Will She Do? Act One of a Life on Stage by Eileen Atkins
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Eileen Atkins Ser.
Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress, who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen ...Show more
Burning Man: The Ascent of D. H. Lawrence by Frances Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Frances Wilson writes books that blow your hair back. She makes Lawrence live and breathe, annoy and captivate you - she conjures the past with such clarity and wit and flair that it feels utterly present' Katherine Rundell 'A brilliantly unconventional biography, passionately researched and written w ...Show more
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A critical and radical biography of the last great Imperialist The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's man ...Show more
Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, MAKING IT SO, a ...Show more
Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk by Dominic Gordon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A wild ride through a disaffected youth by a gifted writer. Dominic Gordon explores his memories in tight prose bursting with insight, audacious ideas and dark humour. What happens to the adolescent spirit when all vestiges of innocence about the world are foregone, replaced within the grinding sounds ...Show more
Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the next twenty-five years. There she began the process of forging a voice in a society that preferred women to be silent. Liberated by West Coast activism, growing gay pride and punk rock, she broke through oppression and ...Show more
The Happiest Refugee: My Journey from Tragedy to Comedy by Anh Do
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could ...Show more
How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' Tara Westover, author of Educated 'To read it is to believe that words can save' Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings 'One of the most gut-wrenching, soul-stirring, electrifying memoirs I've ever read' Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun There ...Show more
The Way Home by Mark Boyle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of ...Show more
The Joy Thief: How OCD steals your happiness – and how to get it back by Penny Moodie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A personal and practical guide to navigating the complex world of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). When Penny Moodie hears people say that they're 'a bit OCD' about cleaning or tidying, she can't help but feel frustrated. It took her twenty-three years to be diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disor ...Show more
The Millionaire Castaway by David Glasheen with Neil Bramwell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Dave Glasheen’s life began spiralling out of control after he lost his family’s vast fortune in the stock market crash of 1987. After a series of catastrophes, he needed to take drastic measures to restore himself. Opting out of the rat race, he cast himself away to a deserted island off the north-east ...Show more
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europ ...Show more