Khrushchev by William Taubman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political
William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts - how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin' ...Show more
The Putin Interviews : Oliver Stone Interviews Vladimir Putin by Robert (FRW) Oliver (CON); Scheer Stone
$29.00 AUD
Category: Political | Series: Showtime Documentary Films
Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span ...Show more
Laid Bare by Jesse Fink
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Laid Bare is Jesse Fink's startlingly honest, deeply personal account of emotional and mental oblivion after divorce, interwoven with his experiences as an accidental `player' in a world where dating is a blood sport and finding a true connection is harder than ever because of the distractions provided ...Show more
This Long Pursuit - Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literary
Across three centuries, and much of Europe - "Holmes writes beautifully... A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation' The Oldie Thirty years ago Richard Holmes published Footsteps - a revolutionary book that would become a bestseller and influence profoundly a whole g ...Show more
To Catch a King by Charles Spencer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Guided by its various twists and turns To Catch a King is an unputdownable book which tells an old story with new eyes, challenging our polarised notions of royalism, nationalism and loyalty. King Charles I's life ended with his neck: he was beheaded outside his London palace in January 1649. It was pre ...Show more
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.