Biography

"You're studying to be a lawyer then...?" "No, not a lawyer either! "Not a doctor, not a lawyer, then maybe a businessman? You want to go into business. You'll be...

More than a century after his death D. L. Moody remains a towering figure whose influence of his evangelism is still felt; the institutions he founded in America continue to...

The hilarious number one bestselling memoir from YouTube sensation Chris Broad, a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the...

The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man's world. 'Lucid, engaging and exuberant... [ Sounds and Sweet Airs ] is terrifically enjoyable and accessible,...

A LOVE LETTER TO PARIS A MEDITATION ON COMMUNITY AND THE BEAUTY OF OBSERVING OTHERS Your telephone is precious. It may be envied. We recommend vigilance when using it in...

An international bestseller, this is the extraordinary and moving memoir of a woman who learns that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List. When...

Everyone knows Jackie Chan . Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda , Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic...

An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own. A fourth-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood....

In national bestseller The Mountain , world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of obsession, dedication, and human achievement in a true...

Since his death, the legend of Jack Kerouac, 'King of the Beats', has contined to grow, but has often obscured the real story of a fascinating life. Tom Clark's biography...

An exclusive look at America's first family of renovation! Taking you behind the scenes, Chip and Joanna Gaines share the story of how they met, the ups and downs of...

Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Severely burned by napalm, she ran from her burning village and was captured on film. Denise Chong relates Kim's experience and recovery...

'An ambitious, nuanced and confident debut: Patel writes with passion, curiosity and purpose.' Maxine Beneba Clarke, bestselling and award winning author of The Hate Race , Foreign Soil , The...

Definitive and richly illustrated accounts of the century's most compelling sports stories Sport and the 20th century are inextricably intertwined. What began as a pastime for gentlement amateurs is today...

From the romance of 1950s Sydney to the sleazy bars of 1990s Saigon; from outback Australia to central London; from Barbarella boots to barefoot pirates; from love at first sight...

'There is more here about the pleasurable business of coming from Italy than in any other book in the English language' - Independent How does an Italian become Italian? Or...

New York Times Bestseller Founding member, singer, and lead guitarist of Metallica and Megadeath shares the ultimate, unvarnished story behind his involvement in the rise of two of the world's...

'Down Under' made Men at Work the biggest band on the planet in the early 1980s. The band split soon after, but 'Down Under' never stopped working. It became an...

The book titled The Terry Lamb Story by the author Whiticker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Justin Langer scored more centuries than Ian Chappell, Doug Walters or Bill Lawry and had a better average than Mark Taylor, David Boon or Mark Waugh yet lived almost every...

The rags to riches memoir of a football tragic. FOREWORD BY SEPP BLATTER Football veteran Les Murray is the face and voice of soccer broadcasting in Australia and is one...

The book titled In The Gutter Looking At The Stars by the author Sayer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A Spectator Book of the Year A New Statesman Book of the Year 'An illuminating and riveting read.' - Jonathan Dimbleby Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has...

'The passages he addresses directly to Phoebe are as tender as the father-daughter letters in Karl Ove Knausgaard's Seasons Quartet' Times Literary Supplement 'This book tells the inspiring story of...

I hadn't been planning on making Mexico my new home, but the little house on the sea was all that I had left . . . Intimate, honest and touching,...

The author's captivating account of how she and husband Graeme Blundell dropped out with style. Exchanging the soy milk lattes and eternal traffic snarls of the city for the delights...

On 28 April 1996, Walter Mikac lost his wife, Nanette, and two daughters, six year old Alannah, and three year ols Madeline. They were shot dead, along with thirty other...

A celebration of the positive by a well-known travel writer, this autobiography sets forth the author's views on the pleasure principle, among many other things. Jan Morris has written and...

The book titled Worlds Greatest Football by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Marches Past by the author Peter Fuller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The memoirs of 23 locomotive enginemen from Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, complemented by 200 magnificent colour and black & white photographs, most never before published. In the...

The book titled Letters by the author Francois Truffaut. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Ray Parkin's famous trilogy of wartime experience is published here for the first time in a single paperback volume. These brilliant books hum with action, adventure and courage. Honestly and...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was Scotland's greatest architect and arguably one of the world's most admired. He had far fewer commissions than his contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright, but with a few...

A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling and mysterious Neapolitan woman. Weaving the tale of...

This supplement to the classic reference work, The Dictionary of National Biography records the lives of 748 men and women who died between 1971 and 1980. Though most are British...

Alfred Waterhouse was one of the most successful British architects of the second half of the 19th century. Following the passion for Gothic espoused by Pugin and Ruskin he developed...

The perfect gift for music and car lovers, Special Deluxe is Neil Young's New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that "reads like a great Neil Young song...

The book titled The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives by the author Sebastian Faulks. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante by the author Lily Tuck. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Hilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down' Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking 'Might be a career-destroying book... highly enjoyable' Daily Telegraph 'A spin doctor to the...

At twelve years old, Alain Ducasse had never been to a restaurant. Less than fifteen years later, he received his first Michelin star. Today he is one of just two...

A rediscovered classic memoir - the scintillatingly witty account of one extraordinary woman's life during a turbulent century 'A voice so vivid it seems impossible that it should ever have...

Rosso Fiorentino is one of the most original and difficult painters of the entire Renaissance period, and a crucial figure among the so-called Mannerists. This account of the life and...