Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strange men come to his school - Madame Mao's cultural delegates. Th ...Show more
Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951 - 2014 by Emily Herbert
$17.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
With his twinkling eyes, boundless energy and unrivalled natural wit, Robin Williams was the comedian who brought laughter to a generation. Through roles in cherished films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Aladdin and Hook, he became the genial face of family comedy. His child-like enthusiasm was infect ...Show more
Charles Dickens - A Life by Claire Tomalin
$22.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"Charles Dickens" is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the cr ...Show more
Forensic Investigator: True Stories from the Life of a Country Crime Scene Cop by Esther McKay
$24.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Forensic investigator Geoff Bernasconi had always been passionate about his job as a policeman in rural New South Wales, and went the extra mile, both for victims of crime and for their families. But one night in 1984, he was called to investigate the scene of a horrific car accident in which an entire ...Show more
Passing Clouds - A Winemaker's Journey by Graeme Leith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Electrician, Graeme Leith joined Melbourne's theatre collective at Carton's famously innovative Pram Factory Theatre and said 'let there be light'. And there was; Graham Blundell, Jack Hibberd, Max Gillies and many others produced over 140 new Australian plays in ten years.
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