A Witness of Fact: the peculiar case of chief forensic pathologist Colin Manock by Drew Rooke
32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
The compelling story of South Australia's disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in which he became implicated.For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia's forensic pathology services, and played a vital role within the state's criminal justice ...Show more
Novak Djokovic by Dominic Bliss
39.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
Explore the incredible life of Novak Djokovic - from his boyhood in war-torn Serbia to his 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open. Find out more about the world's #1 male tennis player in this stunningly illustrated biography. Join expert tennis journalist Dominic Bliss, for an up-close look at t ...Show more
Your Time Starts Now: Food and fame, failure and freedom: the life story of Australia's first MasterChef by Julie Goodwin
36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
The extraordinary life story of Australia's beloved Julie Goodwin, first winner of MasterChef and bestselling cookbook author Julie Goodwin was catapulted into our hearts as the first-ever winner of MasterChef Australia. In many ways her win was unlikely. As a child Julie adored music and art, but her ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir by Sam Neill
36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more
Artful Lives: The Cohen Sisters by Penny Olsen
39.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
From Melbourne to the Islands - The Artful Lives of the Cohen Sisters 'Romance is in all of us. We long to fashion romantic careers for ourselves. We yearn to read those of others, whether they be of love, life, wealth' -so wrote artist-journalist Valerie Frankel Cohen in 1936. The Cohen sisters lived ...Show more
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies | Reading Level: very good
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa ...Show more
Girl Friday: An Extraordinarily Ordinary Working Life by Kristine Philipp
36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
Girl Friday: A job title used in 1970s workplaces for a junior administration assistant or receptionist. Common synonyms include junior office chick, shit-kicker, donkey worker, general dogsbody or gofer (go for this, go for that). Girl Friday: An Extraordinarily Ordinary Working Life is the hilarious ...Show more
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand
75.00 AUD
Category: Biographies
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) an ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
40.00 AUD
Category: Biographies
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five ...Show more
Teller of the Unexpected - The Life of Roald Dahl: An Unofficial Biography by Matthew Dennison
24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries by Alan Rickman
26.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: ENTERTAINMENT A MAIL ON SUNDAYS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time. From his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Profess ...Show more