Lists of Note by Shaun Usher
$59.99 AUD
Category: General
Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes and aspirations; likes and dislikes; rules for living and loving; records of our memories and reminders of the things we want to do before we die. Just as he d ...Show more
Never, Um, Ever Ending Story by Molly Meldrum
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
In 1974 Ian 'Molly' Meldrum was working as a record producer and music journalist when he was offered the chance to host a new music show called 'Countdown'. It was a show that would run for the next thirteen years and become one of the most-loved and most-watched programs on Australian television. It a ...Show more
Chasing Lost Time - The Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff: Soldier, Spy and Translator by Jean Findlay
$60.00 AUD
Category: Literary
The first ever biography of the man who made Proust a legend, his celebrated translator, C.K. Scott Moncrieff. C.K. Scott Moncrieff's translation of Proust's A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in English in 1922. It was hailed as 'nothing less than extraordinary' and was the beginnin ...Show more
The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley
$23.95 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine phenomenon these two siblings from Omaha were. At the height of their success in the mid-1920s, the Astaires seem ...Show more
Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce by Sylvia Morris
$35.00 AUD
Category: General
A "NEW YORK TIMES" NOTABLE BOOK "Her technique was simple: aim for the top," an envious colleague wrote of Clare Boothe Luce. No American woman of the twentieth century aimed so accurately, or rose so far, as this legendary playwright, politician, and social seductress. Born in New York's Spanish Harlem ...Show more
Forgotten Fitzgerald: Echoes of a Lost America by F. Scott Fitzgerald
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literary
While F. Scott Fitzgerald was writing the novels we remember him for today, he was also publishing short stories in popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. Although many of Fitzgerald's short stories are celebrated and anthologised today, more remain out of print than would be e ...Show more
If This is A Woman - Inside Ravensbruck, Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. ...Show more
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Vmc Designer Collection
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,achievement and celebration. In this first volume ...Show more
Bert: The Story of Australia's Favourite TV Star by Graeme Blundell
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'Personally, he is a fine man. Professionally, he is one of the best television performers I've ever seen.' Bob Hope on Bert Newton. The millions of Australians who have watched Bert over the years would whole-heartedly agree. TV and radio host, compere, interviewer, all round media personality, Bert Ne ...Show more
Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn
$23.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
'Johnny Cash ... Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head - Robert Hilburn' BONO People don't just listen to Johnny Cash: they believe in him. But no one has told the Man in Black's full story, until now. In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn co ...Show more
Margaret and Gough - The Love Story That Shaped a Nation by Susan Mitchell
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Gough had no small talk, Margaret had the gift of easy conversation. He was often ill-at-ease in company and preferred his books. She was warm, inclusive and jollied him along. He had a vicious tongue and a quick temper. She always tried to see the best in people. He knew everything about the ideology, ...Show more
Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved by Christopher Andersen
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Critically acclaimed author Christopher Andersen is a master of celebrity biographies-boasting sixteen bestsellers, among them These Few Precious Days, Mick, and William and Kate. Now, in his latest thrilling book, new and untold details of the life and death of JFK Jr. come to light, released in time f ...Show more