Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography "An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times and also through the life and times of roses." --Margaret Atwood "A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, ...Show more
Found, Wanting by Natasha Sholl
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
On Valentine’s Day, after a night of red wine and pasta and planning for their future, Natasha Sholl and her partner Rob went to bed. A few hours later, at the age of 27, his heart stopped. Found, Wanting tells the story of Natasha’s attempt to rebuild her life in the wake of Rob’s sudden death, stumbl ...Show more
I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder: Alan Partridge. Star of action blockbuster Alpha Papa; a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three ...Show more
Strife by Mia Freedman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
'Whenever women are honest about their struggles, they give other women a gift. Mia delivers.' Elizabeth Gilbert This book is for every woman who's been told success is as simple as Lean In, Say Yes, Live Your Best Life, Beat Your Fear, Follow Your Dream ... and then feel #soblessed. It's for guilty fr ...Show more
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country.The Tall Manis the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the story of that policeman, the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hu ...Show more
The Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement by Virginia Lloyd
$24.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
At 32, Virginia Lloyd finally meets the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with, only to discover that he is dying from cancer. When John dies just two years later, as well as handling her own grief, Virginia must battle the chronic rising damp in the house they shared. And so, in her first yea ...Show more
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog – A Funny and Heartbreaking Worldwide Bestseller by John Grogan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THAT MOVED DOG LOVERS ALL OVER THE WORLD **NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING OWEN WILSON AND JENNIFER ANISTON** 'A book with intense appeal . . . tenderly follows its subject from sunrise to sunset' New York Times 'Not just a funny dog story . . . It's a universal st ...Show more
Notebooks by Betty Churcher
$44.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this gorgeously illustrated book, join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Velazquez, Courbet, Vermeer and Cezanne. A trained artist, Betty's sketches reveal the secrets within the artworks and the processes of their creation. ...Show more
Wait For Me! Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister by Deborah Devonshire
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, and thei ...Show more
Barack Obama: The Making of a Man by David Maraniss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Millions have read Barack Obama's "Dreams from my Father" and think they know his story. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Maraniss has produced a startling biography which reveals the true narrative of Obama's early years. In "Barack Obama", David Maraniss has written a sweeping narrative wh ...Show more
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife by Dr Eben Alexander
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A New York Times Bestseller -- Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under ex ...Show more
Nene (revised Edition) by Peter Fitzsimons
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
It's 1987. Big hair and shoulderpads rule. Flamboyant deputy editor Nene King storms out of NEW IDEA to become editor of Kerry Packer's WOMAN'S DAY, determined to overthrow NEW IDEA and her former boss Dulcie Boling's supremacy. What followed was the rise of celebrity and gossip-fuelled journalism, a wo ...Show more