Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating, PM by Don Watson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political
If he had never become Prime Minister, Paul Keating's place in Australian history would still have been assured. He was the Treasurer who deregulated the economy; the weaver of Labor's modern story; its heavy weapon in the parliament. He was also the great enigma - a self-educated boy from Sydney's work ...Show more
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
$22.99 AUD
Category: General
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isa ...Show more
The Bookseller Of Kabul: The International Bestseller - 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other' SUNDAY TIMES by Asne Seierstad
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul has elicited extraordinary praise throughout the world and become a phenomenal international bestseller. The Bookseller of Kabul is s ...Show more
This is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
The biography of the extraordinary career of Dave Grohl, drummer of Nirvana, front man of the Foo Fighters, based on original and exclusive interviews ("A rich history"--New York Times Book Review)This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic story of a singular ...Show more
ALEX FERGUSON My Autobiography: The autobiography of the legendary Manchester United manager by Alex Ferguson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sport & Recreation
Sir Alex announced his retirement as manager of Manchester United after 27 years in the role. He has gone out in a blaze of glory, with United winning the Premier League for the 13th time, and he is widely considered to be the greatest manager in the history of British football. Over the last quarter o ...Show more
The Making of Mona by Franklin Adrian
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Hailed as the most important addition to the Australian cultural landscape since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, MONA has shaken up the art world by breathing life and delight back into the museum experience. Visitors are flocking to MONA, but what is it about MONA that makes it such a transforma ...Show more
Rafa: My Story by Rafael Nadal; John Carlin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sport & Recreation | Reading Level: very good
The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from the greatest tennis player of his generation 'A winner' Independent 'A terrific sporting memoir, full of memorable anecdotes' New Statesman 'As exciting as Rafa himself' Woman's Own No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael N ...Show more
Dark Paradise Norfolk Island by Robert Macklin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place lush with tall pines. But look closer and that idyllic facade is shattered. For all of the 220 years we have known it, Norfolk's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage and hor ...Show more
Going Solo: Popular Penguins by Roald Dahl
$14.99 AUD
Category: Literary | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism esprit de corps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughou ...Show more
The Hornet: From Bullied Schoolboy To World Champion by Jeff Horn; Grantlee Kieza
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport & Recreation
My journey from bullied schoolboy to world champion The story of Jeff Horn reads like a fairytale. Written with award-winning author, journalist and boxing aficionado Grantlee Kieza, The Hornet is the tale of a boy who, slapped around by bullies, saw through tears in his eyes a vision of himself as a he ...Show more
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlin Doughty
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A fascinating look at the funeral industry and an exploration of how we deal with death and our dead from a young feisty, funny and fearless mortician. From her very first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into the gruesome daily tasks of her cur ...Show more
Frontline Midwife: My Story of Survival and Keeping Others Safe by Anna Kent
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A story of women in crisis, seen through the eyes of a remarkable midwife 'My own suffering, my own loneliness, was a fair price to pay for the lives we'd saved. And now here I am, training to be a midwife, so that next time I can make it better.'Anna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for t ...Show more