Nellie: The life and loves of Dame Nellie Melba by Robert Wainwright
$32.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The tumultuous life of Australia's most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. When most Australians think of Nellie Melba they picture a squarish, late middle-aged woman dressed in furs and large hats, an imperious Dame whose voice ruled the world for three decades and was the inspiration for a peach ...Show more
Life and Death Decisions by Lachlan McIver
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
I found Dad dead on the side of a dirt road. I was sixteen; he was forty-nine. After Lachlan McIver’s father suffers a sudden, fatal heart attack it sends him into a spiral of grief and outrage. This tragedy inspires him to become a doctor and he eventually finds his calling – providing care for commun ...Show more
The Elephants of Thula Thula: Finding peace and happiness with the herd by Françoise Malby-Anthony
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There was no giving up on that vision, no matter how hard the road was at times.'Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a game reserve in South Africa with a remarkable family of elephants whose adventure ...Show more
Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Graham Coxon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
A long-awaited memoir of Blur co-founder, guitar legend and visual artist Graham Coxon. Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation - but it wasn't always easy. G ...Show more
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
$45.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The raw, candid and long-awaited autobiography from one of the greatest icons of the 20th Century In 2008, Paul Newman tasked his best friend with interviewing the people who had shaped his life, in order to create an oral history of it. After hearing and reading what they had to say, Newman dictated h ...Show more
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022: A Celebration of Her Life and Reign by Brian Hoey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
Long did she reign and peacefully may she rest: this beautiful and thoughtful tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the life of a remarkable woman whose 70 years on the throne made her the longest-reigning monarch in British History. Royal biographer Brian Hoey describes the childhood, ac ...Show more
The Shortest History of the Crown by Stephen Bates
$27.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
" Amidst the turbulence and invasions, upheaval and dissent that characterise British history, one thing has remained remarkably stable. Although there are other monarchies, Britain's Crown stands out due to the continuity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt. Of all the world's countries, forty- ...Show more
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston, Michael Preston
$22.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
"William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. mong many extraordinary achievements Dampier mapped the winds and ...Show more
Quaint Deeds: Unlikely Adventures in Teaching and Treasure-hunting: A Memoir by A.J. Mackinnon
$34.99 AUD
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From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow, a hilarious and heart-warming memoir of teaching, treasure hunts and finding your own way in life. A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon is best known to readers as a much-loved travel writer. But between eccentric voyages, he has for almost forty ye ...Show more
Speak, Silence - In Search of W. G. Sebald [Hardback] by Carole Angier
$59.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The first biography of W. G. Sebald: a robust, intricate, landmark portrait of one of the most significant and lauded cultural figures of the twentieth centuryW.G. Sebald was one of the most extraordinary and influential writers of the twentieth century. Through books includingThe Emigrants,Austerlitzan ...Show more
My Tongue is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood: Winner of the 2023 National Biography Award by Ann-Marie Priest
$37.99 AUD
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A masterful portrait of a major Australian writer, her incandescent poetry and her battles to be heard in a male-dominated literary establishment. The first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia's most significant and distinctive poets. Harwood is renowned for her brilliance, but love ...Show more
My Adventurous Life (PB) by Dick Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
Entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist ... Australian icon Dick Smith shares his extraordinary life story.