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An Unlikely Hero: George Scott Robertson

by Dorothy Anderson

Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a...


The Real Mrs Beeton: The Story of Eliza Acton

by Sheila Hardy

Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of our culinary past. A debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smith, Elizabeth David and Mrs Beeton have in common. She was the original and best; the first cook to write recipes...


Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule

by Tubten Khetsun & Matthew Akester

Born in 1941, Tubten Khétsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. Khétsun himself was arrested...


Tales I Never Told!

by Michael Winner

Michael Winner’s new book Tales I Never Told! is scurrilous, affectionate and sometimes sensational! Winner’s tales have a cast including Simon Cowell, Sir Michael Caine, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Faye...


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

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...


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...


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,...


I'm Just Getting Started: Baseball's Best Storyteller on Old School Baseball, Defying the Odds, and Good Cigars

by Jack McKeon & Kevin Kernan

Jack McKeon, who in 2003 became the oldest manager to ever lead a team to the World Series championship, proved that old doesn't mean you're over, and these stories offer a look into his storied career, from...


Double Fault: My Rise and Fall, and My Road Back

by Mike Yorkey, Rosco Tanner & Stan Smith

A confessional story that reads like fiction, this is the true story of a famed tennis star who went from being ranked fourth in the world, dueling the sport’s greatest players to lying to police in several...


Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story

by Sara Connell

In 2011, 61-year-old Kristine Casey delivered the greatest gift of all to her daughter, Sara Connell: Sara’s son, Finnean. Kristine—the gestational carrier of Sara and her husband Bill’s child—then became...


I Will Not Leave You Comfortless: A Memoir

by Jeremy Jackson

Spanning one year of the author's life, I Will Not Leave You Comfortless is the intimate memoir of a young boy coming to consciousness in small-town Missouri. 1984 is the year that greets ten-year-old Jeremy...


Arlo Guthrie: The Warner/Reprise Years

by Hank Reineke

Arlo Guthrie: The Warner/Reprise Years revisits Guthrie’s 15-year ride as a recording artist for the prestigious record label. Hank Reineke guides readers through the colorful history of Guthrie’s most creative...


Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett

by Victoria Schofield

Historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902–1975) was one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary political operators. Through an ability to make important connections, he became an authority on Germany...