She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron by Richard Cohen (University of California, San Diego, USA)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship. Nora Ephron (1941 2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist, essayist, nov ...Show more
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point. So in Why Not Me?, she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment and adventure in her adult life, be it falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in unlikely places, or attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any b ...Show more
Dear Fatty: The Perfect Mother's Day Read by Dawn French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades. Loved for her irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes. Here she describes the journey that would eve ...Show more
The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze
$24.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
In January 2008, movie star Patrick Swayze was given the worst news of his life. What he hoped was just a stomach ache was actually stage four pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis that is fatal within a year for 79% of the people to whom it is given. Remarkably, Patrick is not just alive a year later but cont ...Show more
Cash Autobiography by Johnny Cash
$29.99 AUD
$34.95 (14% off)
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: General Adult
He was the "Man in Black," a country music legend, and the quintessential American troubadour. He was an icon of rugged individualism who had been to hell and back, telling the tale as never before. In his unforgettable autobiography, Johnny Cash tells the truth about the highs and lows, the struggles a ...Show more
David Lynch: Masters of Cinema Series by Thierry Jousse
$12.95 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
David Lynch (USA, b. 1946) is perhaps the best known of all cult directors, whose Mulholland Drive marks cinema's arrival to the 21st century. His career began more than 30 years ago, with the groundbreaking, mystifying "Eraserhead" (1977). With "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Wild at Heart" (1990) and "Lost Hig ...Show more
I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge
$16.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder: Alan Partridge. Star of action blockbuster Alpha Papa; a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three ...Show more
Women of Note: The Rise of Women Compose by Rosalind Appleby
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
In the early twentieth century being a female composer was a dangerous game; one composer was diagnosed as mentally insane by her psychiatrist husband, several achieved success only after their divorces and often the only way to get their music published was to lie about their gender. Still, the allure ...Show more
Wild Tales by Graham Nash
$45.00 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Graham Nash, lead singer and principal songwriter of the Hollies, then member of supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, made the incredible and possibly unique journey from 60s Manchester to Swinging London to sunny California. And along the way he created many of the iconic songs which defined a ...Show more
Hey True Blue by John Williamson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Williamson takes us through his life, from growing up on the land in the Mallee and Moree in a family of five boys, to being the voice of Australia.John got a lucky break that kickstarted his music career with 'Old Man Emu', which he wrote and performed on New Faces in 1970. After huge initial success, ...Show more
DAAS: Their Part in My Downfall: On the Road with the Doug Anthony All Stars by Paul Livingston
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Under the guise of his alter ego Flacco, Paul Livingston basked in the reflected glory of Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler and their anarchic comedy incarnation the Doug Anthony All Stars throughout the heady years of the late 80's and into the early 90's. Flacco and Paul now find themsel ...Show more
Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: near fine
The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Alan Davies recalls his boyhood with vivid insight and devastating humour. Shifting between his 1970s upbringing and his life today, Davies moves poignantly from innocence to experience to the clarity of hindsi ...Show more