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Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson
Lady Gaga

$59.99 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline

The first official book by international superstar Lady Gaga.

In this book of original, behind-the-scenes photographs, acclaimed photographer Terry Richardson follows superstar Lady Gaga during one year of her life, from... Buy or find out more 


Then Again
Diane Keaton

$37.95 – Hardcover book / Random Century

""Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. For example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumbtacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a p... Buy or find out more 



 

Absolutely
Joanna Lumley

$45.00$39.95 – Hardcover book / Hachette

The absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley opens her private albums for this illustrated memoir.

Joanna Lumley is one of Britain's undisputed national treasures, an English actress, voiceover artist and author, best known for... Buy or find out more 


Tim Burton
Antoine de Baecque

$49.95 – Hardcover book /

Tim Burton is one of the most popular and innovative creative forces working in Hollywood today. From his first films as a cinema obsessed adolescent to his most recent Hollywood blockbusters like Sweeney Todd and Alice ... Buy or find out more 



The World According To Joan
Joan Collins

$24.99 – Paperback book / Murdoch Books

Witty, clever and beautiful, Joan Collins possesses a singular star quality that has come to define what it means to be a living legend.

As an actor, author and producer, she has built a career that places her in an unri... Buy or find out more 


Marlene Dietrich: Life And Legend
Steven Bach

$29.95 – Paperback book / Univ Minnesota

From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on... Buy or find out more 



Jeannie Out Of The Bottle
Barbara Eden

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins

Over the past four decades, the landmark television series I Dream of Jeannie has enchanted several generations of fans around the world, and inspired millions of teenage crushes on its beautiful blonde star, Barbara Ede... Buy or find out more 


I'm Over All That And Other Confessions
Shirley Maclaine

$24.99 – Paperback book /

IN THIS THIRD ACT OF MY LIFE, MUCH HAS BECOME CLEARER. SO MUCH IS OVER, AND I AM OVER SO MUCH . . .'

At a certain time in life, we all come to realize what is truly important to us and what just doesn't matter. For Shirl... Buy or find out more 



Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Bantam Press

An astonishing memoir by one of Hollywood's top actors

A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

Teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat P... Buy or find out more 


If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)
Betty White

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Ebury Press

It-girl Betty White delivers a hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, and everything in between.

Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty White's wit and wisdom take cent... Buy or find out more 



I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate And Other Encounters With Legends
Andrew McGibbon

$29.99 – Trade paperback / Faber

A funny and revealing book of personal stories of how ordinary people have taken to living or working with great stars.

Andrew McGibbon brings his sharp and witty attention to a group of people who spent time with legend... Buy or find out more 


Possessed: The Life Of Joan Crawford
Donald Spoto

$38.95 – Hardcover book / William Morrow & Co

New York Times bestselling author Donald Spoto has already brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment icons—Grace Kelly, James Dean, Alfred Hitchcock, and Marilyn Monroe, to ... Buy or find out more 



My Animated Life
Yoram Gross

$29.95 – Trade paperback / Brandl Schlesinger

Australia’s animation pioneer Yoram Gross, in his newly released autobiography My Animated Life tells his story of a life filled with adventure, of how he outwitted the forces ranged against him before going on to deli... Buy or find out more 


Oprah: A Biography
Kitty Kelley

$24.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin

The first complete portrait of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time - the international talk show queen revealed as never before.

Based on three years of research and reporting as... Buy or find out more 



Kardashian Konfidential
Kardashian Sisters

$35.00 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins

The stars of not one but two hit reality television shows and the most sought-after cover girls by magazines across the globe, Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian live impossibly glamorous lives in the spotlight. But not ... Buy or find out more 


One Man Show: The Stages Of Barry Humphries
Anne Pender

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Abc Books

Barry Humphries is perhaps the greatest comic genius of our age. Satirist, comedian and burlesque entertainer, he enthrals audiences across the globe. As housewife megastar Edna Everage, he savages - and enchants - all i... Buy or find out more 



The Pantomime Life Of Joseph Grimaldi: Laughter, Madness and the Story Of Britain's Greatest Comedian
Andrew McConnell Stott

$25.95 – Paperback book / Canongate

The son of a deranged Italian immigrant, Joseph Grimaldi (1778–1837) was the most celebrated of English clowns. The first to use white-face make-up and wear outrageous coloured clothes, he transformed the role of the Clo... Buy or find out more 


Parky's People: The Interviews: 100 Of The Best
Michael Parkinson

$49.99 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline

Michael Parkinson occupies a unique place in the public consciousness. Through his perceptive onscreen interviews over the past five decades, he has introduced millions of people to the personalities of major internation... Buy or find out more 



Frank: The Making Of A Legend
James Kaplan

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Little Brown

Who was Frank Sinatra? And how did who he was lead to him creating such incomparable music? In FRANK, fans finally have a biography that goes more deeply into who he really was than any previous book about this extraordi... Buy or find out more 


Billy Thorpe: Keep Rockin'
Lynn Thorpe and Dino Scatena

$45.00 – Paperback book / Viking

There was and will only be one Billy. Talented, determined, fiercely independent and with one helluva voice, Australian music legend Billy Thorpe left an indelible impression on our pop culture and our musical history.

K... Buy or find out more 



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The Fry Chronicles
Stephen Fry

$39.95$0.00 – Hardcover book / Michael Joseph

Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new ... Buy or find out more 


Lady Gaga Just Dance: The Biography
Helia Phoenix

$22.99 – Paperback book / Orion

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better know as Lady Gaga, was always destined to be different. She was a talented musician as a child, learning piano at age 4 and writing her first ballad at age of 13. But she turned... Buy or find out more 



The Bedwetter: Stories Of Courage Redemption And Pee
Sarah Silverman

$29.99 – Hardcover book / Faber

This is the book your mother warned you about but you have to read anyway ...

Shockingly funny book from the controversial and brilliant American comedian.

Sarah Silverman's father taught her to curse - at the age of thr... Buy or find out more 


Me
Ricky Martin

$29.95 – Trade paperback / Penguin Books

International superstar Ricky Martin, who has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, opens up for the first time about memories of his early childhood, experiences in the famed boy band Menudo, struggles with his id... Buy or find out more 



Russell Crowe: The Biography
Martin Howden

$29.95 – Trade paperback / Wilkinson Publishing

One of Hollywood's hottest properties and the actor whose uncompromising reputation - both on and off the screen - has ensured he is constantly in the public eye, Russell Crowe has a fascinating personal and professional... Buy or find out more 


Whatever Happened To Diana Trask?
Diana Trask

$19.95 – Paperback book / Melbourne Books

This autobiography on the life of singer Diana Trask is now available from this website.

Come on a journey through the life of Diana Trask as Diana tells the story of her own life. Diana began as a singer in Australia be... Buy or find out more 



Real And Reel: The Education Of A Film Obsessive Critic
Brian McFarlane

$29.95 – Paperback book / Sid Harta Publishers

Real and Reel is a light-hearted, ironic account of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others. Though there have been plenty of other interests to keep life liv... Buy or find out more 


Impractical Jokes
Charlie Pickering

$29.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin

Three toilets, a deceased poodle and some sadly depreciated real-estate ... a rollicking, laugh-out-loud memoir of how a practical joke went too far from one of Australia's brightest young comedians.

'A diabolical ping-p... Buy or find out more 



How To Make Gravy
Paul Kelly

$49.95 – Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton

This extraordinary book has its genesis in a series of concerts first staged in 2004. Over four nights Paul Kelly performed, in alphabetical order, one hundred of his songs from the previous three decades. In between son... Buy or find out more 


The Elephant To Hollywood
Michael Caine

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Hodder Headline

It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood. With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and st... Buy or find out more 



Stalin Ate My Homework
Alexei Sayle

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Hodder Headline

Alexei Sayle was born in Liverpool on the day egg rationing came to an end.

His family ate salad.

They read the Soviet Weekly.

They travelled on transcontinental trains, and in the back of futuristic limousines.

They saw... Buy or find out more 


 

And Furthermore
Judi Dench

$45.00$16.95 – Hardcover book / Orion

One of the world's most loved actresses tells her story, in her own words.

From the moment Judi Dench appeared as a teenager in the York Mystery Plays it was clear that acting would be her career. Trained at London’s Cen... Buy or find out more 



Dannii: My Story
Dannii Minogue

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Simon & Schuster

Dannii Minogue first appeared on television aged seven. She signed her first record deal at the age of seventeen and ever since she has been wowing audiences around the world with her charm and her charisma. The daughter... Buy or find out more 


Lessons In Letting Go: Confessions Of A Hoarder
Corinne Grant

$29.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin

A funny, appealing and big-hearted memoir of how one of Australia's leading comic talents, Corinne Grant, learned to reconcile love, loss, lack of cupboard space and far too much stuff.

It took a year to drag myself out ... Buy or find out more 



The Woman I Was Born To Be
Susan Boyle

$34.99 – Trade paperback / Bantam Press

The extraordinary personal story of the Scottish woman who became a global superstar overnight

One year ago, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of h... Buy or find out more 


Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal
Russell Brand

$29.95 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins

Brand is sober and has had a taste of national notoriety. Does fame bring happiness and inner peace? Not exactly, but it does mean a lot of sex. It also ushers in a raucous ride through chat shows, tabloid scandals, and ... Buy or find out more 



Reg Grundy
Reg Grundy

$45.00 – Hardcover book / Pier 9

Reg Grundy is one of the most successful Australian media and television entrepreneurs of his generation. He is also a notoriously private individual. Here for the first time he tells his life story, in his own words. Th... Buy or find out more 


Life
Keith Richards

$49.99 – Hardcover book / Orion

An international publishing event - one of the very few rock memoirs ever to have been published by a living legend.

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the wor... Buy or find out more 



The Remarkable Life Of Leonard Cohen
Anthony Reynolds

$39.95 – Paperback book / Music Sales

Anthony Reynolds' fascinating and detailed biography draws on scores of new interviews conducted with Cohen's band members past and present, his business associates, editors, friends, fans, producers, colleagues, enemies... Buy or find out more 


Memoirs Of A Showgirl
Shay Stafford

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Headline

A colourful memoir about living your dream - from ballet classes in Brisbane to leading roles at Paris's famous Moulin Rouge and Lido.

Shayleen Ann Stafford was the middle child sandwiched between two sporting brothers. ... Buy or find out more 



Unbearable Lightness: A Story Of Loss And Gain
Portia De Rossi

$35.00 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant

Born Mandy Rodgers just outside of Geelong, Portia de Rossi is one of Hollywood's most intriguing and talked about stars. Finding early success in the Australian film Sirens, Portia went on to star in the hit television ... Buy or find out more 


Just Kids
Patti Smith

$39.95 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury

Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

It was the summer that Coltrane di... Buy or find out more 



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