When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Peter Godwin, an award-winning writer, is on assignment in Zululand when he is summoned by his mother to Zimbabwe, his birthplace. His father is seriously ill; she fears he is dying. Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story, descending into a vortex of violence and racial hatred inci ...Show more
Who Says I Can't? A memoir by Catherine De Vrye
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography
"I came into the world, an illegitimate baby in an era of shame, conceived before the advent of the pill or abortion. Maybe it wasn't exactly what one would call a great start in the game of life, but I'm grateful that it made me a player. Since then, life has offered more success and joy than I ever dr ...Show more
The Sewing Circles of Herat by Christina Lamb
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Ten years ago, Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people fought against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people. A gold-inscribed invitation to a wedding in Pakistan led Christina Lamb to leave subu ...Show more
Name All the Animals by Alison Smith
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography
A luminous, poignant true story, Alison Smith's stunning first book, "Name All the Animals," is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children, siblings ...Show more
Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage by Hazel Rowley
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized partnerships in presidential history. It raised eyebrows in their lifetimes and has only become more controversial since their deaths. From FDR's lifelong romance with Lucy Mercer to Eleanor's purported lesbia ...Show more
Not for the Faint-hearted: A Personal Reflection on Life, Politics and Purpose 1957-2007 by Kevin Rudd
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In 2007, Kevin Rudd became only the third Labor prime minister since the Second World War, after Whitlam and Hawke, to win government from opposition. In doing so he also defeated, and unseated, John Howard, the longest-serving conservative prime minister since Menzies.So who was the man behind the phen ...Show more
Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller (HB) by Christine Courtenay
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay. When Christine Courtenay began penning her own life story in lockdown last year, she found herself increasingly drawn into the story of her late husband and bestselling author ...Show more
Slow: Live Life Simply by Brooke Mcalary
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From the creator of the award-winning Slow Home podcast comes Slow--the perfect companion on the long road to living a simpler and more fulfilled life. Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she was close to having it all. Married to a wonderful man, mother to a lively young daughter and pregnant for ...Show more