Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Biography

Bertie Blackman grew up too fast. Bohemian Negligence tells that story with the breathtaking innocence of a child's point of view: close and vivid and utterly in the moment. As memories refract and elide with the images, sounds and impressions of Bertie's child's world, we experience both her won...

Mussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him: arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible administration of castor oil. His opponents - including editors, publishers, union representative...

In Bold Types, Patricia Clarke recounts the high points and the failures of the chequered journey of women journalists in the fight for gender equality from 1860 to the end of World War II through the stories of independent, adventurous women journalists who ventured far and wide in search of new...

A lifelong worrier, Philpott also learned to look on the bright side, too, believing that as long as she cared enough, she could keep her loved ones safe. In the aftermath of a crisis that darkened her signature sunny spirit, she wondered: How do any of us keep going when we can't know for sure w...

"The legend of the man known around the world simply as 'Bon' only grows with each passing year - in death the AC/DC icon has become a god to millions of people - but how much of his story is myth or pure fabrication and how much of the real man do we know? There have been books that claim to tel...

"David Walsh - the creator of Mona in Hobart - is both a giant and an enigma in the Australian art world. A multi-millionaire who made his money gambling, David has turned a wild vision into a unique reality; he is in turns controversial, mysterious and idolised. 'A bone of fact' is his utterly u...

The glittering story of April Ashley, model and trans pioneer, and the divorce case which gripped 1960s Britain and defined transgender rights for a generation. As Britain emerged from post-war austerity in the 1960s, no one embodied its newfound spirit of hedonism and glamour like April Ashley. ...

"From New York Times bestselling author Helen Brown comes a funny and moving account of her life-changing month in New York City as a foster mother--to a homeless cat named Bono"--

"The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spy craft, and helped turn the tide of the war at the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was quickly formed-and...