Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot: Self image, beauty ideals and desirability by Lucinda Froomes Price
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Beloved comedian, podcaster and commentator Price's debut book explores obsession and self-image, and how while striving to be hot feels natural, particularly in our culture, it is dangerous, homogenous, and informed by patriarchy. Anchored in her own personal experience, All I Ever Wanted Is to Be Hot ...Show more
Please Don't Take My Sisters by Maggie Hartley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: A\Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story Ser.
Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother's addiction problems and her latest violent relationship has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters. Maggie welcomes the three children into her home, and is t ...Show more
Exploited: A young girl trapped in a world of abuse and fear. Can the love of a foster mother set her free? by Maggie Hartley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: A\Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story Ser.
Fourteen-year-old Hannah comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley after her mum pleads with Social Services to take her into care, unable to cope with her daughter anymore. Previously a good student, a loving daughter and sister, Hannah is now playing truant, drinking, and taking drugs. Angry and ...Show more
The Lives of Lee Miller: Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet by Antony Penrose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: November of Draft Layout Ser.
Published to coincide with the UK release in November 2023 of the film Lee, starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a biography described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit.'Beautiful, bewitching and an exceptionally good photographer, Lee Miller was one o ...Show more
Mates - The Friendship that Sustained Henry Lawson by Gregory Bryan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Henry Lawson gave voice to a uniquely Australian identity and much of the Australian ethos of mateship was developed in his writing. Lawson authority Gregory Bryan has written a fascinating dual biography of Henry Lawson and his great mate and fellow writer, Jim Gordon (who wrote as Jim Grahame).
Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip by IAN LLOYD
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A witty and unconventional biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in his centenary year - perfect for fans of -The Crown. 'A fascinating account of Prince Philip as seen from every conceivable angle. Ian Lloyd demonstrates that there is much we didn't know about this much-loved and at times cont ...Show more
Toffee Apples and Quail Feathers - New Stories from Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth; Suzannah Worth
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011, Suzannah Worth discovered amongst her manuscripts a folder simply labelled 'Fifth Book'. Imagine her excitement when she sat down to read and her mother's distinctive voice came flooding back. She found herself once again immersed in the ...Show more
Saving Danny by Cathy Glass
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. While Danny's parents have everything they could wi ...Show more
A Baby's Cry by Cathy Glass
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option? Cathy Glass is about to find out. From author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged comes a harrowing and moving memoir about tiny Harrison, left in Cathy's care, and the potentially fatal family s ...Show more
Promise Me Dad by Joe Biden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a time to connect, a time ...Show more
Neglected: Scared, Hungry and Alone, Jamey Craves Affection by Cathy Glass
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Little Jamey, 2½ years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency. The police and social services had no choice after a neighbour reported Jamey had been left alone all night while his mother went out partying. Scared, hungry and withdrawn, Jamey has spent so much time in ...Show more