Biography

Facing Fear is the inspiring true story of Lisa Blair who sailed into the history books on 25 July 2017 by becoming the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica....

John Lister-Kaye has spent a lifetime exploring, protecting and celebrating the British landscape and its wildlife. Lister-Kaye's joyous childhood holidays - spent scrambling through hedges and ditches after birds and...

On 18 January 2012, Elise Schwarz received a frantic, terrified phone call from her babysitter that shook her world to its foundations: `There's something wrong with Evan. He's turning blue.'...

A hilarious, heartfelt, and refreshingly honest memoir and New York Times bestseller by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks , Dawson's Creek , and...

In 2009, Jill Abramson wrote a hugely popular column for the New York Times website about the joys and challenges of training her Golden Retriever puppy, Scout. Dog-lovers from across...

Author: Harriet EdquistBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Galleries, Collingwood, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor unknown spill on front cover, minor wearing on...

"A Marie Kondo for the modern moment" GUARDIAN " Inner Excellence is for anyone who wants to win at life without losing themselves " MARIE FORLEO TRAIN YOUR HEART AND...

Author: J. Mordaunt CrookBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Murray, London, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Extensive pencil underlining of internal pagesThis authoritative volume chronicles the extraordinary career...

Author: Victoria Rowell; Helen Ibbitson JeussepBinding: PaperbackPublished: Melbourne Opera Centre, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight wear on coverMary Heilmann: To...

The World War One Diaries, Letters and Sketches of Harold Stephens and W 'Billy' O'Neil. Over 90 years ago two friends from the farming community of Cowra, New South Wales...

Author: Deborah HartBinding: PaperbackPublished: Craftsman House., 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography chronicles the vibrant life and artistic journey...

Author: Norman LindsayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sun Books., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor bumps and chips to cover...

Author: Richard Krautheimer, Trude Krautheimer-HessBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor markings to end-pages.Richard Krautheimer, in collaboration with Trude Krautheimer-Hess, presents a...

Author: Deborah HartBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Galleries, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEncounters With Drawing presents a compelling examination of the renowned...

With honesty, empathy, and a dazzling knowledge of how the world of money works, the author of the bestseller 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM invites us into a realm where...

President Kennedy is the compelling, dramatic history of JFK's thousand days in office. It illuminates the presidential center of power by providing an indepth look at the day-by-day decisions and...

One golden summer afternoon in 1862, on the banks of the River Thames, the young Oxford mathematics don Charles Dodgson shared a picnic with three little girls, who asked for...

By the early 19th century the Gothic Revival was well on the way to becoming the most important style in Britain and was influencing public taste all over the world....

The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller - a celebration of love in all its forms After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set...

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he...

This stunning book celebrates the work of the British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes. Internationally recognised, Zandra's designs have always been clear but creative, dramatic but graceful, bold but feminine, and...

Author: George TibbitsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Department of Architecture and Building, University of Melbourne, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine...

An instant New York Times bestseller, this is an unforgettable story about a cat, love and loss from a highly acclaimed writer Caleb Carr lived with cats ever since he...

From the bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY and THINKING IN NUMBERS A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience...

Em Rusciano - singer, stand-up comedian and podcast maven - didn't mean to write a memoir. She meant to write something fun. Light. Maybe erotic. Instead, she bled onto the...

How key concepts in modern physics came from the work of a New Zealander whom Einstein labelled 'a second Newton'. By the mid-nineteenth century, physicists believed they had discovered the...

Inside and Out is the inspiring story of one of Australia's all-time sporting champions: AFLW icon and basketball legend Erin Phillips. In this honest and revealing memoir, Erin candidly looks...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's profound investigation into the life of her mysterious older sister, who died at six, two years before Annie was born....

A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth...

Sunday Times bestseller (over 7k copies TCM in 5 months) by leading generation expert on why work isn't working and how parental support shapes our lives, for fans of bestselling...

I have run one hundred marathons. I am the first Australian female to do so. I want to share my experiences with you. I want you to see what it...

The author tells the captivating fish out of water story of her year long walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind the scenes looks...

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic,...

Author: Virginia WoolfBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn spine. Creased corners. Internally sound. This compelling volume, The...

Author: Yosl BergnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor detachment between cover and binding.This compelling volume presents a comprehensive overview of...

Author: Eric ShanesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Abbeville Press., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun-fading to spine.This compelling art history volume, Brancusi, chronicles the life and revolutionary work...

Author: Yuko HasegawaBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria., 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight markings to back cover.This compelling art monograph presents the groundbreaking work...

Author: Larry NoyeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Neptune Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageO'Malley MHR is a vivid political biography that presents the flamboyant...

Author: George PavluBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, Diogenes: An Anecdotal Biography Of The...

Author: Deborah HartBinding: PaperbackPublished: Natl Gallery of Australia, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased corner. Joy Hester And Friends chronicles the...

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...

Author: Elaine S. HochmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fromm International Publishing Corporation., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Architects Of Fortune: Mies...

Author: David CrystalBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press., 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor staining to page edges.The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia; Second Edition presents an authoritative compendium...

Author: Giuliano GresleriBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rizzoli, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly volume...

Author: Yousuf KarshBinding: PaperbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume presents the masterful photographic portraits of...