Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unforgettable characters' SUNDAY TIMES'Magnificent Rebels is ...Show more
One Day I'll Remember This: Diaries 1987-1995 by Helen Garner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Following on from last year's Yellow Notebook, Helen Garner's much-anticipated second volume of diaries charts a tumultuous stage in her life. Beginning in 1987, as she embarks on an affair that she knows will be all-consuming, and ending in 1995 with the publication of The First Stone and the furore th ...Show more
James Baldwin - The Last Interview - And Other Conversations by James Baldwin; Quincy Troupe (Contribution by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
"I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only." When, in the fall of 1987, the poet Quincy Troupe traveled to the south of France to interview James Baldwin, Baldwin's brother David told him to ask Baldwin about everything-Bal ...Show more
Rambling Man - My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Father Anselm Novels Ser.
In my fantasy of the Rambling Man who is something of a hobo, walking - or maybe jumping into the car of a moving train - is what he does. He slings his guitar or banjo over his shoulder and strides out along the road to the next town. There he plays a few songs at a local gig and meets a beautiful woma ...Show more
Secrets and Lies: A story of justice, perseverance and the life that comes after by David Meagher
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
I was a victim of child sexual abuse. It occurred more than forty years ago, when I was just thirteen years old. This is the story about what happened to me, how I kept it to myself, how I eventually fought back and how - after decades of living with the impact of the abuse - I decided one day to finall ...Show more
Greenlights: Raucous Stories and Outlaw Wisdom From the Academy Award-Winning Actor by Matthew McConaughey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From the Academy Award -winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World's Most Famous Diary by Anne Frank
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Anne Franks The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Annes thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends staye ...Show more
Latin America Diaries: The Sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries, this book is Ernesto Che Guevera's journal documenting the young Argentine's second trip through Latin America, revealing the emergence of a committed revolutionary. These letters, poetry, and journalism document young Ernesto Guevara's second Latin American journ ...Show more
Lawson by Grantlee Kieza
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. Born on the goldfields in 1867, he became the voice of ordinary Australians, recording the hopes, dreams and struggles of bush battlers and slum dwellers, of fierce independent ...Show more
Saving Bunji: The Story of a Girl, a Rescued Kangaroo Joey and the Passion That Led Her to Fight for Change by Brinkley Davies
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A stunningly photographed memoir for anyone with even a passing interest in the fate of our wildlife and environment. Written by eco-warrior Brinkley Davies (230k+ on Instagram, 20k+ Youtube), Founder of the Balu Blue Foundation, Saving Bunji will be beloved by fans of Penguin Bloom and the activism of ...Show more
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals Observations from a Family Farm by Rosamund Young
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows. We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave ...Show more
The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot's celebrated poem The Waste Land on its centenary. The Waste Land is the greatest poem of the age. But a century after its publication in 1922, T. S. Eliot's masterpiece remains a work of comparative mystery. In this gripping account, award-winning biograp ...Show more