Celeste: The Parisian Courtesan Who Became a Countess and Bestselling Writer by Roland Perry
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Courtesan, countess, bestselling author - the tempestuous true story of a woman far ahead of her time ...The true story of the Countess Celeste de Chabrillan is a rich and tempestuous tale of an extraordinary woman. Born in the gutters of Paris in 1824, Celeste made her name as a dancer in the Parisian ...Show more
Reservoir Dad by Clint Greagen
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
'If David Sedaris had got married and had kids, he would have been Reservoir Dad. Fall-on-the-floor funny, sharp, witty and just a little bit sexy...' Best Australian Blog 2013 judge Kerri Sackville sums up the feelings of the legions of fans of Reservoir Dad, aka Clint Greagen, a stay-at-home dad who t ...Show more
A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
With BREAKING BAD, Bryan Cranston created moments that had the world on the edge of their seats and coined catchphrases that became famous all over the globe. Now, at last, we can learn of the man behind one of TV's most successful programmes ever. Bryan Cranston's profile has skyrocketed, due to his po ...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
Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography by Richard Branson
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography
"Compelling. Brilliant. Revealing. Funny. Inspirational. Extraordinary. Sir Richard Branson s amazing memoir is now updated to include the effect on the Virgin Group of 11 September, his views on the war in Iraq, the rise of Virgin Blue and the flotation of Virgin Mobile. Discover how Virgin is moving i ...Show more
Sky Burial by Xinran (tr Julia Lovell & Esther Tyldesley)
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography
As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who ...Show more
The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor by Ali Gripper
$9.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary the story of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows, took on the world's medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of sight to hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest and most isolated people.
The Legend from Bruce Rock - The Wally Foreman Story by Glen Foreman; Ashley Storey (Cover Design by); Tim Clarke (Editor)
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Category: Biography
Another Aussie icon. A West Australian great. Chosen well before his time to walk through Heaven's gate. The man we all admired, respected and adored, Was placed into the draft and was hand-picked by the Lord. He was passionate and humble, courteous and fair Loyal and good-humoured, both on and off the ...Show more
East Wind Melts the Ice : A memoir through the seasons by Liza Dalby
$12.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In this collection of essays, Liza Dalby takes the 72 seasonal units of an ancient Chinese almanac as seeds, and grows them into a year's journal, entwining personal experience, natural phenomena, and ruminations on the cultural aesthetics of China, Japan, and California. Written from Dalby's perspectiv ...Show more
Life on Air : Memoirs of a Broadcaster by David Attenborough
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Category: Biography
David Attenborough's career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned almost five decades and over the last 25 years he has become a leading natural history programme maker. In these memoirs, he describes the people and animals he has met, and the places around the globe that he has visited. Hardback ...Show more
Breaking Out of the Box by Piers Dudgeon
$6.50 AUD
Category: Biography
Gamesman, tactician, provocateur, Edward de Bono is an entrepreneur whose product is thinking. Since the first publication of his bestseller The Use of Lateral Thinking in 1967, de Bono has brought about a revolution in the way we think. His radical ideas have been published in over fifty books, cele ...Show more