The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under President Kennedy, the Sit Room has been the epicentre of crisis management for presidents for more than six decades. Time and again, ...Show more
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science by Michael White and John Gribbin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Originally published in 1992 to great acclaim, this updated edition traces the course of Hawking (TM)s life and science, successfully marrying biography and physics to tell the story of a remarkable man. Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist. With a career that began over thirty years ago at Camb ...Show more
Gangster Redemption: How America's Most Notorious Jewel Robber Got Rich, Got Caught, and Got His Life Back on Track by Larry Lawton
$24.99 AUD
Category: General
Written in collaboration with "New York Times" bestselling author Peter Golenbock, Larry Lawton's true-life story is a Hollywood producer's dream. Larry and Peter show the world a life of a straightforward, no excuses man who refused to let a broken system keep him down. Think "Goodfellas," only better. ...Show more
Popeye Never Told You: Childhood Memories of the War by Rodney Hall
$29.95 AUD
Category: Literary
In this memoir of his childhood in England during the Second World War, author Rodney Hall uses a little boy's point of view to tell the story of a time that changed the world, and one that would put into train events that were to shape Rodney's life. The voice of the young Rodney, the innocence with wh ...Show more
Blood Stain by Peter Lalor
$24.95 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: A\Sue Hines Book Ser.
This horrific true crime work tells the story of Katherine Knight, a grandmother and slaughter house worker who became Australia's most notorious female murderer. Author Peter Lalor covered the case for a top daily newspaper in Australia and interviewed Knight's ex-lovers, family, friends, and a former ...Show more
Heartstrong by Ellidy Pullin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'If not with you, then for you.' It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach too, but that day she didn't. Later, there was a knock at the door. A man had been found unconscious on the ocean ...Show more
Ex Libris: 100 Books for Everyone's Bookshelf by Michiko Kakutani
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From 'the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world' (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss 'Why do we love books so much?' For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an esca ...Show more
One Man's Climb - A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2 by Adrian HAYES
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
He was also one of the last people to speak to highly renowned mountaineering guide Marty Schmidt, and his son Denali, who tragically died on K2 in 2013 during Adrian's first attempt. Adrian was the one to break the news of this tragedy to the outside world. The author frankly discusses the true reason ...Show more
The Art Thief: A true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Wood. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the ...Show more
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal by Tim Parks
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Forty years ago, Tim Parks made the bel paese his home. Italian Life is his reckoning with his adopted country, an attempt to get to the core of it, to make sense of it, to fold others' stories in with his own experience - now that he is, in his own words, 'to some degree Italian' himself. The result i ...Show more
The Lady Vanishes: The next bestselling Australian true crime book based on the popular podcast series, for fans of I CATCH KILLERS, THE WIDOW OF WALCHA and DIRTY JOHN by Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles, Marc Wright
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again. Australia's most extraordinary missing persons case is examined by the journalists who created the global hit podcast into the disappearance of Marion Barter, a mother of two who simply vanished. ...Show more
The Love That Remains: An extraordinary memoir about secrets, life's shocking twists and unconditional love by Susan Francis
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
How could I write about the importance of truth and not tell the whole truth myself? After twenty years spent searching for her biological parents, 52-year-old Susan Hull unexpectedly meets the great love of her life - a goldminer named Wayne Francis. He is a gentle giant of a man, who promises Susan th ...Show more