Carmen's Legacy by John J. Maher; Michelle - Katrina - Jasmine Nee Maher
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good by Aminata Conteh-Biger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Rising Heart will never leave you; searing, powerful, disturbing, hopeful.' The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO The astonishing tale of a woman determined to turn her trauma into the power for good in the world. In 1999, Sierra Leone teenager Aminata Conteh-Biger was kidnapped from her father's ar ...Show more
Exteriors by Annie Ernaux
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Taking the form of random journal entries over seven years, Exteriors captures the feeling of contemporary living on the outskirts of Paris. Poignantly lyrical, chaotic, and strangely alive.
Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 by Robert Hardman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
<b>A <i>Sunday Times</i> Book of the Year <i>Queen Of Our Times</i> is the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II by one of Britain’s leading royal authorities, Robert Hardman. This commemorative edition includes an epilogue reflecting upon Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubile ...Show more
The Child Bride by Cathy Glass
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family. When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what? Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cath ...Show more
Going Back: How a Former Refugee and now an Internationally Acclaimed Surgeon Returned to Iraq by Munjed Al Muderis; Patrick Weaver
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Munjed's new book is once more a journey, but this time takes him across the world on a quest to save others rather than himself. In Munjed Al Muderis's bestselling memoir Walking Free, he described his experience as a refugee fleeing Saddam Hussein's Iraq, his terrifying sea journey to Australia and th ...Show more
Windsor Diaries: A Childhood with the Princesses by Alathea Fitzalan Howard
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
**SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****A DAILY MAIL CHRISTMAS BOOKS PICK** 'A must if you love The Crown' Good Housekeeping 'For a glimpse into the lives of the young princesses these diaries are riveting' Daily Mail, Christmas Bo ...Show more
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My d ...Show more
Bourdain: In Stories by Laurie Woolever
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Powerful and profound' Esquire'Unbridled and unapologetic' VogueWhen Anthony Bourdain died in 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man. Laurie Woolever, Bourdain's longtime assistant and confidante, has interviewed nearly a hundred ...Show more
A Queen for All Seasons: A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee by Joanna Lumley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by her biggest fan Joanna Lumley. In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates seventy years as Queen and He ...Show more
Lapsed by Monica Dux
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Losing your religion is harder than it looks ... From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Another ten years and she'd calmed right down. Now s ...Show more
Eve Langley and the Pea Pickers by Helen Vines
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Autobiography or fiction? This question has shadowed the work of enigmatic Australian author Eve Langley since her death in 1974. Was her writing the truth, or false, or somewhere in between? What did it mean when she described her father as ‘evil’ and ‘perverted’ in her first published novel The Pea Pi ...Show more