Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The definitive biography of author Ian Fleming Ian Fleming's life was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation, James Bond. Andrew Lycett's direct access to Fleming's family, friends and contemporaries has enabled him to reveal the truth behind the complicated facade of this enigmatic and rem ...Show more
Cecil Beaton by Hugo Vickers
26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated portraits of the 20th century but also as designer of the iconic sets and costumes for the films My Fair Lady and Gigi. In 1980, Beaton personally chose Hugo Vickers to be his bi ...Show more
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren - The Biography by Paul Gorman
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'This masterful and painstaking biography opens its doorway to an era of fluorescent disenchantment and outlandish possibility' Alan Moore Malcolm McLaren was one of the most culturally significant but misunderstood figures of the modern era. Ten years after his life was cruelly cut short by cancer, The ...Show more
Top End Girl by Miranda Tapsell
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Ever since I was thirteen years old, all I wanted to do was perform. It was an unusual dream for a kid from the Northern Territory to have ... what I wanted for my life was a world away from what people knew and loved about the "Top End". Even though I've moved south to become an actor, the Territory h ...Show more
Hysteria: A Memoir of Illness, Strength and Women's Stories Throughout History by Katerina Bryant
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
When Katerina Bryant suddenly began experiencing chronic seizures, she was plunged into a foreign world of doctors and psychiatrists, who understood her condition as little as she did. Reacting the only way she knew how, she immersed herself in books, reading her way through her own complicated diagnosi ...Show more
Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader by MATTHEW QVORTRUP
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Angela Merkel has transformed German and European politics. Her achievements at home and abroad have seen her top Forbes' most powerful women list ten times and she is still going strong after over ten years in office-yet she may also be the least understood ruler in the world. Her government's hard app ...Show more
A Small Door Set in Concrete - One Woman's Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine by Ilana Hammerman
59.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"I was taught from the start not to be silent." For years, renowned activist and scholar Ilana Hammerman has given the world remarkable translations of Kafka. With A Small Door Set in Concrete, she turns to the actual surreal existence that is life in the West Bank after decades of occupation. After los ...Show more
Time Lived, Without Its Flow by Denise Riley
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'I work to earth my heart.' Time Lived, Without Its Flow is an astonishing, unflinching essay on the nature of grief from critically acclaimed poet Denise Riley. From the horrific experience of maternal grief Riley wrote her lauded collection Say Something Back, a modern classic of British poetry. Thi ...Show more
Inge's War - A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival under Hitler by Svenja O'Donnell
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
'A lyrical, engrossing and essential read' - Sathnam Sanghera'A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets' - Brian Van Reet, author of SpoilsWhat does it mean to be on the wrong side of history?Svenja's beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew wa ...Show more
Flying Bushman by Greg Keynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Growing up on the family property, Curbur, in outback Western Australia, Murchison country, Greg Keynes' childhood seemed idyllic. Poignant memories of exploring with his dogs; hunting, working and joking with the local Yamatji people. Breaking free from family ties as a young man, Greg began his own ae ...Show more
Untethered: A Memoir by Hayley Katzen
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
When urban academic Hayley Katzen moves to a remote Australian cattle property to live with her farmer girlfriend, she hopes, at last, to find home. But this is no happy-ever-after tree change. Lecture halls, law reform and the arts are replaced with castrating calves, shovelling manure, fire-fighting a ...Show more