Too Long in the Bush by Len Beadell
$22.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Too Long In the Bush is the story of how, from 1956 to 1958, Len Beadell and his team made the first road across Central Australia from east to west, 1500 kilometres from the Alice Springs road to Carnegie homestead 650 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie. On the way he surveyed and built the Giles Meteorolo ...Show more
Honey Blood by Kirsty Everett
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast. But as she made plans to win gold, life, as it does, laughed at the goal she’d set. Aged nine, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent the next two and a half years in treatment and attending the funerals of children she met in the cancer ward. At th ...Show more
The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier Brickell
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
"A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . This elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark."-The EconomistThe captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store ...Show more
Tara Memoirs From the Boudoir by Taylor Tara
$29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In a similar style to 50 Shades of Grey, Taylor Tara writes a memoir of her decision and life to enter the forbidden world of becoming an escort and being a mother and Grandmother. Taylor decides after yet another disasterous relationship that this was her last straw with men who were treating her like ...Show more
The Wonderful World of James Herriot: A charming collection of classic stories by James Herriot
$24.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
The perfect gift for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot's much-loved books, with insights into his life and work from his children Rosie and Jim.With astute observations and boundless humour, country vet Herriot captures the spirit ...Show more
Everywhere an Oink Oink by David Mamet
$64.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies. David Mamet went to Hollywood on top--a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a ve ...Show more
A Single Lifeline by Heidi Coupland
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
'The saying goes that time heals. I guess that's partly true. But time also makes you more aware of what has been lost. We find new points of reflection, like lookouts that offer fresh perspectives on a valley you've walked through or gazed at many times. From one vantage point the valley is a glorious ...Show more
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
$39.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, without any plan or agenda for ...Show more
Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: near fine
An extraordinary memoir about family, love, belief, redemption and the power of forgiveness. Everything has a reason. Everything has a purpose. Stan Walker is one of the finest singers to emerge from Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa in a generation. When Stan won Australian Idol in 2009, he was thrown ...Show more
Charlie's Good Tonight - The Life, The Times and The Rolling Stones by Paul Sexton
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
The official and fully authorised biography of the world’s most revered and celebrated drummers, and mainstay of The Rolling Stones Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz d ...Show more
We Could Be: Bowie and his Heroes by Tom Hagler
$32.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
With consultant editor Tony Visconti. David Bowie's story has never been told quite like this.Tracing the star's encounters with fellow icons throughout his life, We Could Be offers a new history of Bowie, collecting 300 short stories that together paint a portrait of humour, humility, compassion, trage ...Show more
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
$24.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business-and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeym ...Show more