Thommo Speaks Out
Ashley MallettRRP: £12.99
Jeff Thomson talks about his life before, during and after he played Test cricket for Australia.’I’d just lope in and go whang.’ This is how Thommo, the fastest bowler of all time, explains his bowlin …
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Always Liza to Me
Cecilia RiceRRP: £7.99
A very personal, entertaining and engaging memoir of growing up with a severely disabled sibling.This is the story of the Rice family, and of Liza, Cecilia Rice’s severely mentally retarded sister. As …
From Harvey River
Lorna GoodisonRRP: £9.99
Lorna Goodison’s family made their home in the Jamaican village to which her great-grandfather gave his name: Harvey River. Her mother Doris was a big-hearted lover of big stories and raised Lorna on …
The Pattern in the Carpet
Margaret DrabbleRRP: £22.50
A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw puzzle and the part it has played in its distinguished author’s life. Weaving together memoir, jigsaw history and the strange delights of p …
Where Men Win Glory
Jon KrakauerRRP: £12.99
Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launc …
Free Radical
Vince CableRRP: £12.99
Today Vincent Cable is best known as ‘the undisputed heavyweight champion of the credit crunch in Parliament’ (Robert Peston), revered for his prescience and authority on the world economic crisis. Bu …
A Stout Pair of Boots
Peter StanleyRRP: £8.99
More and more Australians are visiting battlefields around the world, from Gallipoli and France to Vietnam. But what do you do when you get there? This essential guide to the Australian battlefields t …
American Gangster
Mark JacobsonRRP: £8.99
The untold story of Frank Lucas, New York’s most notorious drugs lord during the 1970s. Now a blockbuster movie, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.In 1970s New …
Jack Fingleton
Greg GrowdenA life marked by a feud with Australia’s greatest batsman, bravery in the face of Bodyline and relationships in the corridors of Parliament.Jack Fingleton was a formidable Australian opener during the …
Rimbaud
Edmund WhiteRRP: £14.99
Poet and prodigy Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) died young but his extraordinary poetry continues to influence and inspire – fans include Dylan, Jim Morrison, Patti Smith. His long poem Un Saison en Enfer …
The Dancer from Khiva
BibishIn a narrative that flows like a late-night confession, Bibish recounts her story… Born into an impoverished family in a deeply religious village, Bibish was named ‘Hadjarbibi’ in honour of her gran …
The File
Timothy Garton AshRRP: £12.99
In 1978 Timothy Garton Ash went to live in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later, by then internationally famous for his reportage of the …
Confessions of a Mullah Warrior
Masood FarivarMasood Farivar was ten years old when his childhood in a then peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was shattered by the Soviet invasion of 1979. Fleeing across the border to Pakistan, Masood entered a …
Too Many Mothers
Roberta TaylorRRP: £7.99
‘I was born in a sideboard.’ So begins Roberta Taylor’s bittersweet memoir of her early years, a book that proves beyond doubt that real life is stranger than any soap opera.It’s Boxing Day, 1956 in E …
A Fighter's Heart
Sam SheridanRRP: £8.99
After a series of adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, cash-rich and with time on his hands to spend it. It occurred to him that he could finally explore a long- …
One of a Kind
Ashley MallettRRP: £12.99
From the moment he first stepped onto a test pitch, cricket fans around the world were dazzled by Doug Walters’ red-blooded strokes, his immaculate timing and his great enjoyment of the game. But they …
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