A Life in Letters La Reine Blanche: Mary Tudor by Sarah Bryson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Mary Tudor's childhood was overshadowed by the men in her life: her father, Henry VII, and her brothers Arthur, heir to the Tudor throne, and Henry VIII. These men and the beliefs held about women at the time helped to shape Mary's life. She was trained to be a dutiful wife and at the age of eighteen Ma ...Show more
Goldie by Roger Blackley
$69.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Charles F. Goldie (1870-1947) is one of New Zealand's best known artists, with mystique surrounding his work. His fame has been fed by newspaper reports documenting record-shattering prices, thefts, vandalism and forgeries. The book explores Goldie's career, his early still life paintings, his time as a ...Show more
Unlock Your Feminessence Code: A Must Read for Every Woman Who Wants to Reclaim their Power by Shar Moore
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Unlock Your Feminessence(R) Code - a must read for every woman who wants to reclaim their power. Somewhere along the way it got lost. Was it between jobs, or between marriage and kids ... or maybe it was both! Your 'Feminessence(R)' (as we like to call it) is your true essence that makes you who you are ...Show more
The Cat with Three Passports by FENTIMAN, CJ
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A girl struggling to fit in. A homeless kitten. An unexpected job offer in an unfamiliar country that changes everything.CJ had a long history of escaping places and people she wasn't fond of. But for the sake of a silver tabby, she decided to stay in Japan for a while. This decision helped her open up ...Show more
in Pursuit of a Better Life for Themselves and Their Families YiseGuys: Profiling Men Who View the World Through Different Eyes by Russ Moore
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
There has never been a greater time to bring together the tales of Men from around the globe. History is created with the birth of every Man and the stories he leaves behind for generations to come can only be shared if they are told. My own father passed away with much of his life remaining a mystery t ...Show more
Wayward Daughter: Sarah Churchill and Her World by Amanda Brooke
$59.95 AUD
Category: Biography
The first ever biography of Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah close to world events in her youth and later a celebrity. A complex and enthralling subject, the book also serves as an entertaining new perspective on her father and makes use of significant new original research.
James Courage Diaries by Chris Brickell
$49.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealand author James Courage was born in Christchurch in 1903, and he became aware of his homosexuality during his adolescent years. He moved to London in 1927 and began writing novels, plays, poems and short stories. He was much more sexually open than most of his homosexual writer contemporaries F ...Show more
Knock Knock: Confessions of a Kiwi Interviewer by Trish Palmer
$43.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Extraordinary stories from a lifetime spent conducting interviews. This is the world of the dreaded door-knock from the other side of the door. Trish Palmer has been working as an interviewer and area manager for market research companies for over 20 years, invited into the homes and private lives of a ...Show more
Our Home in Myanmar: Four years in Yangon by Jessica Mudditt
$29.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Myanmar - shrouded in mystery, misunderstood and isolated for half a century.After a whirlwind romance in Bangladesh, Australian journalist Jessica Mudditt and her Bangladeshi husband Sherpa arrive in Yangon in 2012 - just as the military junta is beginning to relax its ironclad grip on power. It is a h ...Show more
Never Surrender: The Life of Douglas Jardine by Mark Peel
$49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Never Surrender: The Life of Douglas Jardine is the enthralling story of England's most controversial cricket captain, forever associated with bodyline bowling on MCC's tour to Australia in 1932/33. Despite his privileged upbringing and amateur status, Jardine's steely personality and win-at-all-costs e ...Show more
And Bring the Darkness Home: The Tony Dell Story by Greg Milam
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography
And Bring the Darkness Home is a haunting exploration of how the mental scars of war destroyed an international cricket career, tore a family apart and left destitute a man who seemed to have it all. Tony Dell was the only Test cricketer to fight in the Vietnam War. His journey to the summit of the game ...Show more
Live Like Sean: Important Life Lessons from My Special Needs Son by TJ Nelligan & Theresa Foy DiGeronino
$39.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
When my son Sean was born with special needs, his mother and I were told he would never be normal and we mourned for the life we had imagined for him. We thought we would have to be his teacher and protector, more so than the typical child. However, we quickly learned that lessons can come from the mo ...Show more