Lost and Found in Johannesburg by Mark Gevisser
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Category: REM Biography
An inner life of Johannesburg that turns on the author's fascination with maps, boundaries, and transgressions This singular memoir begins with a transgression--the invasion of a private home in Johannesburg. But it is far more than the story of a theft. "Lost and Found in Johannesburg" is a luminous ex ...Show more
David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium by David Sedaris, Jeffrey Jenkins
$19.99 AUD
Category: REM Biography
A remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images selected from the diaries David Sedaris has been creating for four decades In this richly illustrated book, readers will for the first time experience the diaries David Sedaris has kept for nearly 40 years in the elaborate, three-dimensional, collag ...Show more
The Warburgs by Ron Chernow
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$39.99 (60% off)
Category: REM Biography
A story of brilliant achievement, dazzling personalities and human frailty set against the dark background of European racism and paranoia. The Warburgs were bankers, patrons of the arts, scholars, socialites, philanthropists and politicians. This Jewish family from Westphalia became a German success s ...Show more
Women I've Undressed: The Fabulous Life and Times of a Legendary Hollywood Designer by Orry-Kelly
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Category: REM Biography
"Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Monroe. Yet few know who Orry-Kelly really was - until now. Discovered in a pillowcase, Orry-Kelly's lon ...Show more
Colette's France: The Lives and Loves of the Belle Epoque Writer by Jane Gilmour
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Category: REM Biography
French author Colette has a special place in French literary history, her life and writing novels Cheri, Gigli and the Claudine series spanned the renowned artistic period of Belle Epoque Paris, the art scene in the South of France and war time Paris. Colette's France is the remarkable life story of thi ...Show more
I Am, I Am, I Am - Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell
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Category: REM Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
"I Am I Am I Am is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive. Maggie O'Farrell is a miracle in every sense. I will never forget this book."--Ann Patchett An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one ...Show more
Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics by Troy Bramston
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Category: REM Biography
Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and led the nation during the early years of the war, but resigned two years later when he lost the confidence of his party. His political career seemed over, and yet he staged one of the great comebacks to forge a new political party, devise a new g ...Show more
Wellmania: Extreme Misadventures in the Search for Wellness by Brigid Delaney
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Category: REM Biography
Bridget Jones meets AJ Jacobs in Wellmania, an in-depth, laugh-out-loud exploration of the best and worst of the wellness industry."I laughed so hard, I choked on a doughnut reading this book. I'm so glad Brigid Delaney tried all of this crazy stuff so I never have to." --Jen Mann, New York Times bestse ...Show more
The Princess Diarist - A Sort of Memoir by Carrie Fisher
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Category: REM Biography | Reading Level: very good
The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher's New York Times bestselling intimate, hilarious, and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the film ...Show more
Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life by DOMOSLAWSKI ARTHUR
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Category: REM Biography
From postcolonial Africa to revolutionary Iran, from the military dictatorships of Latin America to Soviet Russia, the Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuscinski was one of the most dauntless and important eyewitness reporters of the twentieth century. In his committed journalism covering the grea ...Show more
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story by Christie Watson
$12.99 AUD
Category: REM Biography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* An astonishing memoir about nursing and an urgent call for compassion and kindness'It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh. It encouraged me to appreciate this most underappreciated of professions more than ever' Adam Kay, author of T ...Show more
Unfettered and Alive: A Memoir by Anne Summers
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Category: REM Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
"I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me. ...Show more