Biography

Across history, women were told to sit down, smile and stay quiet. Spoiler alert- they didn't. They spoke out, stood tall - and ruined the patriarchy's day. Because of them,...

This is the story of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, penned by their National Presidente, Tony Vartiainen of Australasia and is a look at how the club started through to the...

In this lively and comprehensive book, Monica Bohm-Duchen examines Marc Chagall's prodigious output, not only in painting but also in book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry. She follows...

Robert Lowe's affection and regard for "The Mish", a property in Victoria's southwest, originally an Aboriginal mission, is warmly conveyed in this candid memoir. In the 1950s and 60s when...

Liz Truss's journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister The Sunday Times Politics Book of the YearA Guardian Politics Book of the Year 2023 'An insightful and at...

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" ( The Washington Free Beacon ) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a...

"From the sweltering battlefields of the South Pacific to the devastated cities of Europe, Alan Moore witnessed the greatest war in human history-not with a rifle, but with a paintbrush."...

A fascinating memoir of a former sociologist/criminologist with over 40 years of experience incriminal justice.Van Groningen s experience includes working as aprison officer, juvenile corrections officer,researcher, policy analyst, lecturer, consultant...

Here for the first time is this controversial writer's real childhood and early adulthood. The mixed feelings of an intelligent, sensitive child - talented but tormented; the eventual separation from...

For nearly 50 years, Diana Athill edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) some of the most celebrated writers in the English language. In a prose style of inimitable wit...

In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock travelled by Greyhound bus across the US from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, now in her 50s, she...

Liza is different. She can't talk. She can't walk properly. She's funny-looking and when she upsets people, which she almost always does, trying to bite or scratch them, we have...

On April 20, 1999, Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson was a newly transferred junior at Columbine High School. As she sat down to read a magazine in the school library, she had...

For readers of Hyperbole and a Half and Am I There Yet ?, Bless the Messy is a compassionate, distinctive, and voice-driven illustrated personal growth book, one that gives readers...

In the bestselling traditions of Seinfeldia and Top of the Rock comes a fascinating deep dive into the longest-running live-action sitcom in television history, from its humble beginnings to its...

A spirited homage to Dolly Parton that captures the unique humor, no-nonsense wisdom, flash, and sass of one of America's most iconic stars. One of twelve children raised in a...

'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying'...

Clownland is a journey through an unusual country to discover what its extraordinary inhabitants have learnt about life, loss, and happiness. Injured, and living on the edge of country town,...

I was eleven, no more, when the wish came to me to be a writer; and then very soon it was a settled ambition. But for the young V. S....

An unforgettable book about fathers and daughters from Sue Miller. In the spring of 1986, Sue Miller found herself more and more deeply involved in the caring of her father...

Transition documents the changes IBM has initiated in this country to make it internationally competitive in IT services exports from Australia. It examines the changes that have occurred in the...

Many know the public Yeats but few have managed to penetrate to the inner man, or to explore the relationship with his much younger wife, George. Here Brenda Maddox brings...

The story of Chico Mendes, self-taught environmentalist and leader of a people fighting to save their way of life in the rainforest, who was gunned down outside his home in...

How far will a father go to get back his only daughter? And how will he survive in a legal system that crushes those who can't afford to fight back?...

New in paperback: The story of the mind behind the monster (and the monster within the mind)-a tale of obsession and hero worship in Victorian England. "What a splendid subject...

The inspirational and honest first book from S Club legend Rachel Stevens Whether as part of the iconic S Club or as a successful solo artist, Rachel Stevens was in...

The book titled Sir Joseph Banks: A Life by the author Patrick O'Brian. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR according to Elle, Real Simple...

The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today

All but wiped out in the 1987 stockmarket crash, Joseph Gutnick marshalled all his skills to regain his position as one of the New World's wealthiest men. While his radical...

The book titled Looking Backwards: Recollections by the author Colette. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In a work of detection based on a lifetime of research, a co-author of "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" identifies the "missing link" between Judaism and early Christianity as James...

Part personal quest, part family memoir, part World War II history- and one horrifying family secret. What if you found out that your grandfather-the man who had been a demanding,...

From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry --a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we...

The book titled Waterline: Of Fathers, Sons, and Boats by the author Joe Soucheray. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Jackie Handbook is a groundbreaking new interpretation of the life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and the extraordinary influence of the image she so carefully crafted. It is illustrated with some...

Hunger Like a Thirst is a bold and deeply personal memoir from Besha Rodell; chief restaurant critic for The Age , New York Times contributor, and one of the most...

This superb new biography provides the fullest narrative of Van Dyck's life and personality to appear in English. Commonly pigeonholed as a follower of Rubens or as the court painter...

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...

'You think you've married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.' 'Sarah Vine is the Bridget Jones of politics.' Plum Sykes 'Everyone in Westminster is talking about it.' The...

'The compelling stories in this book are funny, uplifting and at times poignant and sad, but always honest. I learned such a lot. ' - Lorraine Kelly 'A beautifully heartfelt...

A funny, practical and crucial guide for women facing the life-changing prospect of returning to work after having children. When Dolly had her children, the idea of returning to the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND BOOKLIST AN AUDIE AWARD FINALIST "Paul Scheer delivers a deeply funny, personal and moving account of...

'I want absolutely nothing to do with this book.' - Owen Farrell THREE RUGBY MEGASTARS. ONE EPIC BOOK. Welcome to the wild world of The Good, The Bad & The...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times , Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year 'Shocking and moving' Guardian 'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose'...