Kokoda Wallaby
Andrew JamesRRP: £12.99
Stan Bisset was a real hero, both in battle, on the rugby pitch and in desperate armed combat against the Japanese during the Second World War.As a member of the ill-fated 1939 Wallaby touring team to …
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia
James BellOn 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two year …
The Art of Perception
Robert LeafRRP: £16.99
Robert Leaf is the father of modern international public relations. The Art of Perception is the memoir of a life lived behind the scenes of the invisible business of perception management.
You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead
Marieke HardyRRP: £12.99
He was wearing a pair of leather pants that clung like terrified orphans to his muscular thighs, and a revealing black mesh t-shirt. The outfit seemed at odds with the cream-coloured settee and floral …
Chinese Whispers
Jan WongRRP: £20.00
In 1972, Jan Wong became one of only two Westerners admitted to Beijing University at the height of the Cultural Revolution. One day, a student, Yin Luoyi, sought Jan’s assistance in going to the Unit …
How to be a Better Person
Seb HunterRRP: £7.99
Why is it so difficult to find the time to help others? When Seb Hunter became aware of a nagging ache in the place where his soul ought to be, he embarked on a two year odyssey of volunteering – with …
Not Me
Joachim FestFew other historians have shaped our understanding of the Third Reich as Joachim Fest. Fierce and intransigent, German-born Fest was a relentless interrogator of his nation’s modern history. His analy …
Tom Wills
Greg de MooreRRP: £8.99
This is the story of Tom Wills – flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football. Sent …
Barack Obama
David MaranissRRP: £35.00
In Barack Obama, David Maraniss has written a sweeping narrative which reveals the real story of Obama’s beginnings: child of a black man from Luoland and a white woman born in Kansas. He charts the f …
Magical Thinking
Augusten BurroughsRRP: £15.00
A collection of autobiographical short stories, small vignettes of his life experiences, universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate and very funny.From the #1 bestselling author of Running wit …
The Impossible Life of Mary Benson
Rodney BoltRRP: £8.99
Young Minnie Sidgwick was just twelve years old when her cousin, twenty-three-year old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little Minnie – as …
To Sea and Back
Richard SheltonRRP: £17.99
Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Backis a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own.’Indispensable and p …
The Twelve Caesars
Matthew DennisonRRP: £12.99
One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide, and five of them were elevated to the status of …
Wild
Cheryl StrayedRRP: £9.99
The official tie-in edition to the stunning film adaptation of the bestselling memoir, starring Reese Witherspoon.
Back from the Brink
Alistair DarlingRRP: £14.99
Back from the Brink is a gripping and immediate account of the British government’s handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling’s knowledge and understanding make this …
The Missionary Position
Christopher HitchensRRP: £8.99
Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, feted by politicians, the Church and the world’s media, Mother Teresa of Calcutta appears to be on the fast track to sainthood. But what makes Mother Teresa so divi …
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