All posts tagged "biography"
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735Books & LiteratureBook Review: Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith, by Richard Bradford
BIOGRAPHY: In this new biography, Richard Bradford brings his sharp, incisive style to one of the great and most controversial writers of the twentieth century.
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977Books & LiteratureInterview: Jeff Apter on Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of Jon English
We caught up for a chat with former Rolling Stone journalist and Australian music biographer Jeff Apter to discuss the release of his latest biography, Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of Jon English.
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2.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Behind Dark Eyes: The True Story of Jon English, by Jeff Apter
BIOGRAPHY: This authorised biography, written with the full support of Jon’s family, friends and peers, Behind Dark Eyes tells the complete Jon English story.
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731Books & LiteratureBook Review: Joe Biden: American Dreamer, by Evan Osnos
POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY: The new biography of President Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little People, Big Dreams: Maria Montessori, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
An inspiring picture book and biography of pioneering teacher and researcher, Maria Montessori, written for children aged 4-7 years old.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Mary Lee, by Denise George
The first full biography of the driving force behind woman’s suffrage in South Australia.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
Examining the unsolved crime of who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986, ultimately destroying more than 400,000 books.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Never Grow Up, by Jackie Chan, with Zhu Mo
Superstar Jackie Chan reflects on his early life, his big breaks, his numerous brushes with death, and his life as a husband and father.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Empress of the East, by Leslie Peirce
The rise from slave girl to empress of Roxelana, wife of Suleyman the Magnificent in the Ottoman Empire.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Grace Jones A to Z: The Life of an Icon from Androgyny to Zula, by Steve Wide
Steve Wide is back with his fourth colourful A- Z biography of an entertainment icon and, this time, it’s on living legend Grace Jones.
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781Books & LiteratureBook Review: Passion, Wit and Politics, by Elise Lauber-Sparre
An historical biography of two 18th Century female writers, Frances (Fanny) Burney and Anne Louise Germaine Necker, also known as Mme de Staël.
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723Books & LiteratureBook Review: Wild Imaginings, by Catherine Rayner
Catherine Rayner, a life member of the Brontë Society, has combined facts with imagined incidents and dialogue to produce a detailed picture of the childhoods of the famous Brontës.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Extraordinary Life of Pikelet, by Calley Gibson
The memoir of a rescue dog who takes on the role of foster-brother-extraordinaire to love and help pups with an unfortunate start to the world.
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1.2KFilm & TVItalian Film Festival Review: Loro (Them)
A quirky, fictional biopic of controversial billionaire, media mogul and four-time Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Winging it, by Emma Isaacs
A relatable, inspiring, step-by-step guide for women on how to get more out of life, from the founder and CEO of global organisation Business Chicks, drawing on stories from her own life and the experiences.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney by Graham Archer
A look into the Anna-Jane Cheney murder case. Cheney was an Adelaide lawyer murdered in the 1990s. Her fiancé, Henry Keogh, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, only to be released and have the charges dropped 21 years later.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: My First Little People, Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
In this board book edition for ages 4 or 5, the Little People, Big Dreams series looks at the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo whose works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
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3.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: My First Little People, Big Dreams: Coco Chanel, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
A board book version for young children of the Little People, Big Dreams series about inspirational women. This edition focuses on the life of Coco Chanel who grew up to become a world-famous designer of high fashion, classic and elegant clothes.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little People, Big Dreams: Ada Lovelace, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Author Isabel Sánchez Vegara continues her series of illustrated children’s books that focus on women who had shown courage and strength, and had enough imagination and self-belief to make their dreams come true. Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lady Byron, a mathematician, and the renowned English poet Lord Byron. Her father abandoned the family […]
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Andy Warhol A to Z: The Life of an Icon from Adman to Zeitgeist, by Steve Wide
The third encyclopedia in Steve Wide's A to Z series of celebrity biographies focuses on iconic pop artist Andy Warhol, featuring the locations, images and people of his life.
