Biography

The man whose corporate takeover attempts and shareholder activism reshaped the oil industry in the 1980s recounts his most awe-inspiring comeback, which saw him net over a billion dollars in...

With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out...

Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...

Surf by Day, Jam by Night is seasoned bluesman and surfer Ash Grunwald's deep dive into the extraordinary. Ash takes to the road, interviewing 15 of the world's top surfer-musicians....

Twenty years in jail- Kathleen Folbigg's extraordinary story of wrongful conviction, and how science, advocacy and friendship freed her. In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four babies....

SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the NSW Literary Award for Non Fiction. 'If there's a more important or timely book in...

"Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer . . . The vast energy of his commitment to discover, observe and communicate makes for engrossing, often incandescent prose. We need writers...

On 2nd February 1959, a musical about the life and times of heavyweight boxing star Ezekiel Dlamini (known as 'King Kong') opened in Johannesburg to a packed audience that included...

One of Galileo's fingers is in a museum in Florence, Napoleon's severed penis is in the hands, as it were, of an American urologist. And the brain of the greatest...

'A beautifully observed and funny book' - Guardian 'Compelling and humane' - Sathnam Sanghera A coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window...

Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime - now he's unearthed a gripping story that combines the two, in a masterpiece of historical detective work...

What would make a champion kickboxer and loving husband and father turn to ice? Simon Fenech, a successful sportsman and committed family man, tried crystal meth for the first time...

Who is The Secret Footballer? His identity is jealously guarded by just a handful of people. But whoever he is - and whoever he plays for - he is always...

Moses never wanted to be a leader. Jonah ran away from his missions call. And when Marcia Moston's husband came home with a call to foreign missions, she was sure...

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along...

For anyone who has dreamed of living in the country ... here's the hilarious, heart-warming brutal reality. Rebecca Hayter was a high-profile yachting journalist based in Auckland when she followed...

From filmmaker, writer, producer, and actor Tommy Dorfman comes a beautifully written, bracingly original memoir, structured through the profound revelations of a single tarot card reading. On a hot summer...

In this delightful garden memoir, Paul Gervais recounts the challenges, elations, setbacks and revelations that accompanied the process of making an acclaimed garden out of the sprawling, overgrown grounds of...

This is a sequel to "Opposite the Cross Keys", the author's memoir of her East Anglian childhood. After her father's death in 1930, the 12-year-old Sylvia, determined not to go...

The hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...

"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the...

What if the worst day of your life is actually the best day of your life? You have breast cancer - No one ever wants to hear those words. On...

Iraqi woman's true story of life inside Saddam Hussein's torture prisons, by the bestselling author of PRINCESS Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence...

Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his...

America's sweetheart, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and New York Times bestselling author Betty White shares intimate, funny, and enlightening stories about her very best friends in the world... All...

A memoir of politics and activism, from the bestselling and beloved author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal...

Ash in the Belly is a penetrating account of men, women and children living with hunger, illuminated by their courage in trying to cope and survive. It is simultaneously an...

It was an unconventional deal- Jesse could leave school, sleep all day, not work, not pay rent but he had to watch three films a week ... of his father...

"In this hilarious, uplifting memoir, Wolfe describes her intense bond with Harlow...as she grapples with the chaos of her 20s, marriage, and eventually new motherhood."- Washington Post "An engaging debut...

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm 'Sebastian Junger bears witness to a hard-won and an uncertain new world, framed in...

'[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life' BOB ODENKIRK'Fiercely intelligent, humane and necessary' NATHAN FILER, author of THE SHOCK OF THE FALL 'At its heart...

Following on from A Fence around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia's best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South...

Everything you need to know about how to grow, harvest and cook fruit from the authority on how to get the best results. Whether you want to know how to...

Until very recently, it was frowned upon for women to run long distances. Running was deemed unladylike - and probably dangerous. How did women's running go from being suspect to...

Athol Gill sought to show that participation in community was integral to Christian descipleship. He recognized that individuals do not have the spiritual or material resources to maintain a lifestyle...

"I live with a price on my head ...The kind of people that I spend my time engaging with are not usually very nice. On the whole nice people do...

The bestseller optioned for a major film and adapted to the stage, Fourteen is this generation's Holding the Man - a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man's search for...

The powerful account of how one man escaped the prison of Manus Island. A true story of bravery and resilience. The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape...

p>Short first person narratives or testimonies from parents who've adopted children from abroad/p>p>Internationally recognized pediatrician and adoption expert that celebrities and other prospective parents call on when they adopt internationally,...

The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah Carey. It took...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy,...