Biography

"[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or...

'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian 'Like hearing the voice of an old friend' Observer 'Extraordinary . . ....

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...

The articles, letters and trial transcripts of one of the great icons of the twentieth century 'There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...

From the author of The Child that Books Built , a rapturous history of the amazing achievements of British engineers. Britain is the only country in the world to have...

There is a risk in telling another's story especially when passed down through the family and there are many layers to a life that each person may only glimpse part...

This issue is a tribute to a brilliant career. There are contributions from academic colleagues, many of them grateful ex-students. There are contributions from senior writers who remain grateful for...

In April 2006, Mary Turner Thomson received a call that blew her life apart. The woman on the other end of the line told her that Will Jordan, Mary's husband...

An engaging, thought-provoking biographny about the man on whom all hopes for a just peace in the Middle East may rest, King Hussein of Jordan. A lifelong opponent of Communism,...

The gut-wrenching story of how one of Australia's finest surfers overcame a brain injury and despair to win an Olympic medal. On the morning of 10 December 2015, Owen Wright...

A gripping expose of a notorious cold case 1978. An idyllic beachside community. A series of abductions and rapes. So what happened to Trudie Adams? Back in the 1970s, Sydney's...

Australia's passionate conservationist and exuberant TV star Steve Irwin was loved all the world over for his massively successful wildlife series The Crocodile Hunter. At the age of 44, Steve...

"Anne Sebba has the nearly miraculous gift of combining the vivid intimacy of the lives of women during The Occupation with the history of the time. This is a remarkable...

A memoir from veteran entertainer Cameron Daddo about confidence: how we nurture it, how we lose it and how we can get it back again Multi-talented Cameron Daddo has been...

Diesel: The Greg Williams Story is a biography detailing the career of Australian rules footballer Greg "Diesel" Williams, covering his journey from being rejected by Carlton to becoming a dual...

Highly observant, with a keen sense of the incongruous, Eric Newby is always entertaining as he transports the reader around the world, from his earliest childhood adventures among the shops,...

Grace Kelly's story is the quintessential America saga - the story of a radiantly beautiful girl born of immigrants - the daughter of a self-made millionaire - who grew up...

The popular stereotype of the scientist as mad boffin or weedy nerd has been peddled widely in film and fiction, with the implication that the world of science is far...

Saturday, 19 March 1932, the day of the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, one of the most significant occasions in the history of the city of Sydney. The public...

For the Love of My Mother is the tragic and uplifting story of one Irish mother and her son. Born into a life of poverty and detained at the tender...

This Supplement 1580-1980 is an adjunct to the first sixteen volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and includes people who played a part in Australia's history from the beginning...

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's...

Judy McNeil is fourteen when her father dies and her mother takes her and her siblings to live in Brisbane. Her mother soon remarries but Judy runs away after attempting...

As a young lieutenant in 1941, David Stirling won a battle against military bureaucracy - he was able, against all odds, to introduce a new concept in fighting. Although it...

'Real and Reel' is a light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others. Though there have been...

Since his death in 1930 at the age of 44, D.H. Lawrence has become a legend as both a writer and a man. In this book, Keith Sagar has written...

Who was Kitty Harris Born in London to an emigre Jewish family she was a key figure in Soviet espionage networks across the globe, running agents in London, Berlin, Shanghai,...

This book reconstructs the story of Roy Coupland Winn 1890-1963, Australia's first fulltime practising psychoanalyst, of whom it was said that he was 'dedicated to the continual inner search to...

A rich and diverting collection of essays, compiled by one of Australia's finest writers.

The true story of Safari, an African boy deformed by burns who won the hearts of millions through the hit TV series, RPA. When retired couple Janet Seath and Frank...

In the fall of 1944, Fey von Hassell, the 24-year-old wife of Italian Detalmo Pirzio-Biroli, was seized by the SS at her villa at Brazza near Venice and shuttled by...

This volume is a memoir of a visit made by Andrew Riemer to his country of origin in 1991. He migrated to Australia from Hungary with his family when he...

Cokie Roberts, the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty , turns her attention to the Civil War in a riveting exploration of...

A harrowing memoir of life with manic depression. All In My Head reveals the terrible reality of the condition and it's devastating impact on the life of a young woman....

How can you forget your past when it keeps coming back to haunt you? Judy Westwater, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Street Kid, was determined to turn her back...

Winsome Earle-Sears sent shock waves across Virginia and the country at large when she pulled off her stunning upset victory in November 2021 and became the first woman lieutenant governor...

A new collection writings by Clare Boyd-Macrae. "Opening these pages, one is admitted into the world of a deeply intelligent, sensitive and sensual woman who loves her husband, her children...