Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella by Jack Charles
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his ...Show more
Keith Murdoch: Founder of a Media Empire by R.M. Younger
14.99 AUD
49.95 (69% off)
Category: Biography
Fifty years after Keith Murdoch's death his career and influence remain the measure of the man. Founder of the Murdoch media empire Keith Murdoch came from humble beginnings as the son of a Scottish minister. He began his journalistic career on a Melbourne paper and first made a name for himself when he ...Show more
In Bad Faith: Inside a secret ultra-Orthodox sect and the brutal betrayal it tried to hide by Dassi Erlich
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'I am a sexual abuse survivor, but I am also more than a survivor. I will continue fighting for justice for all victims.' Dassi Erlich grew up in St Kilda East, the fourth of seven children born to parents who had joined one of the strictest ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the world. As a girl, he ...Show more
Stories of Hope - Finding Inspiration in Everyday Lives by Heather Morris
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Heather Morris, author of the internationally bestselling novels The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey, grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand. On her way back across the paddocks from school, Heather would visit her great-grandfather and listen to his experiences of war - stories he told only ...Show more
The Priests by James M. Miller
9.99 AUD
34.99 (71% off)
Category: Biography
The Priests is the true story of one man's survival of abuse at the hands of a most dangerous type - priests without belief. James Miller grew up in Newcastle. He attended Pius X secondary College in 1978. He was keen surfer and gifted academically, which drew the attentions of the Principal, Father Bre ...Show more
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years by Michael Posner
24.99 AUD
49.99 (50% off)
Category: Music | Series: Great Untold Series
The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best. Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon--there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary western culture, entertaining and inspi ...Show more
The Twat Files: A hilarious sort-of memoir of mistakes, mishaps and mess-ups by Dawn French
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last sixty years. Nincompoop. Nitwit. Lunatic. Dork. All lovely . . . but . . . nah . . . I prefer Twat. It's neat and it's accurate somehow. Because, yes, I am a Twat . . . sometimes. Aren't we all? THE TWAT ...Show more
Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra by Bruce Pascoe
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.' From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and responsibility of disrupting Australia's history. When Dark Emu was adopted by Australia like a new anthem, Bruce ...Show more
An Outback Nurse by Thea Hayes
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Thea Hayes trained as a Nurse in Sydney in 1959. A year later she was catapulted out of the safety of her city life into the unknown world of the Outback...Thea knew nothing of the place she was soon to call home, Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, the second largest property in the world unde ...Show more
Unbowed by Billy Hedderman
9.99 AUD
34.99 (71% off)
Category: Biography
'I woke to the sight of a hospital ceiling. For that first blissful second, I forgot that I was paralysed.' On 31 December 2014 Billy Hedderman suffered a catastrophic injury to his spinal cord while body-boarding on the Sunshine Coast, paralysing him almost completely from the neck down. When asked if ...Show more
A Twist in Every Tale by JEANETTE ANGEE
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The stories in this book are fully researched true stories that I have written over several years. I decided to put this volume tougher when I realised how interesting some of my discoveries were. While at the time of researching I was trying to learn more about various ancestors, it was pure coincidenc ...Show more
Mademoiselle - Coco Chanel And The Pulse Of History by Rhonda Garelick
14.99 AUD
32.99 (54% off)
Category: Biography
A STUNNING BIOGRAPHY OF COCO CHANEL - THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF FASHION - EXAMINING HER INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURAL TRENDS OF HER TIME.Little black dresses. Faux pearls. Jersey knits. Skirt suits. Trousers. For over a century and counting, we all continue to see some version of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in near ...Show more