Biography

Author: His FriendsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerG.A. Studdert Kennedy By His Friends...

Author: Lionel GodfreyBinding: HardbackPublished: ROBERT HALE LIMITED - LONDON, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Hollywood's quintessential leading man. The...

Author: Ronald W. ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE & WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Freud: The Man And The Cause, chronicles the...

Author: Robert A. RosenstoneBinding: HardbackPublished: ALFRED A. KNOPF NEW YORK, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography chronicles the tumultuous life of an iconic American journalist and activist, John...

Author: Randolph S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, London, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work, Winston S. Churchill; Volume I: Statesman 1900-1914, chronicles the...

Author: Frank James PriceBinding: HardbackPublished: Louisiana State University Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrank James Price's Troy H. Middleton: A Biography...

Author: Andrew BirkinBinding: HardbackPublished: CONSTABLE/LONDON, 1979Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the intricate life of J.M. Barrie, the celebrated creator of Peter Pan. It uncovers the...

Author: Josephine ButlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Blaketon-Hall, 1983Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsChurchill’s Secret Agent: Codename Jay Bee is the memoir/autobiographical account by Josephine Butler, in which she reveals for the...

Author: A. D. BakerBinding: HardbackPublished: MORGAN, RICHMOND & MORRISON PTY. LTD. HOBART, 1951Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work, The Life And Times Of Sir Richard Dry: The...

Author: Dirk U. StikkerBinding: HardbackPublished: HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMen Of Responsibility: A Memoir chronicles a life dedicated to significant undertakings, presenting a reflective...

Author: Major John Gillam, DsoBinding: HardbackPublished: Strong Oak Press/Tom Donovan Publishing UK, 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Lovely clean copy. Strong spine.This compelling historical account...

Author: Andrew PotokBinding: HardbackPublished: Arbor House, New York, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Lovely clean copy.This compelling memoir, My Life With Goya, chronicles Andrew...

Author: Sotheby'sBinding: HardbackPublished: SOTHEBYS, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: 3 Softcover volumes in a hard caseThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous lives of Edward VIII and Wallis...

Author: F.W. WinterbothamBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row., New York, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe historical thriller The Nazi Connection: The Adventures Of A Master Spy Inside Hitler's...

Author: Robert Henderson CrollBinding: HardbackPublished: Robertson & Mullens Limited, 1939Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis work presents a captivating...

Author: Quentin ReynoldsBinding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL & COMPANY LTD, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsOfficially Dead: The Story Of Commander C. D. Smith chronicles the astonishing true account of...

Author: Christopher HibbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the tumultuous events of the 1780 Gordon...

Author: Edwin Paxton HoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Sunday School Union, 1880Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Marks and specks on...

Author: Peter BullBinding: HardbackPublished: Peter Davies., 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight discolouration to DJ from age, minor...

Author: Sir James BissetBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson , 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Blue cloth with minor marks....

Author: Sir James BissetBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Blue cloth with silver lettering. Map endpapers. Colour frontis. This compelling maritime memoir, Tramps...

Author: Dusko PopovBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with slightly faded spine. Light...

Author: James GleesonBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsGleeson argues that Dobell achieved ''greatness while standing aloof from avant-garde developments'' and that...

Shortlisted for Lesbian Memoir/Biography Lammy Award Rendered in bronze, covered in white lacquer, two women sit together on a park bench in Greenwich Village. One of the women touches the...

How being called 'the world's ugliest woman' transformed one woman's life - and inspired millions of others. Because of a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez has dealt with harassment about...

The life of RussiaAIs greatest dramatist and storyteller examined within the context of the evolution of his art. A fine biography...a very well-written, intelligent account of ChekhovAIs remarkable literary career...

One of the most famous footballers of all time, George Best is an icon to football fans all over the world. He lived a tumultuous life, and died in 2005...

Recounts how William Wilberforce fought to end the lucrative slave trade and won.

Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection...

Marcel Reich-Ranicki has lived a colourful and picaresque life. Born in 1920 of Polish Jewish parents, he spent his youth in Berlin until the Nazis came to power. In 1938...

A collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named...

Discover the remarkable story of Wayne Bergmann, a Nyikina man and Kimberley leader who has dedicated his life to his community, in this moving memoir of living between two cultures....

What’s For Dinner? is a powerful work of nonfiction that presents a clear-eyed examination of the food systems shaping our planet and our plates. Jill Griffiths argues that our eating...

'[A] clever, cosmic, moving and funny parenting physics and poetry adventure . . . It's wonderful' Max Porter via Twitter 'Clear, nimble and dexterous' Ocean Vuong 'It's a magical book....

A memoir about one man's strange upbringing in a family fanatically devoted to honesty Raised in what he affectionately calls "our little honesty cult," Michael Leviton was ingrained with his...

Real Life Portrait is the compelling and powerful story of Wallace Anderson, a noted Australian sculptor from the 1920s to the 1950s; a time when being an artist was considered...

Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a psychiatric case manager when his own clinical depression...

Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the...

Manchester United scooping the treble, Schumacher barging Hill off the track, Tyson chewing Holyfield, England being beaten on penalties by just about everyone, name a defining sporting moment of the...

Each text in its own way invites reflection and meditation. The theme running through the pieces is love - a love that is coloured with both tears and smiles. Gibran's...

To comprehend the Freudian revolution, it is necessary to understand the private as well as the public man. This work, which uses illustrations assembled from family collections, manuscripts, letters and...

This is a true story. More than fifteen years after he left the scouts, the scout leader was falsely accused of raping a scout. What was the evidence? How could...

Mercenary Mum is the true story of a young single mother who went from working at her local Woolworths store to serving as a soldier in the Australian Army's elite...