Biography & Memoir
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Written By Mrs Bach *OS*
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It's not often that one of the world's greatest composers is accused of plagiarising his wife's work, but an Australian... Learn More -
Lazarus Rising *OP*
$35.99John Howard's autobiography, Lazarus Rising, is the biggest-selling political memoir Australia has seen. In it he talks... Learn More -
Infidel *OP*
$24.99The brutal murder of the Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh in 2004 shocked the world. Shot and mutilated by a Muslim fanatic... Learn More -
Gangster Squad
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The shadowy Gangster Squad was formed in 1946 with eight men operating out of two rusted old Fords. They had no office and... Learn More -
A Fort of Nine Towers
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Qais Akbar Omar is 29 years old. His young life coincided with one of the most convulsive decades in Afghan history: civil... Learn More -
The Lost Pilot
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On 6 April 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot breaks cloud at 3,000 feet, near the island of Ishigaki. He plunges his Suisei divebomber into a fatal dive at the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious... Learn More -
Praying to the Goddess of Mercy
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When Mahita was 15, her teacher at Catholic school in Singapore said she could see the devil in her eyes. While growing... Learn More -
On Assignment With National Geographic
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Join National Geographic archaeologists and adventurers, explorers and scientists on this thrilling jaunt through more than... Learn More -
The Outsider
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Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class kid... Learn More -
The Top Gear Years
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"The Top Gear Years" brings together Jeremy Clarkson's collected magazine columns for the first time. Clarkson at his pithy... Learn More -
Butterflies
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Coping with severe burns, the hospital and doctors is not easy when all you want to do is be a teenage girl. Katherine w... Learn More -
Carry Me Home The life and death of Private Jake Kovco
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Jake Kovco was the first Australian soldier to die in Iraq: killed by a single shot to the head from his own Army-issued... Learn More -
The Shark Net
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Aged six, Robert Drewe moved with his family from Melbourne to Perth, the world's most isolated city - and proud of it. ... Learn More -
Born On a Blue Day
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I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, becasue the date is blue in my mind and Wednesda... Learn More -
Defying Hitler
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Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only publis... Learn More -
The Children's House Of Belsen
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Hetty's family was torn apart following the 1940 German Invasion of the Netherlands and rounded up by the Nazis and then... Learn More -
Reach for the Sky
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In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented th... Learn More -
Mao: The Unknown Story
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Jung Chang's Wild Swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and re... Learn More -
A Child Called It
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Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous,... Learn More -
A Wolf at the Table
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From the number one New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes a hilarious, frightening and compul... Learn More -
My Story
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A CHILD CALLED 'IT' is Dave Pelzer's story of a child beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: ... Learn More -
My Forbidden Face
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Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day of becoming a journ... Learn More -
Catch Me If You Can
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The Amazing True Story of the Most Extraordinary Liar in the History of Fun and Profit! "Irresistible! ... touches that ... Learn More -
Princess
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In a land where Kings still rule, I am a Princess. You must know me only as Sultana, for I cannot reveal my true name fo... Learn More -
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
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The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among ... Learn More -
Emperor's River
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A look into China's recent cultural reinterpretation of the oldest canal in the world, dug when Confucius was alive, alo... Learn More -
Outback Heroines
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Following the success of Women of the Outback, we now meet another set of amazing women, and hear their incredible stori... Learn More -
A Life in Frocks
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A Life in Frocks is about the 'divine obsession' - a woman's love for clothes. In particular, it is a personal, entertaining... Learn More -
Glenn A. Baker On Music
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It is not possible to have watched, heard or contemplated popular music in Australia over the past three decades and more... Learn More -
Untouchable
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Shots
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This extraordinary memoir begins with Don Walker's early life in rural Australia and ends in the late '80s. In mesmerising... Learn More -

