North by Lindsay Barrett
25.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A group of aimless young blokes from the suburbs of Sydney go troppo in 1980s North Queensland as all around them, men fuelled by the resources boom tear up the landscape with abandon. If Jack Kerouac had been Australian he might have come up with something like North, a tale of Australian masculinity s ...Show more
The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari by Simon Barnes
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new book that reveals the natural joys to be discovered on your doorstep.In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to be put on hold. Instead, he embarked on t ...Show more
Hands Across the Water by Peter Baines
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Peter Baines started out as a police officer in the mean streets of Cabramatta in the early nineties. Becoming a specialist in crime scene forensic investigations he was called upon to bring his skills to the Bali bombings in 2002. But it was the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that forever changed the directio ...Show more
Murray Ball: A Cartoonist's Life by Mason Ball
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The first biography of iconic cartoonist Murray Ball, creator of Footrot Flats Let me show you how my dad became a leading cartoonist of his generation, how his endearing characters evolved and where the side-splitting ideas sprang from. Let's see the man behind the drawing desk and delve into the wor ...Show more
YEHUDIANA by BAILEY PHILIP
39.95 AUD
Category: Biography
"For those of you who have enjoyed the wonderful performances of Yehudi Menuhin over the years, or have benefited from his mentoring of up and coming musicians, an important biography of one of the century's great musicians has recently been published by my life-long friend Philip Bailey, who worked on ...Show more
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But her legacy was eclipsed by the fame of her husband, John Gould. The Birdman's Wife at last gives voice to a passionate and adventurous spirit who was so much more than the woman behind the ma ...Show more
The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The Swift Dark Tide tracks the struggle of loving a man and a woman at the same time. Taking us to her roots in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, and back to the onrushing present in Melbourne, Australia, Katia Ariel introduces us to a lineage of wild and strident women and a few beautifully nuanced men. Sh ...Show more
Don't Dream It's Over: The remarkable life of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In February 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song, and the biggest hit, for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-fo ...Show more
Gay Life Stories by Robert Aldrich
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we recognize as today's varied gay culture. This book gives a voice to more than eighty people from every major continent and from all walks of life. It includes poets and philosop ...Show more
You've Got To Be Kidding: a shedload of wine & a farm full of goats by Todd Alexander
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The steep-climb highs and free-fall lows of my rollercoaster rural life They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill. Well, seven years (60,000 hours) since former city boys Todd and Jeff moved to the country they should have nailed this whole farming gig, right? Yes, they make lovely wine and ...Show more
Memory, Love and its Discontents by Rod Myer
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Rod Myer has had an unusual and interesting life. A descendant of the celebrated Myer family, he had an adventurous spirit and explored his identity through travelling and research. A farm kid born in Kelly country, he had premonitions and yearnings which led to mustering cattle with Aboriginal people i ...Show more
Glimpses of Graeme: Reflections on the work of Graeme Murphy by Michelle Potter
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A collection of writing by Michelle Potter on the career of dancer, choreographer and director Graeme Murphy. It consists of reviews and stories written over several decades for a number of newspapers, theatre magazines, journals, books and electronic sources.