Somebody That I Used to Know - Love, Loss and Jack Thompson by Bunkie King
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1969, when Bunkie King was a wide-eyed Sydney schoolgirl from a troubled family, she met Jack Thompson, struggling actor, soon to be Australia's biggest screen star. He was also romantically involved with Bunkie's older sister, Leona. The relationship lasted 15 years. But it really took another lifet ...Show more
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir. This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write. Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her ...Show more
The Strength in Us All by Sara Henderson
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Strength Ser.
All the strength you need to achieve anything is within you. Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there ... and light the bloody thing yourself! After being named the Bulletin / Qantas Businesswoman of the Year in 1991, and following the phenomenal success of From Stren ...Show more
Miss Kwa Kwa by Stephen Simm
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Struggling to find her path in the Rainbow Nation, Miss Kwa Kwa begins stalking a politician who becomes utterly enamored by the seemingly simple girl, introducing her to the world of Studio 94--the most elite and secret of nightclubs. A raucous political satire of the racism, greed, and criminal ambiti ...Show more
Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story.In this extraordinary memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father's ...Show more
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
In 1914 Vera Brittain was eighteen and, as war was declared, she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life of her whole generation - had changed in a way that was unimaginable in the tranquil pre-war era. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, one of the most famous autobiographies of the ...Show more
The Brontes by Juliet Barker
$14.95 AUD
Category: Biography
The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and 'poor Charlotte'. Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imagin ...Show more
The Independent Member for Lyne by Rob Oakeshott
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
From deep inside the last Parliament, Rob Oakeshott reveals the real story of being an independent during the Gillard government.