Biography

Recent years have seen a remarkable growth of interest in revolution and social upheaval, Marxism and other ideologies of the left, and the movements inspired by them. As a Marxist...

A recently discovered account of an Austrian Jewish writer's flight, persecution, and clandestine life in wartime France. As arts editor for one of Vienna's principal newspapers, Moriz Scheyer knew many...

Like everything human, it started with sex. In 1955, fourteen-year-old Tony found himself entangled with a married Catholic woman. When the woman's husband learnt of their involvement, he whisked Tony...

An extraordinary story of one woman's attempt to survive the horrors of Vichy France. A bitter, beautiful and important book Robert Fisk, THE INDEPENDENT The French sensation, now in English...

Published by Penguin for more than fifty years, Evelyn Waugh is one of the greatest satirical writers of the twentieth century. In this irreverent personal account of the crowning of...

"A child's garden of vices, My Booky Wook is also a relentless ride with a comic mind clearly at the wheel.... The bloke can write. He rhapsodizes about heroin better...

Jenna Bush, daughter of President and Mrs. Bush, shares the poignant story of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV in Panama - an inspiring story of strength and survival."Ana's...

The follow-up to the 2 million-copy-selling autobiography Losing My Virginity, documenting the incredible truth of the last twenty years in Sir Richard Branson's life. 50 years ago, Sir Richard Branson...

Single at 32, married at 33, and widowed at 34. Virginia Lloyd finally meets the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with, only to discover that...

Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower worked more closely between 1945 and 1952 than any other two American presidents of the twentieth century. They were partners in changing America's...

Less Venus in Furs, more Derek in Buxton. Interested? Write to Derek in Buxton. Box 977. RU4ME? Contemplating internet dating? Wondering why anyone would? Fantasising about what you'd find? Fretting...

A memoir from veteran entertainer Cameron Daddo about confidence: how we nurture it, how we lose it and how we can get it back again Multi-talented Cameron Daddo has been...

Highly observant, with a keen sense of the incongruous, Eric Newby is always entertaining as he transports the reader around the world, from his earliest childhood adventures among the shops,...

Grace Kelly's story is the quintessential America saga - the story of a radiantly beautiful girl born of immigrants - the daughter of a self-made millionaire - who grew up...

'Autobiography of the very finest quality. Having enjoyed in the course of reading it the loudest and longest laughs I have enjoyed in the last two years I am quite...

Shy and cosseted, I developed a wide-eyed attraction to anything exciting or damaged. I idolozed women with those qualities but was ill-equipped to deal with them. I didn't even butter...

"Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn't take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem." -Jon Stewart "The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"-the creator of The Program , the most...

George Tallis arrived in Melbourne in 1886 as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, and by the mid-1920s was one of the first 'media giants'. The Silent Showman is a biography of...

This charming autobiographical tale from Princess Michael of Kent tells of a girl growing up and the incredible bond that can exist between people and animals. In the early 1960s,...

"I read Free Spirit all in one go as I literally couldn't put it down.Tanya Sarne's courage and resilience are utterly awe-inspiring.You could read no better book than this on...

'In 1843 there appeared a little book of sixteen small pages entitled Arabiniana, with a prefatory note initialled H.B.C. as the only indication of authorship. The book recorded some of...

When postgrad student Martin Plowman became fascinated by the weird world of UFOs, alien abductions and conspiracy theories, he didn't realise it would lead to an amazing seven-year journey that...

Anne Glenconner's glittering life hasn't always been golden. As she revealed in her astonishing memoir Lady in Waiting , it has been one of stark contrasts - from growing up...

History will always remember the Edisons, Einsteins and Darwins: they succeeded in changing the world, and the world has repaid them by enshrining their names. But what of those others...

In the tradition of Sherwin Nuland and Jerome Groopman, respected gerontologist Winakur recounts his personal struggles with his ageing father while drawing upon his broad experience as a physician to...

First published in 1918, this work revolutionized modern biography with its slightly caricatured, witty descriptions of four eminent Victorians, Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold and General Gordon. Lytton Strachey...

This first book by the much-loved stars of TV's VILLAGE VETS is the unforgettable, hilarious, heartwarming and hair-raising adventures of two country vets, the animals they treat and the characters...

This Supplement 1580-1980 is an adjunct to the first sixteen volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and includes people who played a part in Australia's history from the beginning...

Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that era's greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its...

#1 National Bestseller Don Cherry has been named a National Hockey League Coach of the Year with a winning percentage of over .600 and also received Coach of the Year...

I have been exiled from my body. I was ejected at a very young age and I got lost. Playwright, author and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to...

Most people who take up a musical instrument have dropped it by the time they leave school. With the onset of maturity they start to regret giving it up. But...

By the author of the bestselling THE WOMAN WARRIOR, a magical book- a literature of peace built on the stories of war.Divided into four sections - 'Fire', 'Paper', 'Water' and...

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called...

The 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass Struggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy...

This biography draws new conclusions about Paul's contribution to the modern papacy. Unlike his predecessor, John XXIII, there are few anecdotes about Paul. There is consequently no "industry" surrounding him....

What happens when a headstrong Australian girl meets a charming older Italian man? Vivien was brought up in country Victoria with dreams of becoming a singer,but was trapped in a...

A challenging book that explores, at least on the face of it, the death in the Tangiwai disaster, Christmas Eve 1953, of 14-year-old Robert Hale, a school friend of the...

From the Crew of the LST 18 is a group of light-hearted, semi-satirical shipboard stories intertwined with five invasions in the Southwest Pacific during the last year of World War...