Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
"Amy Krouse Rosenthal has cultivated a distinct blend of nonlinear memoir, observational humour, wistful reflections, and interactive connections with readers. A decade after Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, she's back with a sublime new work, a timeless collection of insights, memories, and moments th ...Show more
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'Hot damn! Let us rumble, keep going and don't slow down...let's have a little fun...' In his much-anticipated memoir, Hunter S. Thompson looks back on a long and productive life. It is a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, ...Show more
Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg by William S. Burroughs; Allen Ginsberg; Steven Taylor (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Two seminal figures of the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, discuss literary influences and personal history in a never-before-published three-day conversation following the release of the David Cronenberg film of Burroughs' classic novelNaked Lunch. The visit coincided with the s ...Show more
I Love the Bones of You by Christopher Eccleston
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'My father was an "ordinary man", which of course means he was extraordinary. I aim to capture him and his impact on my life and career.' - Christopher Eccleston Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, one man, in life and death, ...Show more
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Vmc Designer Collection
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,achievement and celebration. In this first volume ...Show more
Bedtime Story (H/B Illustrated) by Chloe Hooper
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Already acclaimed as a modern classic, Chloe Hooper's memoir of talking with her children about mortality is beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Anna Walker; this hardback, colour gift edition creates an irresistible object out of this magical work. By the bestselling author of The Tall Man an ...Show more
Dear Girls - Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian culture, working women, and why you never see new mum comics on stage but ...Show more
Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Tie-In) by Jon Krakauer
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer's investigation into ...Show more
Australia's Trail-Blazing First Novelist: John Lang by Sean Doyle
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'Writer, journalist, barrister, larrikin'Who was the first Australian novelist?John Lang, born in a Parramatta pub in 1816 with the convict 'stain' upon him, was a singular character. The first native-born person to have a novel published, he was also a newspaperman, a classical scholar and translator, ...Show more
What Have We Here: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
WHAT HAVE WE HERE? follows Billy Dee Williams from his childhood growing up in Harlem to his days on Broadway and in Hollywood before landing the role in George Lucas' space opera that would win him everlasting fame.Over a 60-year career spanning Broadway, music, movies, and television, Billy's tales an ...Show more
A Sense of Balance by John Howard
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Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect the sense of balance ...Show more