Political biography & memoir

Sex, Lies and Question Time
Kate Ellis bursts the Canberra bubble to reveal what life is like for our female MPs, and why it's the best and worst job in the world.
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Cathy Goes to Canberra
Whenever anyone tells you that only the big parties or star candidates have a chance of winning a seat in federal parliament, just say 'Cathy McGowan'.
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A Promised Land
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. This is the first volume in an unmissable two-part memoir, which covers his early political career and his...
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Joe Biden: American Dreamer
The new biography of President-elect Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos
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The Truths We Hold
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the shared values that will see us into the future.
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The Insider
One of the most brilliant, funny and engaging books by an Australian public figure you will ever read, Christopher Pyne's political memoir covers the years from 2007, during the first Rudd Government, to Pyne's exit from public...
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A Bigger Picture
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's 29th Prime Minister, tells the remarkable story of his life in this lively political page-turner.
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Penny Wong: Passion and Principle
A revelatory portrait of one of the most talented, poised and respected women in Australian politics, written by one of Australia's foremost biographers.
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The Education of an Idealist
Honest, inspiring and evocatively written, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.N. Ambassador Stephanie Power's memoir is an unforgettable account of the world-changing power of idealism - and of one person's fierce determination to...
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Jacinda Ardern: The Story Behind an Extraordinary Leader
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is lauded as one of the world's most influential people. Her rise to power has been stellar. In 2017 she became leader of the Labour party just seven weeks before the election at...
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Becoming
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
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Bob Hawke: The Complete Biography
To mark Bob Hawke's extraordinary life and legacy, this master work brings together the story of the man in full in a definitive hardback commemorative biography.
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John Curtin’s War (Volume I)
Volume one of a major new biography of arguably our greatest (and one of our most underrated) Prime Ministers, who shaped modern Australia.
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Sex, Drugs and the Electoral Roll
The incredible story of Fiona Patten, in her own inimitable words. Tireless fighter, courageous activist and effective politician who really is making a difference to her world.
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Remembering Bob
A warm, moving and revealing collection of stories and memories about Bob Hawke from across the nation, edited by his eldest daughter.
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America’s Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
A major biography by New York Times bestselling historian Steven M. Gillon.
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Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary
An intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro, showing how an unlikely young Cuban led his country in revolution and transfixed the world.
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Trump
This concise account of the meaning of Trump should be read by everyone who wants to understand what is happening in our world today.
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Shortest Way Home
A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal.
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The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
Alfred Deakin-scholar, spiritualist, prime minister-was instrumental in creating modern Australia. In the first biography of Deakin in more than half a century, the acclaimed political historian Judith Brett deftly weaves together...
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Speaking Up
As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for...
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.
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Lincoln: A Novel
In this profoundly moving work of epic proportion and intense human sympathy, Abraham Lincoln is observed by his loved ones, his rivals, and his future assassin.
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I Am Malala
The bestselling memoir of youngest ever NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who stood up to the Taliban.
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Dreams from my Father
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns...
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