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Sub-Categories of Biography
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Jack the Ripper: The Theories & the Facts of the Whitechapel Murders
Colin Kendell
Biography; True crime; Regional & national history
Paperback
Reassesses the evidence and unmasks the celebrated East End killer. [more]
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Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story...
Damien Lewis
True war & combat stories; History; Middle Eastern history; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Iraq War
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Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. This is the untold true story of the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special... [more]
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Ghost Wife: A Memoir of Love and Defiance
Michelle Dicinoski
Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs; Gay & Lesbian studies; Dating, relationships, living together & marriage
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Michelle Dicinoski has found the love of her life -- and now she just wants to get married and live happily ever after. The... [more]
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The Real Inspector Rex
Matt McCredie
Biography; Memoirs; Police & security services; Dogs as pets
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Policeman Matt McCredie, with the dog handling unit of the NSW Police Force, was burnt out. His long-term dog partner, Merlin,... [more]
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House of Lies
Linda Rosencrance
Biography; True crime
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Kelley Cannon was living the American Dream. The former prom queen had three beautiful children with her successful, handsome... [more]
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Wilkie Collins
Peter Ackroyd
Biography; Biography: general; Biography: literary; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, dressed in colourful clothes, Wilkie Collins... [more]
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The Freud Scenario
Jean-Paul Sartre
Autobiography: general; Plays & playscripts; History: specific events & topics; Philosophy; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
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In 1958, John Huston asked Jean-Paul Sartre to write a script for a movie about Sigmund Freud. The Freud Scenario, found among... [more]
$46.00 $41.40
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Three Crooked Kings
Matthew Condon
Biography; True crime; Police & security services; Crime & criminology
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The explosive investigative book of 2012 Terence Murray Lewis lifted himself out of poverty and emotional neglect to reach... [more]
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Love with a Chance of Drowning: A Memoir
Torre DeRoche
Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs; Travel writing
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Love can make a person do crazy things... A city girl with a morbid fear of deep water, Torre DeRoche is not someone you would... [more]
$29.99 $27.00
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Confessions of an English Opium-eater
Thomas De Quincey
Autobiography: literary
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Once upon a time, opium was easily available over chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have... [more]
$12.95 $11.65
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Jung the Mystic: The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life and Teachings...
Gary Lachman
Autobiography: general; Psychology; Analytical & Jungian psychology; Mysticism, magic & ritual
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Bold and compact, this new biography of Carl Jung fills a gap in the understanding of the pioneering psychiatrist by focusing... [more]
$19.99 $18.00
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A Walking Shadow: The Remarkable Double Life of Edward Oxford
Jenny Sinclair
Biography; Biography: historical, political & military
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In 1840, eighteen-year-old Edward Oxford tried to kill the young Queen Victoria in the first of seven separate attempts on... [more]
$20.00 $18.00
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Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Marina Warner
Biography: religious & spiritual; Literary studies: general; Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; The historical Jesus; Christian theology; Cultural studies; Popular culture; Feminism & feminist theory
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A polemical study about the most powerful divine woman in the history of the world. [more]
$47.95 $43.15
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The Cattle King
Ion L. Idriess
Biography; Biography: general; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Agriculture & farming
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The story of the great Australian cattle king, Sir Sidney Kidman. [more]
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Gardens of Stone
Stephen Grady
Biography; Memoirs; Second World War
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An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable... [more]
$32.99 $29.70
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The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet
Alec Le Sueur
Memoirs; Hospitality industry; Travel & holiday; Travel writing
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Alec Le Sueur spent five years in Tibet, working for an international hotel chain. Against the breathtaking beauty of the... [more]
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How Many Camels are There in Holland?: Dementia, Ma and Me
Phyllida Law
Biography; Memoirs; Coping with illness; Intergenerational relationships
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The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular 'Notes to my Mother-in-Law', from the inimitable Phyllida Law. [more]
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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape...
Jenna Miscavige Hill
Biography; Biography: general; Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects
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With unprecedented insider access into its inner world, the niece of the Church of Scientology's commander-in-chief tells... [more]
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Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains,Tractors,...
John Elder Robison
Biography; Memoirs; Coping with illness
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John Elder Robison wasn't a model child. For those who read John's first book Look Me in the Eye, he was awkward in school;... [more]
$27.99 $25.20
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The Long March: Reflections from a Lifetime in Football
Kevin Sheedy
Biography: general; Memoirs; Ball games; Australian Rules football
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Kevin Sheedy has seen it all. An uncompromisingly tough player during his time at Richmond, where he played 251 games, and... [more]
$29.95 $26.95
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Every Parent's Nightmare: Jock Palfreeman and the True Story of His Father's...
Belinda Hawkins
Biography; Biography: general; Crime & criminology
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What would you do if your son was jailed for life in a hellhole of a Bulgarian prison for a crime he didn't commit? This is... [more]
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Our Stories are Survival
Lawrence Bamblett
True stories; History; Indigenous peoples; Anthropology
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Our stories are our survival centres on the continuity of Wiradjuri culture. It is a celebration of storytelling and the joys... [more]
$34.95 $31.45
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Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
Peter Hook
Music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs
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As co-founder of Joy Division, the author provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of Love Will Tear Us Apart , and was... [more]
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Reflections of an Extraordinary Era
Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee
Memoirs; History
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An inspirational and vivid behind-the-scenes biography of the Gandhi family and the tumult of India's independence by Tara... [more]
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Educating Alice
Alice Greenup
Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs
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What really happens when a city girl becomes a farmer's wife? If you're a fan of Rachael Treasure, you'll love this memoir:... [more]
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