The House of Hidden Meanings: A memoir by RuPaul
$35.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date. A brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-ac ...Show more
The Revenge Club: the wickedly witty new novel from a million copy bestselling author by Kathy Lette
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
A subversive, irreverent revenge romp from the wickedly witty mind of Kathy Lette. Best friends Matilda, Penny, Sofia and Jo are approaching their sixties with flair until, one by one, their bubbles are burst. Matilda, a bestselling novelist, is dropped by her publisher; Penny is cut from her prime-time ...Show more
The Shortest History of Italy: A Captivating Journey from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic by Ross King
$28.00 AUD
Category: European
Embark on a captivating journey through 3000 years of Italy's rich history Italian history has always been about resilience and rebirth ... It is a country that for so many centuries has offered up visions of the wonders to which we humans, at our very best, can aspire. Italy was the centre of Europe's ...Show more
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Rollicking, melodic, tender and true. And oh so very wise' Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has be ...Show more
Death of a Foreign Gentleman by Steven Carroll
$33.00 AUD
Category: Crime | Series: Stephen Minter Ser.
Who killed Martin Friedrich? From award-winning writer Steven Carroll comes the first book in a series of post-war literary crime novels featuring Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter, with shades of The Third Man and Brighton Rock. Cambridge, UK, 1947. Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher who is in Ca ...Show more
The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky
$35.00 AUD
Category: Food & Wine
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world's most beloved culinary staples--featuring original illustrations and recipes from around the world. As Julia Child once said, "It is hard to imagine ...Show more
One Another by Gail Jones
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Eminent Australian author Gail Jones examines the intersections of art and life via a fictionalised biography of Joseph Conrad in her distinctively immersive and rich prose. At Cambridge University, in the summer of 1992, Australian student Helen is completing her thesis on Joseph Conrad. But she is di ...Show more
Italy in a Wineglass: The Taste of History by Marc Millon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Wine
A lively, page-turning history of Italy and its wines, from the Roman Empire to climate change. The world is enamoured with Italy: its culture, art, food and fashion, its beautiful landscapes and famous cities — and, of course, its wine.From the ancient Greeks to the Medici, and from fascism to feminism ...Show more
As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West by Guido Alfani
$60.00 AUD
Category: European
How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn’t help) their communities in times of crisis.The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act 'as gods am ...Show more
Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden by Bunny Williams, Annie Schlechter
$140.00 AUD
Category: Gardens
A natural sequel to the seminal An Affair with a House, this is Bunny Williams' most ambitious book to date. Inviting us into her impressive grounds with charming personal anecdotes, expert advice, and creative ideas for how to bring natural elements into the home, this is a testament to Bunny Williams ...Show more
Body of Lies (#4 Gemma Woodstock) by Sarah Bailey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Crime
'Sarah Bailey just gets better and better. Body of Lies is nuanced, compelling and so very entertaining.' Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands and The Seven 'Bailey blasts through more twists in the first fifty pages of Body of Lies than some writers manage in a whole book.' Jack Heath, author of Kill Y ...Show more
What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A compulsively readable debut novel for those who could not put down Dirt Town or Before You Knew My Name. In a near-future Australia, the death penalty is back. But if the victim's family wants the perpetrator to die, they have to do it themselves. Twenty-four hours alone in a room with the condemned. ...Show more