Biography & autobiography

Minding My Peas and Cucumbers: Quirky Tales of Allotment Life

by Kay Sexton

Amusing tales about the ups and downs of managing an allotment for the first time

When Kay Sexton becomes the proud holder of an allotment, she hopes it will be her first foray towards self-sufficiency for...

Serge Bastarde Ate My Baguette: On the Road in the Real Rural France

by John Dummer

I found Serge’s advice mostly useful and it would have been churlish tohave refused his invitation to accompany him on a trip out in the countryto “forage for hidden treasures”. If the truth be known,...

Not Fade Away: The Life and Music of Buddy Holly

by John Gribbin

Science writer John Gribbin’s popular biography of Buddy Holly – his first ever non-science title – originally published on the 50th anniversary of Holly’s tragic death. Buddy Holly was killed at 22...

The Girl on the Wall: One Life's Rich Tapestry

by Jean Baggott

An extraordinary memoir – told through a hand-sewn tapestry – of a very ordinary English life  As the clock struck midnight on 31 December 1999, Jean Baggott vowed that from that point on her life would...

In Darkness

by Philip McDonnell

‘In Darkness’ is about my early years and being abandoned by my mother and her family in 1947. A child prisoner handed over to the Catholic Church to be raised by the nuns/brothers until my sixteenth birthday....

Cherry Blossom Children: One Foster Parent's Story

by Dani Valdis

This book offers an insight into the valuable fostering experiences of one family, who set out to make a difference in the lives of children. Spanning several years of the exhilarating highs and heart-rending...

BD8 & Beyond

by David Moulds

Brought up in Girlington Bradford, Dave Moulds’ days as a Scooter Club No1, a fan on the terraces with Leeds and as a Bouncer on the doors for fourteen years are brought to book. Unfortunately ‘cut’ twice,...

Final Table: A Winning Poker Approach from a WSOP Champion

by Jonathan Duhamel

Delving into what it takes to win $8.9 million in one tournament, this guide provides tips and tricks on becoming a World Series of Poker main event champion. Penned by the 2010 winner himself, the handbook...

Slim: An Australian Biker's Tale of Sex & Drugs, Cops & Violence

by Slim Spires

One man. One bike. A whole lotta trouble.

Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas

by Lucy Frost

From the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a...

Women of the Land: Eight Rural Women and Their Remarkable Everyday Lives

by Liz Harfull

True stories of ordinary women achieving extraordinary feats in rural Australia.

Antonia and Her Daughters

by Marlena de de Blasi

Seeking some peace and quiet from renovations at via Del Duomo, Marlena de Blasi escapes to the mountains of Tuscany where she meets the extraordinary Antonia, imperious matriach of four generations of strong-willed...

You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead

by Marieke Hardy

From childhood dreams of prostitution to her unabashed passion for heavy drinking, from growing up wide-eyed on the set of Australian soaps to her infatuation with Bob Ellis, these are the outrageously entertaining...

Saving Private Sarbi: The True Story of Australia's Canine War Hero

by Sandra Lee

Lost for 13 months in the wilds of Afghanistan, this is the dramatic, heart-warming and truly amazing story of Sarbi, the Army's most famous explosives detection dog - the miracle dog of Tarin Kot.

Shooting Stars and Flying Fish

by Nancy Knudsen

A light-hearted, inspirational memoir about a remarkable couple who left behind the corporate rat-race to follow their dream of sailing around the world—a story that demonstrates the rewards of taking risks...

Out of the Blue: A City Girl's Tale of True Love and Romance with a Man on the Land

by Joanna Fincham

How a city girl found love on the land and overcame a life long battle with depression - an inspiring and uplifting love story.

Deception: The true story of the international drug plot that brought down Australia's top law enforcer Mark Standen

by Charles Miranda

The extraordinary tale of how an officer in the highest echelons of Australian policing was caught coordinating an international drug network operation that extended from rebels in the Congo to some of the most...

Enchantment

by Donald Spoto

Her name is synonymous with elegance, style and grace. Over the course of her extraordinary life and career, Audrey Hepburn captured hearts around the world and created a public image that stands as one of the...

Promises to Keep: My Inspired Run from Syracuse to Denver to the Hall

by Tom Mackie, Floyd Little & Tom Coughlin

This autobiography traces the life of Floyd Little who was raised in poverty in New Haven, Connecticut, was bowlegged, sent off to military school, and told his IQ was too low to even consider college. He overcame...

It's Only Me: The Ted Williams We Hardly Knew

by John Underwood

Almost everyone knows the public Ted Williams: the great hitter, the war hero, the avid outdoorsman and the man who seemed to be a lightning rod for controversy his whole life. Fewer know the very private Ted,...