Biography

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE A warm and witty memoir about the ever-changing relationships between mothers, mothers-in-law, and daughters that traverses two continents and multiple generations of...

A dazzling, evidence-based account of one man's quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after traditional therapies failed-and his awakening to the...

Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holdsup a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbingand revealing. The Rock explores the failings of ournation's character, its unresolved...

This unforgettable story has become an Australian classic describing how an Australian bush girl saved the lives of 1,000 Polish and Jewish children in a daring escape from the Nazis....

I am still unlearning the habit of secrecy. And yet, whenever somebody discovers that I am deaf, my body still reacts with churning terror. How do you build up a...

A gripping, triumphant memoir about the power of addiction and its effect on the brain Marc Lewis knows addiction- that desperate ambition to get high accompanied him around the world...

Vic Wiggins has more reasons than most to feel like he has been 'stitched up' by life. In 1971, he was the youngest child in the UK to survive a...

Edward Hallet Carr is renowned as the historian of Soviet Russia, biographer of The Romantic Exiles, founder of the 'realist' approach to the study of International Relations and author of...

The men and women who slip beneath the world's radar and risk their lives for a cause - be it government, belief, country or money - command an irresistible hold...

A book from the front lines of modern fatherhood. Welcome to Rob Sturrock's journey into parenting. Since the birth of his daughter, Rob has been passionate about being an active...

From grief quests to altar-making, to dinner parties to Dungeons & Dragons, Renegade Grief is an "offering to the struggle and art of being human" (Krista Tippett, New York Times...

It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum...

An updated, third edition of the renowned feminist's most diverse and timeless collection of essays, with a new foreword by Emma Watson. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over...

Rassie Erasmus has been called a genius. He's been called reckless. All his life, he's done things differently. Now, with his trademark candour, Rassie talks openly about his adventures and...

A new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time Beryl Markham's West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership...

One ordinary evening, Jeff Waters suffered a cataclysmic cardiac arrest that killed him instantly. He was clinically dead for one hour, so how did he live to tell the tale?...

'One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. The first section, 'Portrait...

One of the greatest writers of the 20th century, George Orwell left an enduring mark on our language and culture, with concepts such as "Big Brother", "Room 101", "Newspeak", and...

'Between the Bateau-Lavoir and the Closerie des Lilas flows the Seine, and the history of modern art.' Thus begins Dan Franck's book on the bohemians who flourished when Paris was...

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...

"Kiera Wright-Ruiz's My (Half) Latinx Kitchen is entirely singular: hilarious and poignant in its stories, precise and flavorful in its recipes, the book is a gem of memory and feeling...

'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Global #1 Bestseller THERE IS ONLY ONE CHER... ...and for seven decades she has been showing us why. Cher holds the attention...

Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far is a candid and inspiring biography that chronicles the meteoric rise of Stormzy, one of the UK's most influential grime artists and cultural...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear to edges and corners. Pages: Yellowed and tanning visible on internal pages. Markings: No obvious markings visible. Binding: Appears...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in Australian biographical literature, Portrait with...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed/aged pages consistent with a 1968 reprint. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact, hardcover binding appears stable. A compelling political...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterfully researched biography, Dashiell Hammett: A Life chronicles the turbulent and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A comprehensive reference work, The Macmillan Dictionary of Biography presents thousands of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor chipping along edges and spine. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover. A richly informative guide...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the esteemed Musical Pilgrim series published by Oxford University Press,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A candid and captivating autobiography, Réponses presents the...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Worn/faded, with some wear to edges and spine. Pages: Likely aged/tanning given the era of publication. Markings: No visible markings noted. Flinders Lane: Recollections...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears, silverfish damage on jacket folds. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Ten Pains of Death is...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, tears at top of jacket — some light yellowing to the top edge of the dust jacket. Pages: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight...

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears firm with no loose pages. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A compelling...

Edition: Second ImpressiomCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. A harrowing memoir of survival and resilience, The Taste of Fear chronicles the...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact, hardcover binding appears solid. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with damage to front of jacket and folds. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Intact. No stickers or price tags...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: sticker FEP. Binding: Appears intact. This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton VC,...