The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah - The Autobiography by Benjamin Zephaniah
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* 'The Life and Rhymes has a performative quality reminiscent of Zephaniah's poetry - honest, unshowy and ultimately unthreatening. It matches the man.' The Guardian Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one stor ...Show more
Snowdon: The Biography by Anne de Courcy
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Category: Biography
How did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist marry the Queen's sister and become the Establishment figure Lord Snowdon? The brilliantly talented Antony Armstrong-Jones often humiliated Princess Margaret, yet he was compassionate to the cause ...Show more
Next to Nature: A Lifetime in the English Countryside by Ronald Blythe
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour. To immerse yourself in this East Anglian year is be reminded of why we love and value the rhythms and realities of rural life. Bliss' STEPHEN FRY'A capacious ...Show more
Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution by Sarah Langford
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Category: Biography
Rooted charts a quiet revolution taking place in our fields, barns and hedgerows, led by a new generation of farmers on a path of powerful change.Sarah Langford had left her country roots behind to live and work in the city as a barrister. But when she found herself back in the countryside, gravitating ...Show more
Macquarie by Grantlee Kieza
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia's destiny, transforming a harsh, foreboding penal colony into an agricultural powerhouse and ultimately a prosperous society.He also helped shape Australia's national character. An egalitarian at heart, Macquarie saw boundless potential in Britain's r ...Show more
Shirley Hazzard: a Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas
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Category: Biography
The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus and winner of the National Book Award 'Lambent, discerning, deeply intelligent and empathetic' Lucy Scholes, Financial Times'A refined, deeply insightful perspective' Chloe S ...Show more
The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District by James Rebanks
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Category: Biography
Old world met new when a shepherd in the English Lake District impulsively started a Twitter account. A routine cell phone upgrade left author James Rebanks with a pretty decent camera and a pre-loaded Twitter app--the tools to share his way of life with the world. And what began as a tentative experim ...Show more
When the Dust Settles - Searching for Hope after Disaster by Lucy Easthope
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Category: Biography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAPH AND THE NEW STATESMAN"A marvellous book" Rev Richard Coles"Gripping... filled with compassion." Sunday Times"Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting." Mail on Sunday"An antidote to despair" Daily Mirror"Enthra ...Show more
LeBron by Jeff Benedict
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by the acclaimed author of Tiger Woods. LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social m ...Show more
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses 'I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the ...Show more
The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London by Erik Larson
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Category: Biography
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz--an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisisOne of Chicago Tribune's Best Books of the Year So Far ...Show more
The Farmer's Wife by Helen Rebanks
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A gorgeous portrait of Helen Rebanks's Lake District life. As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks makes a mug of tea, relishing the few minutes of quiet before the house stirs. Within the hour the sounds of her husband, James, and their four children will fill the kitchen. There are also six sheepdo ...Show more