(Paperback)

(Paperback)

It is difficult to describe the mixture of elation and pride one felt coming upon the Australian Bookshop in Paris, devoted to stocking books by - mostly unknown in Europe - authors.

(Paperback)

Beck Weathers went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the open during a blizzard that took the lives of a dozen colleagues and friends .Even as he staggered back into Camp 4 the next morning, Beck's condition was such that the other survivors assumed he would not make it back down the mountain.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greatsGrantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinzand the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sports Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.

(Paperback)

Revealing biography of one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures; and the first significant biography to have been published since the subject's death

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Commonthe Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globewinning musician, actor, and activistexplores how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take better control of your life.

(Paperback)

Whether writing of priests or doctors, or looking back to episodes in her Tyneside childhood, the author displays all the qualities that have made her one of the world's most widely-read and best-loved novelists.

America's favourite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life.

(Paperback)

The author is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design who propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom. His fingerprints are all over 80s and 90s pop. In this book, he takes us through his colourful life into the inner-circle of 80s pop-culture.

(Paperback)

Ernie Banks was the first African American to play for the Cubs, and he quickly became one of the best players in baseball. His brilliance on the field made him a Hall of Famer, but it was his boundless optimism that made him an icon. This book presents for the first time a complete portrait of the ballplayer, the public persona, and the man.

(Paperback)

In 1964, in a bare room in Waterloo, a young actress gave her baby for adoption. They were to be parted for more than twenty years. The actress was Pauline Collins. The baby was her daughter Louise. Letter to Louise is a poignant, yet often funny, memoir of the months leading up to that day in Waterloo.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Superbly readable and revealing letters, full of malice and gossip, from a master historian

(Paperback, New edition)

This collection of letters provides a window into both a key chapter in the history of European interaction with Maori and into the unique and courageous character of this pioneer woman.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Henry Varnum Freeman Joined the Union Army in 1861. He participated in the Battle of Stone River and the Battle of Nashville and other skirmishes. He was a member of the Pioneer Corps and was promoted to Captain of the Colored Troops. Contained within are his letters home to his family.

(Paperback)

Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but gradually disllusionment and the onset of illness drove them apart.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

This book takes you on a journey through the many stages of Merid Negussie life. From his childhood memories in his small village, Mulo, with his influential nanny, Hada Kuli, to his time as a student in a neighborhood school led by the village priest, to his politically-turbulent military career. Honest and applicable, this book is packed with life lessons for any reader.