Aldous Huxley - A Biography by Sybille Bedford
$7.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A full-scale biography by the brilliant English novelist, an intimate friend of the Huxleys through four decades. She re-creates not only the private Huxley and the literary Huxley but the entire intellectual and social era to which he was central. One of the great classic English biographies...as forbi ...Show more
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City. Frank McCourt arrived in New York as a y ...Show more
Everything to Live For The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt by Turia Pitt
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Everything to Live For is the story of one young woman's survival against extraordinary odds, a testament to the human spirit. In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would cha ...Show more
Tumble Turns by Shane Gould
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Shane Gould blazed her way into sporting history, breaking 11 world swimming records and winning five Olympic medals in Munich in 1972. Yet her career lasted for just three years. At 13, she became a household name; and at 16 she retired and almost disappeared. This book talks about the story of Shane G ...Show more
The Calling - A Life Rocked by Mountains by Barry Blanchard
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lor ...Show more
Bogart - In Search of My Father by Stephen Humphrey Bogart
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
"For countless millions, Humphrey Bogart's screen performances and real-life persona merged to make him one of the world's most fabled figures - a legend of mythic proportions. Or, as his Sam Spade would have put it - the stuff that dreams are made of." "But for his only son, Stephen, eight years old in ...Show more
Home Work: A Memoir of My Years in Hollywood (HB) by Julie Andrews
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Home, the enchanting Julie Andrews picks up her story with her arrival in Hollywood, sharing the career highlights, personal experiences and reflections behind her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound ...Show more
Enter Whining by Fran Drescher
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Known and loved by millions around the world as the star of the top-rated CBS TV series The Nanny, Fran Drescher tells her hilarious life story and offers a fresh, funny, and irreverent backstage look at Hollywood and its stars. "The unsinkable kid from Queens isn't a whiner, she's a winner." --People ...Show more
Until I Say Goodbye: My Year of Living with Joy by Susan Spencer-Wendel
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In June 2011, Susan Spencer-Wendel learned she had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Lou Gehrig's disease, an irreversible condition that systematically destroys the nerves that power the muscles. While Susan cannot stop the rapid decline of her body and her inevitable death, she refuses to give up ...Show more
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Andre Agassi, former tennis World No. 1 tells his story ÃÂ in his own words. Not only will this book cover his tennis career but also some extraordinary insights into his personal life. Did you know . . . He won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments throughout his career and is one of only five male pl ...Show more