Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP2912

Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP2912

Eighteen lives from across the world — David Remnick's biography of Barack Obama, Billy Connolly on the road, Sameem Ali's account of forced marriage at thirteen, the authorised biography of New Zealand politician Annette King (foreword by Jacinda Ardern), Anna Bligh on leading Queensland through the 2011 floods, and M.M. Kaye on the India that gave her The Far Pavilions.

1. Izzy: A Biography of I.F. Stone — Robert C. Cottrell — I.F. Stone ran his own one-man newsletter for nineteen years, exposing Washington during the Cold War from a tiny office on a minimal budget. Cottrell's biography of the most celebrated independent journalist in American history.
2. The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama — David Remnick — Remnick's major biography, published just after Obama's first inauguration: the family history, the Chicago years, the Senate campaign, and the election that made him president. One of the best political biographies of recent decades.
3. Against All Odds: Gai Waterhouse — Woman in a Man's World — Kevin Perkins — The story of Gai Waterhouse's fight to gain her trainer's licence in a sport that didn't want her, and the career she built once the establishment ran out of ways to keep her out.
4. Through the Wall: Reflections on Leadership, Love and Survival — Anna Bligh — The former Queensland Premier's account of the 2011 floods that killed thirty-five people and inundated Brisbane — the leadership decisions made in real time, on camera, that defined her time in office.
5. Stories of My Life: The Autobiography — Ray Martin — Ray Martin spent three decades at the centre of Australian television news and current affairs, interviewing world leaders and covering the stories that shaped the era. His own account of how that career was built.
6. Jean Monnet: Memoirs — Jean Monnet — The memoirs of the French statesman who conceived the European Coal and Steel Community and drove it into existence — the practical idealist widely regarded as the founding father of European integration.
7. Clore: The Man & His Millions — David Clutterbuck & Marion Devine — Charles Clore was one of the great British property and retail magnates of the postwar period: the business methods, the philanthropy, and the intensely private personal life behind one of the era's largest fortunes.
8. Sing Your Name Out Loud: 15 Rules for Living Your Dream — Jason Derulo — The American pop star's rise from choir-singing in Florida to global chart success, structured around the principles he credits with driving his career.
9. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road — Billy Connolly — The second volume of Connolly's memoirs, covering the touring life: the decades of touring Australia, America, and Britain, the comedy that grew from the road, and the friendships that sustained it.
10. Never Say Die — Chris O'Brien — O'Brien was RPA Hospital's leading surgeon when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. His account of what it was like to face diagnosis, surgery, and uncertainty from the patient's side of the bed.
11. Annette King: The Authorised Biography — John Harvey & Brent Edwards — Annette King served as a New Zealand MP for thirty years, held multiple cabinet portfolios, and was Deputy Prime Minister under Helen Clark. A major political biography. Foreword by Jacinda Ardern.
12. Whole Life: An Autobiography — Morris Lurie — The Australian writer and humorist recalls growing up Jewish in postwar Melbourne, the literary years in London and Europe, and the return to Australia that produced the books and stories that made his reputation.
13. The Memories of LM — Katherine Mansfield — The memoir of Ida Baker (L.M.), Katherine Mansfield's lifelong companion and devoted supporter: a portrait of friendship from the inside, and an account of the final years of the writer's life through the eyes of the person closest to her.
14. Confessions of a New Boy — Donald Horne — The author of The Lucky Country returns to memoir, examining the years of formation, the journalism, and the particular education that comes from beginning several careers in the same lifetime.
15. Many Paths to Peace: The Political Memoirs of Norman Rothfield — Foreword by Barry Jones — The political memoirs of a doctor and peace activist, covering the campaigns for nuclear disarmament and the role of science and conscience in Australian public life.
16. Belonging — Sameem Ali — Ali was abused, forced into marriage at thirteen, pregnant, and when she escaped, her brother came after her. A first-person account of honour violence in Britain that is impossible to read at arm's length.
17. Me — Ricky Martin — The memoir of the Latin pop star who had everything the industry wanted and spent years hiding who he actually was — until he came out, and found the world had changed more than he expected.
18. Golden Afternoon — M.M. Kaye — The second volume of Kaye's memoirs: the years in India as a young woman that gave her the setting, the characters, and the stories she would eventually turn into The Far Pavilions.