Bumper: The Life and times of Frank 'Bumper' Farrell by Larry Writer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The sprawling saga of legendary Australian cop, Bumper Farrell, the most feared and revered policeman in Australia's history. Frank 'Bumper' Farrell was the roughest, toughest street cop and vice-squad leader Australia has ever seen. Strong as a bull, with cauliflowered ears and fists like hams, Bumper' ...Show more
Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story.In this extraordinary memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father's ...Show more
Daring to Drive: The Young Saudi Woman Who Stood Up to a Kingdom of Men by Manal Al-Sharif
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO INSPIRED CHANGE WITH HER CALL FOR GREATER FREEDOMS FOR WOMEN.THE GUARDIAN: 'MANAL AL-SHARIF BECAME A GLOBAL FIGUREHEAD OF A CAUSE THAT DREW THE ATTENTION OF GLOBAL LEADERS WHO URGED THE [SAUDI] KINGDOM TO OVERTURN THE BAN' ON WOMEN DRIVING. 'Future generations will marvel at M ...Show more
The Durrells of Corfu by Michael Haag
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in particular his much-loved bestseller, My Family and Other Animals. These books in turn are based somewhat loosely on actual events. The real-life Durrells went to Corfu at the urging of Lawrence Durrell, who w ...Show more
Life at the Bottom - The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is a searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Dr. Dalrymple's key insight is that long-term poverty is caused not by economics but by a dysfunctional set of values,one ...Show more
Harry Styles: the Biography, Offstage by Ali Cronin
$7.06 AUD
Category: Biography
Although millions know his songs, and almost the entire world knows the story of his beginnings with One Direction, there's so much more to Harry Styles. Learn all about the story of his life, and all the "little things" that make Harry Styles such an icon. From The X-Factor to One Direction to his incr ...Show more
Patrick Swayze - The Dreamer by Sue Tabashnik
$15.52 AUD
Category: Biography
Patrick Swayze, the beloved dancer, actor, singer, songwriter, producer, choreographer, family man, athlete, horseman, and more, had a diversified career in the arts world for over thirty-five years. He often played hero roles in his work and spoke about traditional values such as honor, integrity, mora ...Show more
Child C - Surviving a Foster Mother's Reign of Terror by John Hendricks; Christopher J. Spry
$23.00 AUD
$33.40 (31% off)
Category: Biography
The horrific true story of cruel Gloucestershire foster mother Eunice Spry's 20-year reign of abuse over the children in her care, as told by one of the victims in the case that shocked the UK in early 2007.
Naked - A Vulnerable Child Trapped in a Predatory World - a shocking Story by Linda Chapple; Jo Hill
$28.00 AUD
$55.00 (49% off)
Category: Biography
'I'm not taking my clothes off.' My words bounced off the walls of the empty changing room. I was ten years old. I folded my arms tightly across my chest. I'd seen them outside. Naked Mum tried a smile. 'Nobody minds here.' But I minded. I'd never seen strangers naked before. With a volatile father an ...Show more
John Keats by Robert Gittings
$24.00 AUD
$31.95 (24% off)
Category: Biography
The author has captured Keats greatest poetry, which was written in the 365 days of single year. In this book, a prologue and an epilogue tell what happened before and after; the main chapters re-tell the story of that year.
Dear Mr Bigelow - A Transatlantic Friendship by Frances Woodsford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Dear Mr Bigelowis an enchanting collection of weekly pen-pal letters written over a twelve-year period (1949 to 1961) from an unmarried woman working in the Public Baths Department of Bournemouth Town Council to a wealthy American widower, Commodore Bigelow, living on Long Island, New York. They never ...Show more
Stolen Lives - Twenty Days in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir; Michele Fitoussi; Ros Schwartz (Translator)
$12.79 AUD
Category: Biography