Down and Out in England and Italy by Alberto Prunetti; Elena Pala (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A wry, filthy, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today. Alberto Prunetti arrives in the UK, the twenty-something year old son of a Tuscan factory worker who has never left home before. With only broken English, his wits, and an obsession with the work of George Orwell to guide him, h ...Show more
A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee by Joanna Lumley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by her biggest fan Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates seventy years as Queen and He ...Show more
Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart. In 2002, with her siste ...Show more
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of o ...Show more
Before & Laughter by Jimmy Carr
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians - for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn't have the tools or self-belief to shake things up*In his mid-twenties, Jimmy was bored, boring, unfulfilled and underachieving. He wasn't exactly depressed, but he was very sa ...Show more
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words. "I hope fans of comedy will get a kick out of the stories behind my work, and really e ...Show more
Delia Akeley and the Monkey: A Human-Animal Story of Captivity, Patriarchy and Nature by Iain McCalman
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
By telling this story, Iain McCalman illuminates much about human-animal relations and the tyranny of gender inequality. He reinstates a twentieth century story of a dedicated amateur primatologist and her adopted Vervet monkey. On an East-African hunting expedition in 1909, Delia Akeley, a forty-year- ...Show more
Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labour by Anna Qu
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A young Chinese girl forced to work in a New York sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful memoir about labour and self-worth, economic revolution, and cultural dislocation. As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is ...Show more
Walking with Ghosts - A Memoir by Gabriel Byrne
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A highly anticipated memoir by Gabriel Byrne, the award-winning star of over 80 films, Walking with Ghosts is an exquisite portrait of an Irish childhood and a remarkable journey to Hollywood and Broadway success. "Make no mistake about it: Walking with Ghosts is a masterpiece. A book that will wring o ...Show more
Marie Antoinette : The Journey by Antonia Fraser
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN 'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT 'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superbly researched ... the definitive work on the ill-fated queen' CATHOLI ...Show more
W-3: A Memoir by Bette Howland
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Moving and heroically funny' New York Times'A brave and honorable book. Bette Howland is a real writer.' Saul Bellow, author of Seize the DayW-3 is a small psychiatric ward in a large university hospital, a world of pills and passes dispensed by an all-powerful staff, a world of veteran patients with g ...Show more
Twelve Summers by Adam Zwar
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Cricket fans, where were you during the disaster that was the 2013 Ashes? Adam Zwar was making a documentary about bodyline and filming a stunt that involved Brett Lee bowling bouncers to him while he wasn't wearing a helmet. Matthew Hayden warned him not do it. But the cameras were set up. What was he ...Show more