The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: The Genius, Secrecy and Disappearance of Louis Le Prince (HB) by Paul Fischer
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England.In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector - a year before Thomas Edison announced that the had invented a motion picture camera - Le Prince stepped on a train in France - and disappeared without ...Show more
The Palace Papers: The Sunday Times bestseller by Tina Brown
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
William, Harry, Kate, Meghan, Andrew, Charles, Camilla, Diana … and the Queen. Based on unprecedented sources and research, bestselling author Tina Brown takes readers behind the palace walls to tell the real story of the Windsors over the last twenty years since the death of Diana. Full of powerful rev ...Show more
Marching Powder by Rusty Young
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top.Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that i ...Show more
Just Kids by Patti Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seve ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
The Space Between the Stars: On Love, Loss and the Magical Power of Nature To Heal by Indira Naidoo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A deeply moving and uplifting exploration of the power of nature - even urban nature - to heal the deepest hurts. 'Life-changing' Kate Ceberano'Powerfully moving and insightful' David George Haskell For as long as I can remember, there has always been just the three of us. Three sisters. Only a year bet ...Show more
No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful by Paulina Porizkova
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart.Born in Cold War Czechoslovakia, Paulina Porizkova rose to prominence as a model ...Show more
My Mother - Myself - Glimpses into the Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationship by Bobbie Spivey; Billie Ruth Furuichi; Edy Henderson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this collection of engaging short stories, 16 previously-published women authors reflect on heart-warming and heart-wrenching aspects of their relationship with their mothers. The editors, all published writers and experienced speakers, have shared "mother stories" with each other over a period of m ...Show more
No Place for a Woman: The Autobiography of Outback Publican, Mayse Young by Mayse Young; With Gabrielle Dalton
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Autobiography, first published in 1991. Tells of the author's childhood, living in a tent in Queensland and the Northern Territory, her marriage and family life, bringing up seven children in the Northern territory during the 1930s and 1940s, and her varied experiences running a hotel in Pine Creek.
Miss Willmotts Ghosts - The Extraordinary Life and Gardens of a Forgotten Genius by Sandra Lawrence
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The beguiling story of one of Britain's most remarkable horticulturalists
Have A Little Faith by The Reverend Kate Bottley
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A joyous collection of life lessons from the UK's favourite vicar about how faith - in all its shapes and sizes - can help us navigate life's biggest ups and downs. Pre-order your copy now! People often greet Kate with the phrase 'I'm not religious, but . . .' before saying how much they love singing h ...Show more
Whispers Like Thunder - The True Native American Story of the Three Conley Sisters Who Fought the United States Government with Guns, the Law and Their Spirits to Prevent Their Ancestors from Being Removed from Their Final Resting Place in Heron Cemetery by Fuller Brooks; Luis Moro
$41.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The true Native American story of the Conley sisters. Lyda, Ida, and Helena fought the United States Government with guns, axes, and the law to defend their Wyandot Ancestors from being removed from their graves. The three sisters set up a small shanty known as Fort Conley and defended the Wyandot spiri ...Show more