Queen Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Album by Jane Roberts
29.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Few monarchs have achieved a sixty-year reign and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II will be an historic event in every sense. This souvenir charts every year of The Queens life from babyhood onwards. It also features colour illustrations, including personal documents and photographs to present a ...Show more
Chanel - An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney
39.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
By the end of the First World War, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel had revolutionised women's dress. But dress was the most visible aspect of more profound changes she helped to bring about. During the course of her extraordinary and unconventional journey - from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour - "Chane ...Show more
Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
32.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. Inevitably, it wasn't long before Bear was leading out-of-bounds night-climbing missions at school. As a teenager, he found identity and p ...Show more
Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
19.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
"Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills ...Show more
After Everest - Inside the Private World of Edmund Hillary by Paul Little
29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: Good - Very Good
'Well if you have a big life, a lot of stuff happens. Dad had a big life.' - Peter Hillary. Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did ...Show more
Straight Shooter by Matthew Lloyd
49.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Matthew Lloyd at his peak was a goal kicking machine in an era where the power forward was fading from the game. A five-time all Australian, he topped the AFL goal kicking three times in his 270 game career and kicked the ton twice, his first in the Essendon Premiership season of 2000. Born into a footb ...Show more
Princess: The Miss Andretti Story by John Hunt
34.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
This is the true rags-to-riches story of Miss Andretti, the horse from nowhere, bred from nothing, who cost nothing, was originally trained by a nobody and yet conquered the racing world to become the greatest thoroughbred sprinter on earth. It is the story of David Mueller, a rough-around-the-edges co ...Show more
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
19.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Before Eat, Pray, Love there was Almost French. 'This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan a' After backpacking her way around Europe journalist Sarah Turnbull is ready to embark on one last a ...Show more
The Girl From Baghdad by Michelle Nouri
29.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Michelle Nouri was born in Prague but grew up in vibrant pre-war Baghdad. Her privileged Iraqi childhood was like a fable; full of sun and games with her sisters and cousins in the crowded house of Bibi, matriarch of the powerful Nouri family. As a young girl, Michelle didn't fully understand the tensio ...Show more
Glenn McGrath Line and Strength: The Complete Story by Daniel Lane, Glenn McGrath
19.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
"From working the land in Narromine to winning cricket's World Cup three times, Glenn McGrath has always faced life with fierce determination and an unerring will to succeed, despite the odds. Following his retirement from international cricket, McGrath shares the story of his life - in cricket and off ...Show more
Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law
29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Benjamin Law considers himself pretty lucky to live in Australia: he can hold his boyfriend's hand in public and lobby his politicians to recognise same-sex marriage. But as the child of migrants, he's also curious about how different life might have been had he grown up in Asia. So he sets off to meet ...Show more
Lives by Peter Robb
32.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In Lives, an extraordinary writer encounters some remarkable people - and evokes their inner lives. Peter Robb has an uncanny ability to get into the skin of other people- to show them in a new light, to home on what makes them tick. In Australia, these range from Alex Dimitriades to Ivan Milat, from Ma ...Show more