Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas de Quincey by Frances Wilson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'Life for De Quincey was either angels ascending on vaults of cloud or vagrants shivering on the city streets.' Thomas De Quincey - opium-eater, celebrity journalist, and professional doppelganger - is embedded in our culture. Modelling his character on Coleridge and his sensibility on Wordsworth, De Qu ...Show more
No More Worlds to Conquer: Sixteen People Who Defined Their Time - and What They Did Next by Chris Wright
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
What do you do with the rest of your life, after you've achieved brilliance at an early age? This is the question posed by celebrated-journalist Chris Wright to some of the most renowned adventurers, athletes and politicians of the twentieth century. What happens if you are an athlete or gymnast and you ...Show more
Scattered Pearls by Sohila; Brewster, David Zanjani
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
From Tehran to Melbourne, a powerful memoir of survival. Scattered Pearls opens in pre-revolutionary Iran, where Sohila Zanjani grew up under the threat of violence, intimidation and control at the hands of her father. Resolving never to tread in the footsteps of her mother and her grandmother, both sur ...Show more
Havel: A Life by Michael Zantovsky
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
"Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher-king, an internationally successful playwright who became a political dissident and then, reluctantly, a president. His pivotal role in the Velvet Revolution, the end of Communism and the birth of a modern, west-facing Czech Republic makes him a key figure of th ...Show more
Mezza Italiana: An Enchanting Story About Love, Family, La Dolce Vita and Finding Your Place in the World by Zoe Boccabella
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Growing up in Brisbane in the 1970s and 80s, Zoe Boccabella knew if you wanted to fit in, you did not bottle tomatoes, have plastic on the hallway carpet or a glory box of Italian linens. Though she tried to be like 'everyone else', refusing to learn Italian and even dyeing her dark hair blonde, Zoe cou ...Show more
Things That Matter: Stories of life and death by David Galler
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughout - including the death of his parents - David frames a number of chapte ...Show more
Doctor Who: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe by George Mann
$89.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Dalek is the never-before-told history of the Doctor's most dangerous enemies, the famous 'Outer Space Robot People' of the planet Skaro - from their genesis in the thousand-year conflict between Thals and Kaleds, to their survival of the Time War and (as foreseen by the Time Lords) their conquest of th ...Show more
Single White Monk by Shozan Jack Haubner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In this sequel to the laugh-out-loud funny Zen Confidential, the author finds even more humor and wisdom in his experiences as a Buddhist monk in confrontation with an often puzzling world. Fans of the hilarious essays that made up the author's first book, Zen Confidential, will find even more hilar ...Show more
The Coen Brothers: The iconic filmmakers and their work by NATHAN, IAN
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Iconic Filmmakers Ser.
Through indepth and informative text written by film journalist Ian Nathan, The Coen Brothers Archivewith re-examine the brothers most famous work including Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men and True Grit, as well as some of their cult films, su ...Show more
Unqualified - Anna Faris with Foreword by Chris Pratt by Anna Faris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: HQ Fiction
Since October 2015, a whole lot of people have been getting relationship advice from a very well-intentioned but untrained source actress Anna Faris on her ridiculously popular podcast, Unqualified Anna's own personal life was messy, even while her career soared as the lead in the Scary Movie franchise, ...Show more
Try Hard: Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever (Extra Sass Edition): Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever (Extra Sass Edition) by Em Rusciano
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Now with extra sass - three fabulous new chapters - the bestselling laugh-out-loud memoir of one of Australia's most adored performers on stage and radio.Funny and feisty, Em Rusciano's insights into her world of mayhem, marriage and motherhood are a laugh-out-loud, cry-out-loud balm for the soul.From h ...Show more