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Mark Twain
An autobiography of Mark Twain that describes a chronology of his life, brief family biographies, and an excerpt from the Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 - a controversial but…
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Saul Friedlander
A highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka’s life, work, legacy, and thought
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Reiner Stach
This is the acclaimed central volume of the definitive biography of Franz Kafka. Reiner Stach spent more than a decade working with over four thousand pages of journals, letters, and…
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David Whish-Wilson
David Whish - Wilson’s Perth is a place of surprising beauty, of sand - swept peace and brilliant light, yet a place where the deeper historical currents are never too…
Lin-Liu Jen
On honeymoon, a food writer questions how had food and culture moved along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route linking Asia to Europe - and what could still be…
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Harry O'Brien
The author is a philosopher at heart. There have been many obstacles in his personal life. In dealing with these, he has developed an appreciation that his story may inspire…
Rob Delaney
Who is that hairy guy in the green Speedo?
Morrissey
It has been said ‘Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.
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Burrell Andrew
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest is the public face of Australia’s once-in-a-life time mining boom. A swashbuckling entrepreneur in the finest West Australian tradition, Twiggy took on mining giants BHP and Rio…
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Gabrielle Carey
Two literary lives defined by storytelling and secrets As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan’s childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter…
Tim Ferguson
The frank and fearless story of a man fighting MS with comedy.
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Sheila Fitzpatrick
In 1968 historian Sheila Fitzpatrick was ‘outed’ by the Russian newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya as all but a spy for Western intelligence. She was in Moscow at the time, working in…
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Lloyd Jones
A History of Silence is a book about a country and a broken landscape. It’s about the devastation in Christchurch, after the 2011 earthquake. It’s about how easily we erase…
Sonya Hartnett
The internationally celebrated writer Sonya Hartnett is firmly Melburnian but has restlessly moved from suburb to suburb in her search for the ‘Last House’ - that special corner of the…
Anne Deveson
One of Australia’s most highly regarded media people looks back on her life through the prism of an intellectual journey and personal memoir.
Jo Case
An endearing story of a modern family and the hurdles they come across.
Anna Goldsworthy
When Anna Goldsworthy, pianist and perfectionist, falls pregnant with her first child, her excitement is tempered by the daunting journey ahead. In Welcome to Your New Life, she shares…
Kristina Olsson
A powerful family memoir from the award-winning author of The China Garden Kristina Olsson’s mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded…
Sonali Deraniyagala
A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of learning to live with grief - that begins in Sri Lanka on Dec. 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband…
Torre DeRoche
Love can make a person do crazy things… A city girl with a morbid fear of deep water, Torre DeRoche is not someone you would ordinarily find adrift in the…
Michael Sheahan
Since 2009 leading AFL journalist Mike Sheahan has interviewed some of Australian football’s biggest names on his Fox Sports program Open Mike. With his compassionate interview style, Sheahan manages to…
Brian Armstrong
It was a club created in flagrant violation of his employer’s rules. A club for intrepid film-makers to share their hair-raising stories - of deadly snakes, acid lakes, enormous crocodiles…
Stephen Downes
The strange tale of America’s best pianist and the Australian lipstick salesman who immortalised his genius.A compelling and surprising tale of musical passion, tragedy and revival. In his prime…
Jill Stark
In re-examining her habits, Jill also explores Australia’s love affair with alcohol, meeting alcopop-swigging teens who drink to fit in, beer-swilling blokes in a sporting culture backed by booze, and…
William Styron
Covering a career that spanned almost 60 years and many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this collection pulls back the curtain and provides readers with…