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Tom Wills
Price: $32.95 Author: Greg de Moore

First coming across the name Tom Wills in an article about Australian Rules Football, the author became intrigued about the man who figures prominently in the history of that game. His story, however, reaches far beyond sport and takes in Australia through the late 1800s. It is also the story of a man beset by triumph and tragedy in equal measure, ending with his particularly brutal suicide at the age of forty-four.

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Blood And Tinsel
Price: $49.95 Author: Jim Sharman

Synonymous with The Rocky Horror Show, of which he was director, Jim Sharman takes the reader beyond this one stage show to the world of entertainment that he has inhabited in all its guises. At the same time, given his family's show business heritage, he shows us a particular facet of Australian history.

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Je Suis Australienne
Price: $29.95 Author: Rosemary Lancaster

Quite aside from the few, famous expatriates, there are any number of Australians who have overcome the tyranny of distance to travel far from home. This book is a celebration of Australian women who made their home in France between 1880 and 1945.

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That'd Be Right
Price: $35.00 Author: William McInnes

Following the success of his first memoir, actor-turned-author William McInnes brings a blend of humour and poignancy to his latest book. He interweaves personal anecdotes with local and international sporting events and covers Australia's political landscape from the Whitlam era to the present. Along the way he brings to life a vast array of memorable characters in this entertaining read. Who said politics and sport don't mix?

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Zone 22
Price: $32.95 Author: Tig Hague

Saying goodbye to Lucy on a short, routine trip to Russia in July 2003, Tig Hague could not have imagined what lay before him nor that it would be years before they would meet again. Finding a small quantity of hashish amongst his clothes, Russian customs agents would begin a spiral of events that led to Hague's imprisonment in the prison camp in Mordovia known simply as Zone 22.

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Leni
Price: $29.99 Author: Steven Bach

Leni Riefenstahl is credited with saying "I want to become something quite great". What she became was a woman forever linked to a particular period in history that will not be forgotten. This is an uncompromising look at Ms. Riefenstahl.

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My Stroke Of Insight
Price: $27.99 Author: Jill Bolte Taylor

A brain scientist by profession, Jill Bolte Taylor experienced a stroke at the age of thirty-seven that would leave her ill for eight years. This is the remarkable story of one woman's personal fight for health combined with a doctor's understanding of the brain.

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Socialism Is Great
Price: $24.95 Author: Lijia Zhang

On the last day of the year 1980, Lijia Zhang registered to become a factory worker, even though her childhood dreams had included being a journalist. The night before this event, her mother conducted a ceremony in which the young girl received the mother's toolbox from her time in the factory. Regardless of familial and national pressure, Lijia Zhang continues to believe in a life beyond the State. Her story mirrors the changes in her country that slowly but surely mean the individual can rise above and be seen.

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The Bolter
Price: $35.00 Author: Frances Osborne

Idina Sackville was born in 1893 and would lead a life of extremes, marrying five times, travelling between England and Africa, and generally being notorious. This is her story as told by her great-granddaughter, the tale of an unconventional woman.

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And Be Home Before Dark
Price: $34.95 Author: Roland Rocchiccioli

industry, Roland Rocchiccioli's memoir introduces the world of his childhood in the wild west of Australia. Goldfield life in the 1950s was nothing if not colourful and memorable for a young boy.

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The Same Man: George Orwell & Evelyn Waugh In Love And War
Price: $29.95 Author: David Lebedoff

1903 was the birth year of both these famous men of words. Their paths would cross only once in their lives, yet the author of this study believes that, despite the obvious differences in character, both men have relevance to us as we navigate our way through the twenty-first century. Staff Review Nigel

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My Colombian Death
Price: $32.99 Author: Matthew Thompson

The son of a man who chose Australia over Colombia when relocating his young family, Matthew Thompson swaps his job on a daily newspaper in Sydney for a wild Colombian ride.

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The Lucy Family Alphabet
Price: $29.95 Author: Judith Lucy

Funny lady Judith Lucy has been entertaining audiences for close to twenty years. In this, her first book, she lifts the lid on her family's foibles from A to Z. Lucy's wry observations are delivered in her frank and inimitable style and the results are l

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Growing Up Asian in Australia
Price: $27.95 Author: Alice Pung

With her book, Unpolished Gem, Alice Pung introduced many of us to her world and by so doing strengthened our desire to learn more of the Asian Australian experience. In this collection edited by Pung, we hear some of those other voices on the subject.

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The Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Price: $32.95 Author: Virginia Lloyd

Using the home renovation as a physical metaphor for her inner turmoil, Virginia takes the reader through both landscapes in the year following her husband's death.

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I Am Melba
Price: $32.95 Author: Ann Blainey

I was privileged to visit Coombe Cottage in the Yarra Valley, Melba's favourite house, and to feel the presence of this most notable Australian. Blainey too experienced this and knew, after her visit with Lady Vestey (Melba's granddaughter) at Coombe, tha

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The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif
Price: $24.95 Author: Najaf Mazari & Robert Hillman

From Afghani refugee to Woomera Detention Centre, to rug seller in Melbourne, Najaf's story might just help the general understanding of the choices people are forced to make in order to live rather than die.

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Great Australian Eulogies
Price: $24.95 Author: Richard Walsh

What we say can be as important as what we do. No more so than in the art of eulogising the departed. This collection speaks, too, of the Australian character and our cultural nuances.

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Home: A Memoir Of My Early Years
Price: $35.00 Author: Julie Andrews

From the humblest of beginnings, Julie Andrews made her professional career debut at age 12 and has remained in the public arena throughout the intervening years. This is a story told with warmth and insight.

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Bard Of Erin: The Life of Thomas More
Price: $49.95 Author: Ronan Kelly

Lord Byron is quoted thus: 'He will live in his Irish Melodies. They will go down to posterity with the music; both will last as long as Ireland, or as music and poetry.' This study of Thomas More depicts not only the man but the extraordinary reach of hi

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The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
Price: $29.95 Author: Alexandra Fuller

Setting out to chronicle life on the oil rigs of Wyoming, the author in fact found the story of one man utterly compelling and felt duty bound to record it.

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Snowdon: The Biography
Price: $35.00 Author: Anne De Courcy

When Snowdon married Princess Margaret he inevitably became a celebrity and attracted the attention of millions. This work depicts his life in all its aspects - husband, photographer, lover. It also sets his life against the broader landscape of the time

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Not The Girl Next Door
Price: $45.00 Author: Joan Crawford

Described as a 'brand new look' at Crawford's life, this offers a different view from that extolled in the book published by one of Crawford's daughters; indeed, this book draws on the fond reminiscences of another daughter, Cathy. Crawford is depicted in

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High Sobriety
Price: $49.99 Author: Alice King

From wine aficionado and wine writer to alcoholic is, as told in this story, not such a long way to travel. Losing everything, Alice King slowly rebuilds her life and gives the reader the opportunity to bear witness to the destructiveness of excess.

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The Dressmaker's Daughter
Price: $32.99 Author: Kate Llewellyn

Perhaps most fondly known for her book The Waterlily, in this latest work Kate Llewellyn invites the reader into her world. She describes her early life in South Australia, her various careers, and her personal relationships. The reader is offered a frank account of the writer's life in all its guises and through all its emotional states.

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I Peed on Fellini
Price: $34.95 Author: David Stratton

It is hard to picture David Stratton as a naive, nervous, and awestruck young man. But this is the portrait we are given as illustrative of the starting point of this film reviewer's remarkable career. The stories and anecdotes of David Stratton's life 'in film' are engaging, fascinating, and revealing.

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Desert Queen: The Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates
Price: $32.99 Author: Susanna De Vries

The 'queen of the never never', Daisy Bates, has been the subject of other biographers, but it is De Vries who provides the most thorough assessment of this complex woman. Born in Ireland, Daisy reinvented herself here in Australia and lived a life as far removed from her orphan days on the other side of the world as is imaginable. She was one of the first people to document the language and culture of Australian Aboriginals, living amongst the tribes in Western Australia. By no means a saint, Daisy Bates however remains a fascinating Australian.

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An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin
Price: $49.95 Author: Jacqueline Kent

The name Menuhin, be it in relation to Yehudi or his sister Hephzibah, conjures up images of child prodigies, extraordinary talents, and international acclaim. In the case of Hephzibah, we are also confronted with descriptions of a woman who was variously generous, ruthless, loyal, and selish. Her life followed a pattern of great success which she would then abandon, only to re-establish the pattern once more. Having travelled with her family and famous brother for many years, she settled in Australia and married into the Nicholas family. After raising two sons, and resuming her career with Yehudi, she walked away from her life, leaving her family and career behind. This is the account of a gifted but lawed woman.

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When A Crocodile Eats The Sun
Price: $24.95 Author: Peter Godwin

When a family's life comes under enormous stress, such as when illness strikes, it can be the catalyst for frightening and unforgettable change. Peter Godwin made a dash to his homeland of Zimbabwe when his father fell ill and then spent the following few years travelling between New York and Zimbabwe as his father's recovery progressed. These trips not only brought Godwin face to face with the horror of what his birthplace was becoming, but they uncovered family history that had never been shared. This revelation would irrevocably change Godwin's perceptions of himself, of those he loved, and of his homeland.

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Orphans of the Living
Price: $24.95 Author: Joanna Penglase

Penglase offers an intensely personal and illuminating account of Australian children in care throughout the last century.

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