Those Wild Wyndhams : Three Sisters at the Heart of Power by Claudia Renton
$49.99 AUD
Category: Literary
Three sisters - beautiful, cultured and aristocratic, born into immense wealth during the reign of Queen Victoria. Their dramatic lives are here unfolded in a rich historical biography certain to appeal to fans of Downton Abbey, 'Georgiana' and Stella Tillyard's 'Aristocrats'. Mary, Madeline and Pamela ...Show more
Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy Kirkby
$20.00 AUD
Category: Historical
From the private papers of Winston Churchill to the tender notes of an unknown Tommy in the trenches, Love Letters of the Great War brings together some of the most romantic correspondence ever written. Some of the letters collected here are eloquent declarations of love and longing; others contain wren ...Show more
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff
$40.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
In 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world of politics back home in Canada. By 2008, he was leader of the country's Liberal Party and poised--should the governing Conservatives falter--to become Canada's next Prime Minister. It ne ...Show more
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal
$20.00 AUD
Category: Historical
In 2008, Clark Rockefeller, wealthy scion of a great American family, made headlines when he kidnapped his own daughter and vanished. The FBI and police were baffled. Despite tips and apparent sightings pouring in from the outraged public, every lead was a dead end, because 'Clark Rockefeller' did not e ...Show more
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle
$39.95 AUD
Category: Political
"Neither Jewish nor Arab, Delisle explores Jerusalem and is able to observe this strange world with candidness and humor...But most of all, those stories convey what life in East Jerusalem is about for an expatriate."--Haaretz "Engaging...[ Delisle] highlights the very complex lives of Israelis, Palest ...Show more
Sculptor's Daughter: A Childhood Memoir by Tove Jansson
$25.00 AUD
Category: Literary
Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from ben ...Show more
Algerian Chronicles by Albert Camus
$43.95 AUD
Category: Literary
More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus' most political works--an exploration ...Show more
Making Finn by Susan Newham-Blake
$20.00 AUD
Category: General
Susan's childhood dream of becoming a mother has not diminished with the revelation, alarming both to herself and her bewildered family, that she does, in fact, 'bat for the other team'. Having made peace with her identity and having finally found a beloved partner, she is now faced with a daunting prob ...Show more
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical
A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor.Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. I ...Show more
The Maggie Smith Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Maggie Smith by Michelle Hutchins
$39.95 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Maggie Smith, is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 58 years. She has won numerous awards for acting, including five BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards ...Show more
Wotan's Daughter: The life of Marjorie Lawrence by Richard Davis
$45.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Wotan's Daughter recounts the turbulent life and career of Marjorie Lawrence, one of Australia's most renowned opera stars. From humble beginnings in rural Victoria, Lawrence rose to become one of the pre-eminent Wagner singers of her generation, acclaimed and honoured in Europe and at the Metropolitan ...Show more
Keith Kyle, Reporting the World by Keith Kyle
$59.95 AUD
Category: Political
Keith Kyle was 'the epitome of the intellectual journalist' and the foremost historian of the Suez War. In this, his posthumously published autobiography, he takes the reader on a spectacular and exhilarating journey through the political history of the later 20th century, to the heart of world-shaking ...Show more