Alan M. Turing: Centenary Edition
$41.95 AUD
Category: Biography
'In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.' So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing's name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigm ...Show more
A Fifty-Year Silence Love, War and a Ruined House in France by Miranda Richmond Mouillot
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
After surviving World War II by escaping the Nazi occupation, Miranda Richmond Mouillot's grandparents, Anna and Armand, bought an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in the south of France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their chi ...Show more
The Last Lion: Volume 1 by William Manchester
$65.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In "The Last Lion," the first volume of Manchester's two-volume biography, the Winston Spencer Churchill story is one of high adventure, bitter defeats, and the inner strength of the towering Englishman whose watchword was: "Never give in. Never, never, never, never give in." In historical crises his so ...Show more
John Jess, Seeker of Justice: The Role of the Parliament in the Hmas Voyager Tragedy by Elizabeth McCarthy
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
50 Years On "The truth must be found out and it must be told. Otherwise the people of Australia will repudiate this parliament forever." - John Jess J. 1967 (Jess J. (1967) CPD 16 May) When one hears the words Voyager Royal Commission, the first thing that comes to mind is "whitewash." John Jess describ ...Show more
Anger is an Energy - My Life Uncensored by John Lydon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most notorious band, who shot to fame in the mid-1970s with singles such as 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'God Save the Queen'. ...Show more
Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind the Theory of Everything by Jane Hawking
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Made into a major motion picture, this moving memoir written by Stephen Hawking's first wife covers the turbulent years of her marriage to the astrophysics genius, her traumatic divorce, and their recent reconciliation Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of ou ...Show more
The Bletchley Girls: War, Secrecy, Love and Loss. The Women of Bletchley Park Tell Their Story by Tessa Dunlop
$35.00 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The woman of Bletchley Park have a unique story to tell. Although critical to the success of the project to break the German and Japanese codes in the Second World War, their contribution has been consistently overlooked and undervalued. Through unprecedented access to surviving veterans, this boo revea ...Show more
Still a Pygmy by Isaac Bacirongo
$27.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Still a Pygmy is a story of love, pride and prejudice that traces the journey of BaTembo Pygmy Isaac Bacirongo from the forests of Central Africa, through the brutality of dictatorship and war, to arrival and settlement in Australia's melting pot. Isaac's inimitable style and voice draw readers into the ...Show more
Yamakarra! by Mob, Keewong
$59.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Yamakarra is built on the memories of Liza Kennedy (1902-1996). It celebrates a group of Aboriginal people whose country is between Cobar and Ivanhoe in far western NSW and whose story will have widespread appeal. Lack of water in this region meant that the grazing industry did not take hold until the s ...Show more
Windsor's Way by Tony Windsor
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
With neither side of Parliament receiving a clear majority at the 2010 election, Tony Windsor was placed in a balance of power situation along with five other crossbench members of the House of Representatives. He had already been in this sort of situation once before, in 1991, when he became the indepe ...Show more
That Dangerous and Persuasive WomanVida Goldstein by Janette Margaret Bomford
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is the first biography of Vida Goldstein, one of Australia's remarkable women and one of the heroes of first-wave feminism. Although best remembered for her five nominations for Parliament, Vida's story is properly that of women's fight for the suffrage. From her work in this country and overseas s ...Show more
Call The Midwife: A True Story Of The East End In The 1950s by Jennifer Worth
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London, now a major BBC TV series. Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago ...Show more