Incorrigible Optimist (HB) by Gareth Evans
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades-described by Bob Hawke as having 'the most acute mind' of any of his ministers-Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions, both as Foreign Minister and in later international roles, to conflict resolution, ge ...Show more
Logical Family: A Memoir by Armistead Maupin
$35.00 AUD
Category: General
"A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers, and the story of his life is a story as fascinating, as delightful and as compulsive as any of the tales he has made up for us."--Neil Gaiman "I fell in love with Maupin's effervesce ...Show more
Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood by Stephen Dando-Collins
$35.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Born in Port Pirie, South Australia and moving to the UK in the 1950s where he soon established a theatrical agency, at the height of his success, in the 1970s, Robert Stigwood 'Stiggy' was the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoon. He came to renown managing the careers of the Bee Gees, Cream a ...Show more
Every Third Thought: On Life, Death and the End-Game by Robert McCrum
$33.00 AUD
Category: General
'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful' Kate Mosse In 1995, at the age of forty two, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke, the subject of his acclaimed memoir My Year Off. Ever since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the sh ...Show more
Work Shy ( Workshy ) by Dave Graney
$30.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Following up his 'musical memoir' 1001 Australian Nights (2011), legendary Australian showman Dave Graney returns to the page with a more autobiographical take on his remarkable life. It's half written by Dave Graney, the consummate performer and half-written by Dave Graney, the mere mortal.The trick is ...Show more
Lloyd George: Statesman or Scoundrel by Richard Wilkinson
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography
David Lloyd George left a profound political legacy, despite being described by the wife of his successor, Herbert Asquith, as a 'gambler without foresight'. He is, of course, best known as the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory in World War I, but his contribution to domestic politics was simila ...Show more
How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERRobert Webb tried to follow the rules for being a man: Don't cryDrink beerPlay rough Don't talk about feelings Looking back over his life he asks whether these rules are actually any use. To anyone.
Up Until Now by Petrea King
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
'Petrea King is one of those rare Australians who have changed the country for the better.' Richard Glover As a child Petrea King was dogged by health issues, spending many years in and out of hospital and undergoing numerous operations. After leaving school at fourteen, she worked as a secretary until ...Show more
Adventurous Spirit: Sometimes Life Takes Us to Places We Never Planned to Go by Heather Hawkins
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
At 41 - with two teenagers and a contentedly unadventurous life - Heather Hawkins made a doctor's appointment. Diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer, within nine days she had surgery to remove an 18cm tumour, and a full hysterectomy. Instead of chemotherapy, she chose a non-invasive surveillance treat ...Show more
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
$26.00 AUD
Category: General | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, tradit ...Show more
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
$27.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Azadeh Moaveni, longtime Middle East correspondent for Time magazine, returns to Iran to cover the rise of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Living and working in Tehran, she finds a nation that openly yearns for freedom and contact with the West but whose economic grievances and nationalist spirit find an ...Show more
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of growing Up iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni
$27.00 AUD
Category: Political
As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community, serving tea, clinging to tradition, and dreaming of Tehran. Outside, she ...Show more