{"product_id":"secondhand-biography-memoir-bargain-book-box-sp4098","title":"Secondhand Biography \u0026 Memoir Bargain Book Box SP4098","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Biography \u0026amp; Memoir Bargain Book Box SP4098\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-two books of biography, autobiography and memoir — from Paul Hogan and Yehudi Menuhin to Vinnie Jones, Chris Patten and Hunter S. Thompson. Music, sport, royalty, politics, literature and working-class life all represented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Hogan: The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower — Paul Hogan — The man who gave the world Crocodile Dundee tells his own story with characteristic larrikin wit and irreverence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYehudi Menuhin: Unfinished Journey — Yehudi Menuhin — The autobiography of one of the twentieth century's greatest violinists: his prodigious childhood, his international career, his inner life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Palin: There and Back — Diaries 1999–2009, Volume Four — The fourth volume of Palin's celebrated diaries, covering a decade of travel, film and the quiet pleasures of a writer's life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Private Life of Thomas Cromwell — Caroline Lygo — A richly researched portrait of Henry VIII's most powerful and enigmatic minister, exploring the man behind the iron reputation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith — Ian Mackersey — The story of Australia's greatest aviator, the first man to fly the Pacific, told in full for the first time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana — Paul Burrell — The former royal butler's account of life inside the Palace, during some of the monarchy's most turbulent decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Louder I Will Sing: A Story of Racism, Riots and Redemption — Lee Lawrence — A powerful memoir about growing up mixed-race in Britain, the 1981 Brixton riots and the search for justice and identity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernard Shaw — Michael Holroyd — The celebrated multi-volume biography of George Bernard Shaw by one of Britain's finest literary biographers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Tortelier: A Self-Portrait — Paul Tortelier \u0026amp; David Blum — The great French cellist in his own words: his music, his philosophy, his extraordinary life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLost Without You: Loving and Losing Tanya — Vinnie Jones — The footballer and actor's raw, honest memoir about the illness and death of his wife Tanya. Deeply moving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSufferah: Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head — Alex Wheatle — The award-winning novelist's memoir of his Brixton childhood, reggae culture and the path to becoming a writer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast and West — Chris Patten — The last Governor of Hong Kong reflects on the handover, East-West relations and the future of democracy in Asia. Still essential reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Quite the Diplomat: Home Truths About World Affairs — Chris Patten — Patten turns his attention to global politics with the candour of a man with nothing left to prove.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Rides According to G — Geraint Thomas — The Tour de France winner shares his favourite climbs, races and cycling adventures in a book for every kind of rider.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mountain People — Colin Turnbull — The anthropologist's controversial account of the Ik people of Uganda, forced from their land and stripped of their culture. A landmark of twentieth-century anthropology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaroline Jones: Through a Glass Darkly — Caroline Jones — A journey of love and grief with her father, by the beloved Australian broadcaster.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Devil in the White City — Erik Larson — The true story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the serial killer who used it as his hunting ground. Larson's most celebrated book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly the Heart — Brian Caswell \u0026amp; David Chiem — A memoir of survival, migration and family across two cultures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneration of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s — Hunter S. Thompson — Thompson's column collection from the Reagan years: furious, funny and still painfully relevant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Moving Target — William Golding — Essays, lectures and reflections from the Nobel laureate, written across several decades. Illuminating and underrated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegends of Vancouver — E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) — The celebrated Indigenous Canadian poet's collection of Squamish legends, as told to her by Chief Joe Capilano.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Moveable Feast — Ernest Hemingway — Hemingway's memoir of 1920s Paris: the cafés, the writers, the hunger and the extraordinary years of his youth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49337660834011,"sku":"SP4098","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4098.jpg?v=1789970747","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-biography-memoir-bargain-book-box-sp4098","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}