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King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne
Author: Janet L. Nelson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 704 The acclaimed biography of one of the most extraordinary of all European rulers Charles, King of the Franks,...
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero The Haitian Revolution began in...
Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy
Author: Tove Ditlevsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The classic Danish trilogy hailed as a masterpiece on publication in English last year - now in a single...
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Author: Adeline Yen Mah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death,...
Born to Run: My Story
Author: Cathy Freeman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Hi guys, ever since I was little I only had one dream - to win a gold medal at...
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Author: Craig Brown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown....
In Patagonia: (Vintage Voyages)
Author: Bruce Chatwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 VINTAGE VOYAGES- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Chatwin's brilliantly unique...
A History of My Brief Body
Author: Billy-Ray Belcourt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Dazzling collection of personal essays from internationally acclaimed First Nations Canadian writer Billy-Ray Belcourt, who mines his own personal...
I Saw A Strange Land
Author: Arthur Groom Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 While living in Central Australia Arthur Groom fell under the spell of our harsh and fascinating country, captivated by...
Aunts Up The Cross
Author: Robin Dalton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 142 My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was...
Carry On, Warrior: From Glennon Doyle, the #1 bestselling author of Untamed
Author: Glennon Doyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The inspiring and universal true story of the transformative power of a mother's love. On Mother's Day, 2002, Glennon...
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
Author: Russ Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Instant National Bestseller! Wall Street Journal bestseller; USA Today bestseller; Publishers Weekly bestseller; international bestseller. An inspirational book by self-made musical superstar,...
How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the Covid-19 debate
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Author: Paolo Giordano Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 80 'The literature of the time after begins here' EVENING STANDARD 'A jolt of brevity and simplicity' THE TIMES 'In...
The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London
Author: Erik Larson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 608 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were...
Homage to Catalonia
Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism...
Down and Out in Paris and London
Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Originally published in 1933 George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris,...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who...
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape
Author: Laurie Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's...
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Author: Anita Heiss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, attempts...
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies
Author: Stephanie Wood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Aren't we all just a little bit afraid that we, or someone we care about, will be duped in...
Attila The Hun
Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun. The name Attila the Hun has become a...
Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World
Author: Michelle Scott Tucker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 A groundbreaking portrait of an ordinary English gentlewoman who would go on to become one of Australia's most...
Italian Journey 1786-1788
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 In 1786, when he was already the acknowledged leader of the Sturm und Drang literary movement, Goethe...
My Inventions and Other Writings
Author: Nikola Tesla Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Nikola Tesla's life is as interesting for his idiosyncrasy as it is for his brilliance. The inventor's mind knew...
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography,...
The Year of Magical Thinking
Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and...
Henry and June
Author: Anais Nin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year -...
Conversations With Stalin
Author: Milovan Djilas Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Written in 1961, after Djilas had served time in prison for his views, and featuring portraits of the leading...
Born Survivors: The incredible true story of three pregnant mothers and their courage and determination to survive in the concentration camps
Author: Wendy Holden Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its...
American Sniper The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Author: Chris Kyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's...