You Shouldn't Have Joined... by Peter Cosgrove
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) is one of Australia's most significant public figures. As a soldier he saw action in Vietnam, winning the Military Cross, and rose to the very top of his profession, becoming Chief of the Defence Force. Soon after his retirement from the Army, he was ...Show more
Young Bloomsbury the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression by Nino Strachey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Entirely original and thrilling . . . this is Gatsby made real' JULIET NICOLSON'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYESIn the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group - creative young people who tantalised the original 'Bloomsberries' with ...Show more
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression by Nino Strachey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Surprisingly little has been written about second-generation Bloomsbury who tantalised the original 'Bloomsburies' at Gordon Square parties with their captivating looks and provocative ideas. Young Bloomsbury introduces us to an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters, including novelist and music ...Show more
Young Castro - The Making of a Revolutionary by Jonathan M. Hansen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This intimate, revisionist portrait of Fidel Castro, showing how an unlikely young Cuban led his country in revolution and transfixed the world, is "sure to become the standard on Castro's early life" (Publishers Weekly). Until now, biographers have treated Castro's life like prosecutors, scouring ...Show more
Young Castro - The Making of a Revolutionary by Jonathan M. Hansen
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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.This book will change how you think about Fidel Castro. Until now, biographers have treated Castro's life like prosecutors, scouring his past f ...Show more
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin by David A Day
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, Australia's iconic larrikin PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds new light on the early years of a political legend. David Day's biography of the young Bob Hawke takes readers on a journey t ...Show more
Young Hitler - The making of the fuhrer by Paul Ham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'. Twice decorated for bravery, the future dictator thrilled to battle, relished violence and was willing to give everything for his beloved Fatherland.He heard of Germany' ...Show more
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write.Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her music and performing, this beloved Australian artist has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. But what of the ...Show more
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir. This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough - and well enough - to write. Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her ...Show more
You're That B*tch - Confessions of the Baddest Drama Queen and Other Cute Stories about Being Unapologetically Yourself by Bretman Rock
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sexuality and Gender
You're That B*tch is... Totally fresh Genderqueer Inspirational Real Sort of like my mom's ass shampoo... but even more tingly.* You may be asking yourself, who does this bitch think he is... well, I'm here to show you how I, and you, become that bitch. I believe in myself, duh. I went from living in a ...Show more
You're on an Airplane - A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker Posey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with Parker as your seat companion, perhaps? Parker's irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting memoir gives you the incredible opportunity. Full of personal stories, whimsical how-tos, recipes, and beautiful handmade collage ...Show more
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
At only eighteen months old, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water, resulting in third-degree burns over 35 percent of her body. She miraculously survived, but burned and scarred, the impact would stay with her and become an obstacle she was determined to ...Show more