Dorothy Dandridge - A Biography by Donald Bogle
$29.99 AUD
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Category: Memoir & Biography
Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer--the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award--who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement--a remarkable woman of her time who also transcended i ...Show more
Dostoevsky in Love - An Intimate Life by Alex Christofi
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' - Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: The Biography 'Anyone who loves Dostoevsky's] novels will be fascinated by this book' - Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and bruta ...Show more
Down and Out in England and Italy by Alberto Prunetti; Elena Pala (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
A wry, filthy, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today. Alberto Prunetti arrives in the UK, the twenty-something year old son of a Tuscan factory worker who has never left home before. With only broken English, his wits, and an obsession with the work of George Orwell to guide him, h ...Show more
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape by Laurie Lee
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a pod, so snug and enclosed and protective.'Laurie Lee left his childhood home in the Cotswolds when he was nineteen, but it remained with him throughout his life, until, many years later, he returned for good.In this never before published collection, Lauri ...Show more
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
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Category: Memoir & Biography
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father - a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man - has be ...Show more
Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama
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Category: Memoir & Biography
Barack Obama's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of his childhood and young adult years, a compelling journey through family, race, and identity, is now adapted for young people. Includes a new introduction from the author and features a full color photo insert and family tree.A revealing portrait of ...Show more
Drifts by Natasha Burge
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
A strikingly original memoir of autism and transcultural identity, Drifts takes us through the souks, sands and cities of the Arabian Gulf, where the author is a native-born foreigner, to discover a new mapping of the self and a celebration ofwhat it means to be different. Natasha Burge was born and gre ...Show more
Driven by Bill Sutcliffe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
Overcoming a childhood of abuse and neglect, Bill Sutcliffe's unselfish life proves that one goodhearted person can make a difference to many. Bill Sutcliffe is an ordinary man with an extraordinary story to tell. Driven is a memoir primarily about the power of love, forgiveness, encouragement and mento ...Show more
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
$60.00 AUD
Category: Comics & Graphic Novels
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, a tight-knit seaside community. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coast Canadians who ...Show more
Dying of Politeness - A Memoir by Geena Davis
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Category: Memoir & Biography
From two-time Academy Award winner and screen icon Geena Davis, the surprising tale of her "journey to badassery"--from her epically polite childhood to roles that loaned her the strength to become a powerhouse in Hollywood.At three years old, Geena Davis announced she was going to be in movies. Now, wi ...Show more
Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
I am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living. So begins Chloe Cooper Jones's bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend no ...Show more
Eat A Peach - A Memoir by David Chang; Gabe Ulla
$42.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
'David Chang writes about a chef's life in a way that feels completely fresh. The recipes, including those from the ginger-scallion noodles and roasted pork belly served at Noodle Bar, are almost perks; this would be a great read even without them.' The New York Times In 2004, David Chang opened a noodl ...Show more