(Paperback)

In 2005, Leslie Thomas was awarded an OBE for services to literature.

With a new introduction for this edition, this is an amazing story, and Leslie Thomas's magic touch brings it crackling to life with warmth, wit and humour.

(Paperback)

Brilliantly reported and published to wide critical acclaim, this important book on the women's movement brings vividly to life--as only Brownmiller can--the colorful cast of characters on whose shoulders we stand, and the landmark events of the revolution that transformed our society.

(Paperback)

By turns, an unsparing and joyous account of life in a postwar London rooming house by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.

(Paperback)

A surfer, photojournalist, and author of Cosmic Banditos describes his two-year odyssey south from Mexico to Central America to search for his missing long-time friend and surfing companion, Christopher, whom he finally discovered living in a primeval rain forest, and his bizarre adventures and expeditions.

(Paperback)

The story of Gilbert's 30-year quest for his subject. He reveals the extent of his historical labour, and shares with the reader some of the great moments in his pursuit. It is also the story of those who have helped Gilbert along his way, as they had earlier helped Churchill on his.

(Paperback)

Contains five in-depth stories of seven remarkable men that allow us to explore the concept of "hero". They include the stories of cartoonist Michael Leunig, three volunteer firefighters from Ash Wednesday and NSW fires, a campaigner for native title, Imam of Lakemba Mosque, and Bill Mollison, the founder of permaculture.

(Paperback)

Most people dabble in a bit of family history. Tony De Bolfo's interest in his family's migration from Italy has led him on a moving journey through the lives of hundreds of migrant families.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

'Richard Holmes provides a truly fresh interpretation of the great man Holmess mature and wise portrait is studded with facts about the period and episodes in Churchills life that amuse, engage and entice.

(Paperback)

The name of Ken Saro-Wiwa became a potent symbol of the struggle between a traditional way of life and the juggernaut of global commercial interests.

What was it like to grow up with such a politically active and socially conscious father

(Paperback)

A fledgling teacher finds his place in the unlikeliest of settings

(Paperback)

New in paperback, In Two Minds is the first comprehensive biography of Jonathan Miller.

(Paperback)

"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave. The book documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and her children. She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to protect their families."--Provided by publisher.

(Paperback)

A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas and horrors of slavery in the antebellum South.

(Paperback)

A true story of a woman with a "head for business and a bod for sin," Indecent chronicles the real work and emotion behind the carnal adult sex industry

(Paperback)

The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the 20th-century (voted Woman of the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Miguel Indurain is Spain's greatest cyclist of all time and one of the best Tour racers in history. He is the only bike rider to have won five successive Tours de France, as well as holding the title for the youngest ever race leader in the Tour of Spain. This is his story.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued Ernest Hemingway. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, the book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects upon how they impacted one another and influenced his decisions, actions, and philosophy of life--and of course, his novels, short stories, and nonfiction works.

(Paperback)

Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingways encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works.

(Paperback)

A sprawling portrait of India at the crossroads, this title is an intensely personal story about coming to terms with a dazzlingly different culture, as the author's fate is entwined with a cosmopolitan Hindu family of Old Delhi, and a guru who might just change his life.