Bob Hawke: The Complete Biography by Blanche d'Alpuget
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
To mark Bob Hawke's extraordinary life and legacy, this master work brings together the story of the man in full in a definitive hardback commemorative biography. Bob Hawke began life as a good Christian boy from a teetotal family, became a wild, drinking, womanising student, a Rhodes Scholar, a cha ...Show more
Tea and Scotch with Bradman (HB) by Roland Perry
$39.99 AUD
Category: Cricket | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Discovering the man behind the legend In 1995, journalist and author Roland Perry wrote to Sir Donald Bradman requesting an interview for a biography he was planning of the great cricketer. Surprisingly, the Don agreed. It was the start of a conversation that continued for years, during which the real B ...Show more
Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly by Billy Connolly
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don't even have punchlines. But you'll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and on...' In December 2018, after 50-years of belly-laughs, energy, outrage ...Show more
Debbie Harry: Face It by Debbie Harry
$45.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Reading Level: very good
Debbie Harry has achieved a level of global success and iconic stature that is reserved for very few musicians, and even fewer women. Charismatic lead singer, critically acclaimed solo artist and style icon, her allure is endless and her legacy is enduring. In this, her first memoir, Debbie shares her r ...Show more
The Devil's Grip: A true story of shame, sheep and shotguns by Neal Drinnan
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
'An unforgettable, courageous and deeply tragic local story which manages to become a universal tale. No mean feat.' Gregory Day Seven shots ring out in the silence of Victoria's rolling Barrabool Hills. As the final recoil echoes through the paddocks, a revered sheep-breeding dynasty comes to a bloody ...Show more
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
$29.99 AUD
Category: Chat10Looks3 Recommendations | Reading Level: 3 Biography
ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir. This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write. Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her ...Show more
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
$39.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: very good
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Époque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, ...Show more
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
$44.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holl ...Show more