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Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher

Part one of a two-part memoir from the iconic artist and actor

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Citizen: My Life After the White House

President Bill Clinton

A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all.

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The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

A story of friendship, history and redemption on a remote Norwegian island

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The Position of Spoons

Deborah Levy

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writer

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Shattered

Hanif Kureishi

From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed

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Izabela the Valiant

Adam Zamoyski

Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast…

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Australian Gospel

Lech Blaine

From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of two couples and the children trapped between them

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The Voice Inside

John Farnham, Poppy Stockell

The Voice Inside is like sitting down with an old friend sharing stories that are both deeply personal and wildly entertaining. Written alongside award-winning filmmaker Poppy Stockell, this is a…

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Madam

Antonia Murphy

A poignant and darkly comedic memoir from a mother who opened an ethical escort agency in small town New Zealand – and dared to make a difference. Now a major…

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Patti Smith: Before Easter After

Patti Smith, Lynn Goldsmith

A new trade publication of Before Easter After, originally published in a limited edition.

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Songbird

Lesley-Ann Jones

The only authoritative biography of the Fleetwood Mac legend, by a close friend and bestselling author

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Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over

Michael Caine

The Hollywood screen legend brings his wit, insight, entertaining stories and wisdom to answer questions about every aspect of his long life - inspiring us all to Be More Michael…

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Lifeform

Jenny Slate

From actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds Jenny Slate, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays depicting the…

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Gulp, Swallow

Brooke Boland

Memoiric essays on who we were and how we have changed.

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What I Ate in One Year

Stanley Tucci

From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste: What I Ate in One Year is a funny, poignant, heartfelt and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an…

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Mornings With My Cat Mii

Mayumi Inaba, Ginny Tapley Takemori (trans.)

A beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives.

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A Thousand Feasts

Nigel Slater

From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.

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Noble Fragments

Michael Visontay

One hundred years ago, Gabriel Wells, a New York bookseller, committed a crime against history. He broke up the world's greatest book, the Gutenberg Bible, and sold it off in…

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Dinner for Vampires

Bethany Joy Lenz

A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.

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Max Dupain

Helen Ennis

From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic images…

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What You Into?

Joshua Fox

Raw, moving and savagely funny, What You Into? is Josh Fox's autobiographical account of his spiral into the Grindr world of casual sex, hook-ups and dating apps following the break-up…

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Mr and Mrs Gould

Grantlee Kieza

The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important…

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The Power of Two

Lisa Messenger, Sarah Megginson

Fourteen years of friendship. Eight years of 'trying'. Eighteen rounds of IVF and now, one beautiful baby boy. The Power of Two is a remarkable true story that shows that…

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How to Disappear

Colin Greenwood

A collection of never-before-seen photographs of RADIOHEAD by their bassist Colin Greenwood, with a ten-thousand-word essay by him about the band that has been his life since they formed at…

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The Accidental Artist

Billy Connolly

The Accidental Artist brings together the best of Billy's drawings with a selection of his most beloved stories. It is a joyful collision of colour, creativity and storytelling, and an…

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The Whole Truth

Jackie O

I've always strived to be honest in my public life; however, there's a lot I've kept private. Now, it's time to tell the whole truth.

Jackie Henderson, known to most…

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Unleashed

Boris Johnson

Unleashed is Boris Johnson's account of his time in politics, and a book that shatters the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir. Written in his inimitable style, it is…

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The Legend of Albert Jacka

Peter FitzSimons

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert…

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Brainstorm

Richard Scolyer

Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co-Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer.

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A Long March

Kim Carr

In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march.

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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

Miranda Hart

Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery

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Squat: A Week Squatting at Kanye’s Mansion

John Safran

Australia's most intrepid Jew finds out just how precarious identity can be.

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Patriot

Alexei Navalny

The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.

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This Earthly Globe

Andrea di Robilant

The fascinating story of the Venetian who helped to map the World during the Renaissance, by the author of A Venetian Affair and Autumn in Venice.

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A Season of Death

Mark Raphael Baker

An uplifting memoir on living well in the face of death

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Sonny Boy

Al Pacino

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full

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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully…

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The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover

Jan Gradvall, Sarah Clyne Sundberg (trans.)

With exclusive band interviews and over a decade of deep research, in Melancholy Undercover, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secret to ABBA's success.

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Uses for Obsession: A (Chef’s) Memoir

Ben Shewry

An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the…

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Vali Myers Dream within a Dream

Tracy Spinks

For celebrated bohemian and international icon Vali Myers, art and life were inextricably fused. Her prescience as a dancer, a visual artist and a diarist attracted admirers that included Salvador…

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A Thousand Threads

Neneh Cherry

A deeply personal and powerful memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry

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The Elements of Marie Curie

Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of…

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We Are the Stars

Gina Chick

Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.

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Never

Rick Astley

The official autobiography from singer, songwriter and musician Rick Astley.

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My Animals, and Other Animals

Bill Bailey

In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way.

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Dropping the Mask

Noni Hazlehurst

An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own.

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Into the Uncut Grass

Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (illus.)

From the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime comes an illustrated fable for all ages.

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Highways and Byways

Jimmy Barnes

The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time

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New biography & memoir

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Citizen: My Life After the White House

The Place of Tides

The Position of Spoons

Shattered

Izabela the Valiant

Australian Gospel

The Voice Inside

Madam

Patti Smith: Before Easter After

Songbird

Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over

Lifeform

Gulp, Swallow

What I Ate in One Year

Mornings With My Cat Mii

A Thousand Feasts

Noble Fragments

Dinner for Vampires

Max Dupain

What You Into?

Mr and Mrs Gould

The Power of Two

How to Disappear

The Accidental Artist

The Whole Truth

Unleashed

The Legend of Albert Jacka

Brainstorm

A Long March

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

Squat: A Week Squatting at Kanye’s Mansion

Patriot

This Earthly Globe

A Season of Death

Sonny Boy

From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

The Book of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover

Uses for Obsession: A (Chef’s) Memoir

Vali Myers Dream within a Dream

A Thousand Threads

The Elements of Marie Curie

We Are the Stars

Never

My Animals, and Other Animals

Dropping the Mask

Into the Uncut Grass

Highways and Byways