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Get rare insight into the lives of well-known figures with the latest biography and memoir.
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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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.
Rick Astley
The official autobiography from singer, songwriter and musician Rick Astley.
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.
Noni Hazlehurst
An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own.
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (illus.)
From the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime comes an illustrated fable for all ages.
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
Ivan Cleary
How connection and courage teach us to win - an NRL leadership story, from the history-making coach who pulled off the impossible to inspire, mentor and lead a grassroots club…
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Virginia Trioli
A Bit on the Side is an ode to joy, filled with wisdom, stories, memories and recipes, all told with Virginia's renowned insight and wicked sense of humour. This is…
Kasey Chambers
A book of inspirational stories drawn from Kasey Chambers' life and remarkable music career.
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen from her family as…
Jan Brokken, David Doherty (trans.)
A monumental journey through Baltic history and culture, in which we encounter well-known personalities and forgotten ones, and a disconcerting picture of Europe in the twentieth century.
Iola Mathews
A fascinating biography of one of Australia's most respected and well-regarded politicians.
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Michael Palin
The fourth volume of Michael Palin's bestselling diaries
Nedd Brockmann
Live large, do tough stuff and give back.
Geena Rocero
The dazzling, heartfelt memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City-until she realized that living her truth…
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Cameron Daddo
Cameron Daddo is curious about confidence. In this book, he weaves together stories from his own life with those of extraordinary Australians to show us how we nurture it, how…
Sonia Purnell
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance
Samah Sabawi
The story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland.
Anthony Sharwood
Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood the test of two centuries, and whose name sits on Australia's highest peak. Tadeusz Kosciuszko…
Markus Zusak
What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs? The answer can only be chaos
Avi Shlaim
A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews
Sarah Moss
My Good Bright Wolf is a memoir about thinking and reading, eating and not eating, about privilege and scarcity, about the relationships that form us and the long tentacles of…
Harriet Baker
A joyful, rule-breaking experiment in biography, which celebrates 'country life' as a state of mind
Andre Aciman
The elegant and insightful memoir from the bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Find Me and The Gentleman From Peru.
Peter Hessler
An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China's heartland, chronicling a country in the midst of tumultuous change through the prism of its education system
Annie Smithers
When we cook for others, or ourselves, the deepest hunger we feed is love.
Seana Smith
From the outside, Seana Smith lived an enviable life. An Oxford graduate, a successful career with the BBC and Sydney’s Channel 9, a bestselling author, happily married. But behind this…
Karl Kruszelnicki
How did a shy Polish immigrant kid - Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki - evolve into the fabulously eccentric Dr Karl?
Gideon Haigh
A profoundly moving memoir on grief and resilience
Katherine Wiles
From unscripted giggling on stage, to having her costume eaten by a performing horse and missing an entrance thanks to country music legend Kenny Rogers ... In this revealing memoir…
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Megan Dunn
The true tale of how one woman's lifelong obsession became a midlife mermaid odyssey, from the irrepressibly witty author of Tinderbox and Things I Learned at Art School.
Elle Macpherson
Real life gems from the Aussie icon.
Michelle Brasier
Heartbreaking and hilarious, My Brother’s Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag moves between grief and joy, reminding us that life’s too short to be taken seriously.
Romi Grossberg
Part memoir, part history, part travelogue, this is the inspirational story of one woman's journey in the slums of Cambodia.
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Kari Gislason
A warm and engaging memoir about freedom, adventure, and fathers and sons, set against the sumptuous backdrop of Corfu.
Tom Hawkins
A celebration of one of Geelong's top sporting heroes.
Nikos Papastergiadis
The memoir of a deep friendship between two important intellectual figures bound by their interest in art and their experience of migration.
David Day
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…
Theodore Ell
A captivating memoir that unravels the emotional struggles of a nation the world has long overlooked. Through the eyes of an outsider, this story takes a deep dive into the…
Franz Kafka, Ross Benjamin (trans.)
An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers
Scott Ryder
Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.
Alexandra Fuller
The story of a mother grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child - from the award-winning and bestselling memoirist of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Harry Garside
In The Good Fight, Harry Garside, Australia’s ballet dancing boxing star, offers a raw and unfiltered account of his journey through sport, unexpected challenges and personal growth.
Andrew Hamilton
The story of what happens when max denial collides with reality in max security - avery funny, sobering memoir about prison, magic mushrooms and redemption from award-winning comedian Andrew Hamilton.
Ngahuia te Awekotuku
An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements
'Remarkable. At once heartbreaking and triumphant' Patricia Grace
In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered…
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Tom Bower
The explosive new book from Britain’s leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower
Suzi Ronson
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying memoir taking readers behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.