Untwisted: The Story of My Life by Paul Jennings
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Honest, insightful, funny - a brilliant memoir about writing and teaching and life from one of Australia's most loved children's authors. Sometimes, rather than making you laugh or cry out in surprise, a story will instead leave you wondering about human fragility. In the telling of his own tale, childr ...Show more
Valentino Rossi: Life of a Legend by Motorbooks Staff; Michael Scott
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From the day he was born into a racing family on February 16, 1979, Rossi was destined for racing greatness. Rossi started his international racing career in 1996, riding for Aprilia in the 125cc class, and won his first World Championship the following year. Rossi's career would see him go on to win ni ...Show more
Valerie Taylor: An Adventurous Life by Valerie Taylor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: An Adventurous Life
At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before ...Show more
Vanished: True stories from families of Australian missing persons by Nicole Morris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
What would you do if your brother or sister went missing? Never before heard stories of Australian missing persons, from the people who knew them best – their brothers and sisters. Follow the journeys of these families, from their desperate searches in the first days to the Police investigations. Share ...Show more
Vegemite: The True Story of the Man Who Invented an Australian Icon by Jamie Callister
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Published to coincide with Vegemite's 100th anniversary, the fascinating true story of the man who invented Australia's most enduring cultural icon, fully revised and updated. 'An amazing yarn' Sydney Morning Herald Today Vegemite is recognised around the world, but when the salty black paste was first ...Show more
Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, INDEPENDENT, BBC SCIENCE FOCUS MAGAZINE AND TIME MAGAZINE**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*Animals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what w ...Show more
Vesper Flights - New and Collected Essays by Helen Macdonald
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Animals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. From the internationally acclaimed author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to th ...Show more
Victoria: A Life by A N Wilson
$17.99 AUD
Category: Biography
[A] shimmering and rather wonderful biography. The Guardian(London) When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her children s marriages. To many, Queen Victoria is a ruler ...Show more
Victoria: The Woman Who Made the Modern World by Julia Baird
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth in 1819, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. Born into a world where women were often powerless, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped th ...Show more
Victory in the Kitchen - The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous, simply someone who worked hard and enjoyed her life. Beginning in 1882, she ranged through life in the country, life in the town, life in her own house, and in that of others. She travelled, married, had children and a highly succes ...Show more
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook by Annie Gray
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The story of the twentieth century through one woman's life and the food she cooked for our most famous Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. This is the story of a woman who was not a royal, not rich, not famous; someone who simply worked hard and enjoyed her life. But while Georgina Landemare saw herself ...Show more
Vida: Vida Goldstein a Woman for Our Time by Jacqueline Kent
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Vida Jane Mary Goldstein, feminist and suffragist, was born at Portland, Victoria. Her father was an anti-suffragist, but Jacob Goldstein supported his daughters to be economically and intellectually independent. In the 1890s she became involved in various social welfare activities and attended Victoria ...Show more