Cockatoo: My Life in Cape York by Roy McIvor
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The exile of the Indigenous population of Hope Valley - in the coastal region of Cape York in far north Queensland - during World War II is a shameful yet seldom-told chapter in Indigenous Australian history. Roy McIvor was just 10 when he, his family and his community were rounded up by the military an ...Show more
Cocaine and Surfing: An Outrageous Expose by Chas Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Ex-war correspondent and surfer Chas Smith takes the reader on a wild ride in this outrageously honest expose of surfing culture and cocaine use. For readers of SCAR TISSUE by Anthony Kiedis, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET by Jordan Belfort, MP: THE LIFE OF MICHAEL PETERSON by Sean Doherty and OCCY: THE RISE A ...Show more
Loretta LynnCoal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn
$19.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Loretta Lynn's classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry. Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the m ...Show more
Clouds in a Glass of Beer - Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics by Craig F. Bohren
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Ever wonder why steam rises from a bowl of hot soup or why a greenhouse retains heat? And have you ever puzzled over the real meaning of "once in a blue moon" or why sand is darker when it's wet than when it's dry? And just why, exactly, do bubbles appear in a glass of beer when you add salt to it?These ...Show more
Clint: The Life and Legend by Patrick McGilligan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
One of the most revealing and hard-hitting biographies of a Hollywood film star in recent times, this book discloses the controversial truth about Clint Eastwood and dispels the carefully preserved mysteries of his past. For nearly 30 years, Clint has topped the box-office again and again. Like so many ...Show more
Clive: The Story of Clive Palmer by Sean Parnell
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Big-spending Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer bought a football team, helped create a political party, and is set to recreate the 'Titanic' and build a dinosaur park. But are these just fanciful splurges or something more calculated? The reality is that Palmer uses his immense mining wealth (estimate ...Show more
Climbing Everest: The Complete Writings of George Leigh Mallory by George Leigh Mallory
$17.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In Climbing Everest, George Mallory (18 June 1886 - 8/9 June 1924), possibly the first man to summit Everest, takes us with him on his climbs in Britain and the Alps, culminating in his three expeditions to Mount Everest - the last of which cost him his life (a few days after the final piece in this b ...Show more
The Climb: Conversations with Australian Women in Power by Geraldine Doogue
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Iconic journalist and television presenter Geraldine Doogue turns her attention to an issue central to our times. How are we, as women, represented at the top levels of power in Australia? In candid and personal conversations with fourteen women leading the way in fields as wide-ranging as business, pol ...Show more
Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air by Harold Bloom
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Shakespeare's Personalities Ser.
From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, comes an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of Cleopatra--one of the Bard's most riveting and memorable female characters. Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history--and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most int ...Show more
Cleo: How a Small Black Cat Helped Heal a Family by Helen Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
For all those people who say they aren't cat people, but deep down know they are.Helen Brown wasn't a cat person, but her nine-year-old son Sam was. So when Sam heard someone mention that her cat had just had a litter, he pleaded to go and see them. Helen was powerless to resist and the deal was done - ...Show more
Clarkson: The Gloves Are Off by Gwen Russell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Did he really punch his producer? Was the 'Falklands-gate' license plate deliberate? And more importantly...does anybody really, honestly care? Jeremy Clarkson is a national treasure and with almost three quarters of a million signatures on the Bring Back Clarkson petition, the nation has spoken: they w ...Show more
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind. His days-long closing arguments delivered without notes won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang. Darrow left a promising career as a rai ...Show more