Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph "Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did in The Splendid and the Vile."―Kirkus * "Fascinating... well-researched and well-written."--Andrew Ro ...Show more
Slug by Hollie McNish
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPESTThe new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of ...Show more
An Exclusive Love by Johanna Adorjan
27.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A couple who have been united through the horrors of 20-century Europe and the joys of love and family, cannot live up to the vows they made nearly 50 years ago to stay together 'until death do us part'. In 1991, they take their own lives, together. Their granddaughter Johanna Adorjan digs through her f ...Show more
I Saw Ramallah by Muraid Barghauthai
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Winner of the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this fierce and moving work is an unparalleled rendering of the human aspects of the Palestinian predicament. Barred from his homeland after 1967's Six-Day War, the poet Mourid Barghouti spent thirty years in exile--shuttling among the world's cities, yet ...Show more
As Long As I Hope to Live - The Moving, True Story of a Jewish Girl under Nazi Occupation by Claudia Carli
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'An extraordinary book . . . vivid and heart-breaking'The Jewish Chronicle Through the discovery of a precious friendship album which belonged to 12-year-old Alie, a Jewish schoolgirl in Amsterdam, Claudia Carli has traced and preserved the lives of an entire class of girls, most of whom did not surviv ...Show more
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West by Konstantin Kisin
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Ser.
For all of the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty ...Show more
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fictionFrom standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establis ...Show more
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen by A. N. Wilson
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A celebration of HRH, Queen Elizabeth II: one of the most remarkable rulers of our age.
A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence by Mary Pipher
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia-a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality. In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher-as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North-taps into a c ...Show more
The Queen by Andrew Morton
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana, Her True Story and Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters, takes you behind the scenes to uncover the woman and her world.
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd is both a tale of remarkable success and a window into a brilliant creative mind.Finlay Macdonald's beautifully told, visually gorgeous biography of Dame Lynley Dodd and her creation, the rascally dog Hairy Maclary. 'A visual delight' NZ Listener's 100 Best Books of 2013' ...Show more
The Diamond Queen by Andrew Marr
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
<b><i>Sunday Times</i> Top 10 B</b><b>estseller</b><b>, fully revised and updated with a new chapter.</b> <b>'</b><b>Absorbing . . . particularly acute on the political aspects of constitutional monarchy, but he also writes perceptively a ...Show more