andrew L. Urban
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
ICAC’s witch hunt exposed: How ICAC unjustly pursued Gladys Berejiklian in Operation Keppel while targeting her then boyfriend Darryl Maguire MP, failing to recognise how state politics operates. Is anything permissible in the pursuit of political corruption and does the end justify the means? The NSW I ...Show more
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Shortlisted for the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fictionFrom standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establis ...Show more
Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country by Ryan Cropp
$37.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The fascinating biography of a brilliant man who captured the nation's imagination and boldly showed Australians who we were and how we could changeIn the 1960s, Donald Horne offered Australians a compelling reinterpretation of the Menzies years as a period of social and political inertia and mediocrity ...Show more
The Happiest Refugee: My Journey from Tragedy to Comedy by Anh Do
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could ...Show more