Biography

"The Jungle is Neutral" is British soldier, Spencer Chapman's incredible story of his three and a half years in the Malayan jungle during World War II. A moving unforgettable saga...

Setting off from Australia with little more than faith in the contacts he'll likely make at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings, Lennox Nicholson finds out what it's like to follow in...

In 1839 Miss Anne Drysdale sailed from Scotland to Port Philip. She was 47 years old, had a small inheritance, and was determined to be a sheep farmer. Soon after...

This meticulously researched book offers an illuminating insight into the formation of the Australian women's movement. Pioneer feminist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale holds an important place in Australian history. Her witty,...

If he hadn't gone to prison, Terry Jenner believes he would be dead today. Sentenced to six-and-a-half years jail for embezzlement, Jenner was so addicted to gambling, he had lost...

Author: Stopford A. BrookeBinding: HardbackPublished: ISBISTER AND COMPANY LIMITED, 1895Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Faded...

Author: Earl Of CamperdownBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cracked boards with...

Author: Max WearneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Author Sydney, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionMax Wearne's The Life Of Guy Menzies: The Forgotten Flyer chronicles the remarkable yet overlooked...

Author: Graeme BellBinding: HardbackPublished: Child & Associates, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Orange boards in good condition. Faded DJ woth small tears. Clean text. Australian Jazzman: His...

Author: John W. Vandercook; drawings by Mahlon BlaineBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dull...

Author: Robert Henderson Croll In Collaboration With Roland R. WettenhallBinding: HardbackPublished: Melb. Robertson & Mullens, 1937Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings:...

Author: Berres Hoddle ColvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Research Publications Pty Ltd., 2004Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedRobert D. Fitzgerald's Robert Hoddle: Pioneer Surveyor 1794-1881 chronicles the remarkable life and enduring legacy...

Author: Michael NeuhauserBinding: PaperbackPublished: Monash University Press,, Melbourne, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. A Message To Eternity transports...

Author: William HowittBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge and Sons, 1894Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor dints on brown pictorial boards....

Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum, Australia, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Name on FEP. Faded spine and creased cover. The Paths I've Trod presents the remarkable autobiography of a...

Author: David Mcallister with Amanda DunnBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson Australia, 2020Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary life and career of a pivotal figure...

Author: Peter J. DanielsBinding: HardbackPublished: World Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, 2003Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Faded gilt on spine. Light bumping on...

Author: G.D. Roberts, Q.C.Binding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Black cloth in good condition. pp205-212 creased pages....

Author: John MiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: F. Warne & Co., 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Weak binding. No loose pages. Clean text. This...

Author: Helen MaxBinding: PaperbackPublished: Makor, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant photographic essay chronicles the life of a Holocaust survivor,...

Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Social Impact Book of the Year Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work...

Anxiety for Beginners offers a vivid insight into the crippling impact of anxiety disorder, a condition that is often invisible and frequently misunderstood. Eleanor Morgan's first-person account of her own...

When Leigh Hopkinson was a university student in Christchurch she worked at a succession of low-paying jobs that paid the rent and fit in around her degree. None of them...

Rachel Simon, a career-driven woman, is living a hyper-busy life when, out of the blue, her sister Beth asks her to ride buses with her for a year. Rachel is...

Take a front seat on this road trip through the centre of Australia for an unsettling journey through history as journalist and adventurer Rosemary Cadden follows the tracks of fellow...

The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway,...

Vanity Fair's editor at large, Sarah Giles interviews those who knew Fred Astaire best--his daughter, Ava; Audrey Hepburn; Rudolf Nureyev; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Ginger Rogers; Hermes Pan; Roddy McDowall; and...

"Even if I lived a hundred lives, I still wouldn't be exhausted." These words capture the intensity of the experiences of Claude Lanzmann, a man whose acts have always been...

'A Garden in the Hills' charts the arrival of Christine McCabe from the inner west of Sydney and a courtyard garden of mostly dead plants, to The Oaks, a circa...

A twenty-two-year-old perennial virgin, Englishman Grant Stoddard didn't know what to do with his life in America--until he won an X-rated online contest, the prize being intercourse with an infamous...

'Brave and beautiful.' Stylist Magazine 'Social media's answer to Carol Ann Duffy' Sunday Times STYLE 'Divine.' Cecelia Ahern She Must be Mad explores coming-of-age: the pain and beauty of love,...

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the...

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Secondhand Australian Biographies & Histories Bargain Book Box Delve into the fascinating lives of prominent Australians with this compelling collection of biographies. From sporting legends and political figures to cultural...

As the editor of the classic films Wake in Fright, Age of Consent and Nureyev's DonQuixote, and producer of such masterly films as Caddie, Bliss, Oyster Farmer,The Night The Prowler...

A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's...

So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find...

While the world hailed Einstein's genius, his private life was collapsing around him. His marriage to the beautiful, tormented Mileva had failed and he had launched into affairs with a...

Drawing on Mitford's highly autobiographical early novels - as well as the biographies and novels of her more mature French period, her journalism and the vast body of letters to...