My Grandfather's GalleryA Family Memoir of Art and War by Anne Sinclair
$50.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoirOn September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul ...Show more
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson
$28.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Today, Jenna Jameson is the biggest star in the history of adult movies, consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful women alive. But behind the glamour and the meteoric rise to fame is a path paved with tragedy and heartbreak. Determined to overcome her past, Jameson rebounded in the adult film bu ...Show more
Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris
$30.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened? Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the 'u' back in 'aUtobiography'? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography! In this revolutionary, Jo ...Show more
Between Us - Women of Letters by Michaela McGuire
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Writing a letter can be an act of confession or celebration, while receiving one can bring joy, insight and vivid memories. Ambassadors for correspondence Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire have lured some of our best and brightest to the literary afternoons of Women of Letters to write and read missive ...Show more
Beyond Black and White by Roger Woodward
$59.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The definitive musical autobiography from internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Roger Woodward. This is the remarkable story of one of the world's leading musicians. In Beyond Black And White, the author documents a rich life's journey in this part memoir, part manifesto: from boyhood lessons at ...Show more
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography One of the Best Books of the Year: "The Christian Science MonitorNPRThe Seattle Times St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Tribune" A "New York Times" Notable Book The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. ...Show more
Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal by Tim Colebatch
$60.00 AUD
Category: Political
He was the reforming leader who made Victoria a leader in social equality, the arts, and the environment. He and his government built the underground rail loop, decriminalised homosexuality, abolished capital punishment, and outlawed sexual discrimination in the workplace. He and his team ended the demo ...Show more
Olivier by Philip Ziegler
$24.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Hollywood superstar; Oscar-winning director; greatest stage actor of the twentieth century. His era abounded in greats - Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness, Burton, O'Toole - but none could challenge Laurence Olivier's range and power. By the 1940s he had achieved international stardom. His affair with Vivie ...Show more
Letters to Poseidon by Cees Nooteboom
$33.00 AUD
Category: Literary
The Roman emperor Caligula famously called off an invasion of Britain and instead ordered his legions into the surf to attack the god of the sea. Cees Nooteboom is more civil. As autumn falls each year he writes Poseidon a letter requesting permission to return to his home in Minorca the following sprin ...Show more
Reeva: A Mother's Story by June Steenkamp
$30.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, shooting her multiple times while she cowered behind the locked door of their bathroom. His trial has attracted more international media attention and public scrutiny than any since that of ...Show more
Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Life Lessons from an Extraordinary Man by Louis Zamperini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'IF YOU CAN TAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT' Louis Zamperini lived one of the most amazing lives imaginable. As a young boy he was a troublemaker but his will to succeed drove him on to become an Olympian at the 1936 Games. With the outbreak of war, Louis volunteered for the army and was thrust into the violen ...Show more
Not My Father's Son: A Memoir US Ed by Alan Cumming
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Dark, painful memories can be like a cage. Or, in the case of Alan Cumming, they can be packed away in a box, stuck in the attic to be forgotten. Until one day the box explodes and all the memories flood back in horrible detail. Alan Cumming grew up in the grip of a man who held his family hostage, some ...Show more