Eyes on the Street by Robert Kanigel
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: The Life of Jane Jacobs
The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence isfelt to this day. Jane Jacobs was a phenomenal woman who wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged in thousands of ...Show more
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed a groundbreaking operation on a twenty-seven-year-old epileptic patient named Henry Molaison. The operation failed to eliminate Molaison's intractable seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly ...Show more
My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real (HB) by Eva Gutowski
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the popular YouTube tastemaker Eva Gutowski comes her nationally bestselling lifestyle and advice book on the ups and downs of life, told in her hilarious and earnest voice. What's up guys? It's me, Eva! You may know me from my YouTube channel, MyLifeasEva. If that's the case, then you might also ...Show more
Simon Leys: Navigator Between Worlds by Philippe Paquet
59.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
An award-winning biography of one of the greats. Simon Leys is the pen-name of Pierre Ryckmans, who was born in Belgium and settled in Australia in 1970. He taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University and was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney from 1987 to 1 ...Show more
Bumper: The Life and times of Frank 'Bumper' Farrell by Larry Writer
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
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
Khrushchev by William Taubman
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
William Taubman's brilliant biography of one of the key figures of the Soviet Union is a study in contrasts - how the boy from a peasant background rose to the heights of power; how a single-minded, ambitious political player survived twenty years under Stalin; how he opened up to the West after Stalin' ...Show more
New Wave Vision by Hayden Cox
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Hayden Cox started his surfboard brand Haydenshapes at the age of 15 while still at school, taking on a fickle industry where few succeed beyond local reach. Today he is an award winning designer and entrepreneur who took his passion, young ideas and vision for doing things differently, and created a be ...Show more
Evelyn Waugh : A Life Revisited by Philip Eade
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Fifty years after Evelyn Waugh's death, here is a completely fresh view of one of the most gifted -- and fascinating -- writers of our time, the enigmatic author of Brideshead Revisited. Graham Greene hailed Waugh as 'the ...Show more
The New Girl: A Trans Girl Tells it Like it is by Rhyannon Styles
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The transgender memoir you won't stop hearing about. Rhyannon Styles will do for transgender what Matt Haig did for mental health. Elle columnist Rhyannon Styles tells her unforgettable life story in THE NEW GIRL, charting her incredible journey from male to female. A powerful book about being true to o ...Show more
Bounty Hunter 4/3: From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper by Jason Delgado
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the United States Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggl ...Show more
After Kathy Acker: A Biography by Chris Kraus
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Rich girl, street punk, lost girl and icon ...scholar, stripper, victim and media-whore: The late Kathy Acker's legend and writings are wrapped in mythologies, created mostly by Acker herself. The media storm that surrounded Kathy Acker's books was unprecedented: her books were banned in several countri ...Show more
Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama by Nick Haramis
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization; her cultural imprint is as nuanced as it is indelible. She used her time in the White House to fight for women, minorities, and health and education advocates. At the same time, her own genre-busting style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to ...Show more