Follies Of God by James Grissom
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This remarkably illuminating portrait of Tennessee Williams lifts the veil on the heart and soul of his artistic inspiration: the unspoken collaboration between playwright and actor. At a low moment in Williams's life, he summoned to New Orleans a young twenty-year-old writer, James Grissom, who had wri ...Show more
Five Nights in Paris: After Dark in the City of Light by John Baxter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The preeminent expat writer on Paris and author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World takes you on an unforgettable nocturnal stroll through five iconic Parisian neighborhoods and his own memories.John Baxter enchanted readers with his literary tour of Paris in The Most Beautiful Walk in the World. No ...Show more
Fashion is Freedom by Tala Raassi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Even as a little girl Tala Raassi adored fashion. But growing up in Iran, where a woman could be punished under Islamic law for exposing her hair in public, Tala was forced to keep her experiments in fashion under wraps at backroom cafes and private parties. After a raid by religious police, 16-year-old ...Show more
Fifty Dead Men Walking: The Heroic True Story of a British Secret Agent Inside the IRA by Martin McGartland
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived the astonishing double life of a secret agent. To the IRA, he was a trusted Intelligence Office and an integral member of an active service unit. To the British Government however, he was known only as 'Agent Carol'. Martin McGartland is credited by Bri ...Show more
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This is the story of an unwanted Chinese daughter, growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. A story of greed, hatred and jealousy; a domestic drama is played against the extraordinary political ...Show more
Fallen by Rochelle Siemienowic
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"Call me Eve. It's the name I call myself when I think back to that time when I was a young wife - so very young, so very hungry. I picked the fruit and ate and drank until I was drunk with freedom and covered in juice and guilt." In this frank, compelling and beautifully written memoir, Rochelle Siemie ...Show more
Extreme Risk by Chris Hunter
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The heart-stopping account of a life spent fighting the bombmakers by the bestselling author of Eight Lives Down. Bosnia...Northern Ireland...Iraq...Afghanistan...For the past twenty years, some of the most dangerous places on earth. And for Major Chris Hunter, just some of the places where he has defu ...Show more
Every Beat of My Heart: An ABC Journalist's Journey From Death By Cardiac Arrest to Complete Recovery by Jeff Waters
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
One ordinary weekday evening, Jeff Waters had just gone to bed in his Melbourne home when pain began in his left arm and chest. He mentioned it casually to his wife, a GP, but dismissed her evident alarm - after all, he ate healthily, he swam regularly, he wasn't overweight or diabetic, and he was only ...Show more
Elvis and Me by Gillian Wills
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A world-weary musician and a broken racehorse rescue each other in this inspirational memoir about second chances. At 56 years of age, Gillian Wills bought her first horse on a whim. Elvis was emaciated, scarred, unruly, saddle-phobic and imbued with attitude. However, she sensed in him the remnants of ...Show more
Elizabeth the Queen: The Woman Behind the Throne by Sally Bedell Smith
$19.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This is an intimate portrait of Her Majesty the Queen. As we celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, this brand new biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the first all-round, up-close picture of one of the most fascinating, enigmatic and admired women in the world. With exclusive access to the Queen's personal lett ...Show more
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveller. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't ...Show more
Dr Venom: The Edgiest, Darkest and Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever by Bryan Grieg Fry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Welcome to the strange and dangerous world of DOCTOR VENOM. Imagine a three-week-long first date in Siberia catching venomous water shrews, and later a wedding attended by Eastern European prime ministers and their bodyguards wielding machine guns. Then a life spent living and working with snakes. Lots ...Show more