All posts tagged "biography"
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Not Here to Make You Comfortable, by Penguin Random House
NON-FICTION: A collection celebrating boldness, bravery and brilliance - here are fifty times a woman did something brave. Something disruptive. Something exceptional.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Logan Martin: Journey to Gold, by Logan Martin, with Scott Gullan
BIOGRAPHY: Olympic gold medalist, X-Games legend and world champion Logan Martin shares his inspiring journey to the top of the BMX freestyle podium – the art of flight and the lessons of gravity, the pursuit of perfection and the pull of family, the sacrifices required and the simple joys of a backyard session.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, by Gyles Brandreth
BIOGRAPHY: A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller, by Christine Courtenay
BIOGRAPHY: The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay – Australia’s bestselling author – as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Boy from Boomerang Crescent, by Eddie Betts
BIOGRAPHY: The Boy from Boomerang Crescent is the inspirational life story of a champion, in his own words.
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3.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Destined to Die Young, by Sally A. Hoedel
NON-FICTION: Destined to Die Young is the definitive examination of why the world lost Elvis Presley on August 16, 1977, when he was only forty-two years old.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Holy Woman, by Louise Omer
MEMOIR: Louise Omer was a Pentecostal preacher and faithful wife. But when her marriage crumbled, so did her beliefs.
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834Books & LiteratureBook Review: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters Killers Rebels and Crooks, by Patrick Radden Keefe
NON-FICTION: From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time.
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930Books & LiteratureThe Boy From Long Gully, by Wilson McOrist
BIOGRAPHY: In 1914, Richard Richards abandons his comfortable life as a science teacher in Australia, to join a support party for Ernest Shackleton, in a very unfamiliar place; the Antarctic. Due to unforeseen circumstances Richards and a number of his companions become stranded in the Antarctic.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Keith Urban, by Jeff Apter
BIOGRAPHY: A comprehensive biography that documents how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream - and the price he's had to pay to reach the top.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureThe Mother Wound, by Amani Haydar
BIOGRAPHY: Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother was shaped by this devastating murder.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Margaret Flockton, by Louise Wilson
BIOGRAPHY: With hundreds of full-colour illustrations, including many of her beautiful plates, this biography captures the essence of a remarkable woman, illustrating a life of deeds, not words.
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2.2KBooks & LiteratureA Doctor in Africa, by Dr Andrew Browning
BIOGRAPHY: From Ethiopia to Sierra Leone, Tanzania to Togo, Dr Andrew Browning has been helping women affected by obstetric fistulas - a debilitating condition resulting from obstructed childbirth - for nearly two decades.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Shackleton, by Ranulph Fiennes
BIOGRAPHY: An authoritative biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton from polar adventurer Ranulph Fiennes.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Led Zeppelin, by Bob Spitz
BIOGRAPHY: From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the authoritative account of the group Jack Black and many others call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successful, and certainly one of the most notorious.
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2.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Nazis Knew My Name, by Magda Hellinger & Maya Lee, with David Brewster
BIOGRAPHY: The extraordinarily moving memoir by Australian Slovakian Holocaust survivor Magda Hellinger, who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage, kindness and ingenuity.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureInterview: Author Jeff Apter on Bad Boy Boogie: The True Story of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott
We chatted with author Jeff Apter about his latest book Bad Boy Boogie: The True Story of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Bad Boy Boogie, by Jeff Apter
BIOGRAPHY: The life, death and rock'n'roll rollercoaster career of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Keeper of Miracles, by Phillip Maisel
BIOGRAPHY: For more than 30 years, Phillip Maisel has worked selflessly to record the harrowing stories of Holocaust survivors. But, for Phillip, confronting and overcoming trauma is also personal. A Holocaust survivor himself, he too has unthinkable stories of triumph and tragedy, cruelty and hope.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The School, by Brendon James Murray
BIOGRAPHY: Brendan James Murray paints an astonishingly vivid portrait of a single school year, perfectly capturing the highs and lows of being a teenager, as well as the fire, passion and occasional heartbreak of being their teacher.
