LAST OF THE FATHERS by Drew R. McCoy
$45.95 AUD
Category: Biography
James Madison survived longer than any other member of the most remarkable generation of political leaders in American history. Born in the middle of the eighteenth century as a subject of King George II, the Father of the United States Constitution lived until 1836, when he died a citizen of Andrew Jac ...Show more
SPINOZA A LIFE by Steven Nadler
$48.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza's life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza's exile from Judaism, into the midst of t ...Show more
BOMBAY ANNA THE REAL STORY AND REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF THE by Susan Morgan
$69.99 AUD
Category: Biography
If you thought you knew the story of Anna in The King and I, think again. As this riveting biography shows, the real life of Anna Leonowens was far more fascinating than the beloved story of the Victorian governess who went to work for the King of Siam. To write this definitive account, Susan Morgan tra ...Show more
VITA LIFE IN A ZONE OF SOCIAL ABANDONMENT by Torben Eskerod (Photographer); Joâo Biehl
$51.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil’s big cities#151;places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living ...Show more
DANTE ALIGHIERI HIS LIFE AND WORKS by Paget Toynbee; Robert Hollander (Introduction by)
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
One of the most frequently cited texts on Dante's life and writings, this invaluable study illuminates the Divine Comedy as well as the great Florentine poet's other works. Author Paget Toynbee was the most influential Dantean scholar of his era, and this, his most widely known work, presents an excepti ...Show more
INTERFACES by Sidonie Smith (Editor); Julia Watson (Editor)
$0.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Modern and contemporary women's artistic production of autobiography frequently occurs at the interfaces of image and text. The many permutations of words and images in all their modes of production--photograph, pose, invocation, written narrative, sculpture, dance, diatribe--create countless possibilit ...Show more
NAPOLEAN OF NEW YORK by H. Paul Jeffers
$71.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Praise for H. Paul Jeffers Diamond Jim Brady: Prince of the Gilded Age "One of the most entertaining historical business narratives in recent memory. The story of this symbol of America's Gilded Age is filled with such gusto and vigor that even hardcore business readers will be swept away." -Publisher ...Show more
GUANTANAMOS CHILD THE UNTOLD STORY OF OMAR KHADR by Michelle Shephard
$37.95 AUD
Category: Biography
A prize-winning journalist tells the troubling story of Canadian Omar Khadr, who has spent a quarter of his life growing up in Guantanamo Bay. Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in July 2002 at the age of 15. Accused by the Pentagon of throwing a grenade that killed U.S. soldier Sgt. First Class Christop ...Show more
GOSPEL OF FATHER JOE REVOLUTIONS AND REVELATIONS IN THE SLUM by Greg Barrett; Desmond Tutu (Foreword by)
$0.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Three decades ago in a cordoned-off corner of the developing world an angry Catholic priest armed only with pencil, paper, and crayons, declared a revolution. From a shanty school shared with Buddhists and Muslims in Bangkok's squatter slums, Father Joe Maier began his advance on abject poverty. Today, ...Show more
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES by Cynthia Cooper
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography
The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her ...Show more
ALONG THE ROARING RIVER MY WILD RIDE FROM MAO TO THE MET by Hao Jiang Tian; Robert Lipsyte (Foreword by); Lois B. Morris (As told to)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Since his 1991 debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Hao Jiang Tian has appeared on the world's greatest stages, more than 300 times at the Met alone. How he got there is a drama of bittersweet humor, mortal danger, heartbreaking tragedy, and inspiring triumph--more passionate and turbulent than even ...Show more
YELTSIN by Timothy J. Colton
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this penetrating biography, Timothy J. Colton--one of the English-speaking world's foremost experts on Russia--traces the life and struggles of Russia's first popularly elected president, Boris Yeltsin. Colton vividly narrates the life of a man who rose from agrarian roots to forge a new destiny for ...Show more