Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie by Jon Ronson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
In the late 1980s Jon Ronson was the keyboard player in the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. Frank wore a big fake head. Nobody outside his inner circle knew his true identity. This became the subject of feverish speculation during his zenith years. Together, they rode relatively high. Then it all w ...Show more
I, Migrant: A Comedian's Journey from Karachi to the Outback by Sami Shah
$29.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
An intelligent, hilarious and moving memoir - from Karachi to Western Australia. Read I, Migrant and laugh til you cry. Despite nearly being killed by a kangaroo and almost lynched and run out of town after his comedy was taken far too seriously, Sami Shah is very happy to be living in Australia.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', YES PLEASE is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer and comedian Amy Poehler. YES PLEASE finds Amy riffing on sex, love, family, friendship and plastic surgery ...Show more
The Disaster Artist - My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero
$29.99 AUD
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From the actor who somehow lived through it all, a "sharply detailed...funny book about a cinematic comedy of errors" ("The New York Times"): the making of the cult film phenomenon "The Room." In 2003, an independent film called "The Room"--starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously ...Show more
Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown by Sir Roger Moore, KBE.
$39.95 AUD
Category: Entertainment
In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of the show business scene. Of course, he's an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but he's also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur - in fact, he's well known as one of the nic ...Show more
A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
It's 1924 and there have been many changes in the world of Downton Abbey since we were first welcomed by the family and their servants twelve years ago. A generation of men has been tragically lost at the front, there are once again children breathing new life into the great house, a chauffeur now sits ...Show more
Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
The fascinating story behind the rabbits-to-riches ascendancy of one of Australia's most powerful men. Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to ...Show more
Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951 - 2014 by Emily Herbert
$17.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
With his twinkling eyes, boundless energy and unrivalled natural wit, Robin Williams was the comedian who brought laughter to a generation. Through roles in cherished films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Aladdin and Hook, he became the genial face of family comedy. His child-like enthusiasm was infect ...Show more
So, Anyway...: The Autobiography by John Cleese
$22.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
Read by John Cleese with an introduction by Michael Palin. This is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter?s Preparatory School at the age of eight and five ...Show more
Normie: The Normie Rowe Story by Normie Rowe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
At one time, Normie Rowe was Australia's biggest musical talent. In 1965, his songs 'Que Sera Sera' and 'Shakin' All Over' were number one hits around the country and the single on which they appeared was the bestselling Australian single of the 1960s. He produced a string of top 10 hits until, in 1968, ...Show more
Reckless by Chrissie Hynde
$35.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: very good
By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect âe(tm)50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock âe(tm)nâe(tm) roll, motorbikes and the âe~get down boysâe(tm) seen at gigs in and around Cleveland âe" Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the ...Show more
Maggie Smith : A Biography by Michael Coveney
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors. This new biography shines the stage-lights on the life and work of a truly remarkable performer, one whose career spans six decades. From her days as a star of West ...Show more