The Autobiography of the Most Glamorous Mitford Sister
Diana Mitford, the most glamorous of the Mitfords, rivetingly narrates her life populated with key characters of 20th century history. Evelyn Waugh and Oswald Mosley fell in love with her, while not only Winston Churchill but also Adolf Hitler adored her. She lived in the grandest houses as well as in Holloway Prison. Later the Duke and Duchess of ......
Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He died in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix for Williams. Senna began his motorsport career in karting, moved up ......
Growing up in Glebe in the 50s and 60s, guitarist Tony Burkys romps through his life on the road with the Original Battersea Heroes, Uncle Bob's Band, Captain Matchbox and Lonnie and the Leemen. Great fun, all colour book, with lots of great reminders of great songs of the 60s asnd 70s.
“Go for a walk,” suggested the psychologist. Four and half years later, Terra became the first female to walk solo and unsupported around Australia, all in aid of suicide prevention. Not only did the 17,200-kilometre walk set a distance record, but Terra became a roadside counsellor, helping thousands of people on their own paths to mental health ......
Late in 1930, a cricket team from the West Indies visited Australia for the first time. It arrived at precisely the time when Australia’s modern iconography was being forged: Don Bradman was in the ascendant, Phar Lap dominated the racetrack, Nellie Melba returned home, Charles Kingsford Smith was breaking aviation records and the construction of ......
Shirley - The Life of a Botanical Adventurer is the story of Dr Shirley Sherwood, a remarkable woman who, after studying biology at Oxford, spent twelve years working as a research scientist and key member of the Nobel Prize-winning team which developed Tagamet, the first block-buster drug (sales of over $1 billion a year) and one the most ......
A thrilling, first-person account of one of the most famous prison escapes of World War II. Jens Mueller was one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III on the night of 24 March 1944 - the breakout that later became the basis for the famous film The Great Escape. This memoir tells how Mueller, a pilot in one of the RAF's ......
Michelle Ford was the only non-East German woman to win a Gold Medal in the pool at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. On the eve of the 2024 Olympics, Ford tells her story from champion swimmer in suburban Sydney to international athlete advocate, as well as the fight for justice for the swimmers who missed out on medals in 1980 due to state-sanctioned ......
Unravelled explores the history of a family which was completely concealed from the author throughout her life, and only began to be revealed after her mother died. A clash of cultures – exceedingly grand aristocrats meet Jewish rabbinical scholars – with consequences that reverberated down the generations.