Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid
The story of the extraordinary Annette Kellerman – the trailblazing swimming champion who broke every mould to become Australia’s first Hollywood superstar. Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature and made for the stage – her first love – and encouraged to defy social norms from a […]
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 2: 1974-80
The follow-up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world’s greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life from 1974 to 1980. By 1974 the Beatles were a distant memory, and […]
Gold
Lessons from the life of Edward Hammond Hargraves – charlatan, impostor, and self-proclaimed discoverer of Australian gold. If you were to google ‘Who discovered gold in Australia?’ you’d promptly get ‘Edward Hammond Hargraves’. He got the fame, fortune and adulation, but was he really the guy? What about the two diggers he met on the […]
Legends and Soles
The brilliant autobiography from the ‘saviour of Nike’. If you’re a sneaker head, you know him as the Savior of Nike. If you’ve watched Air you saw Matt Damon’s portrayal of the man who discovered Michael Jordan and how he revolutionized the payment structure of endorsements for athletes. Legends and Soles tells Sonny’s story – […]
Matters of the Heart
The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia’s most influential political voices. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital […]
My Family: The Memoir
A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. On the surface, David Baddiel’s childhood was fairly standard: a lower-middle-class Jewish family living in an ordinary house in Dollis Hill, north-west London. But David came to realise […]
Amazing Facts: Kamala Harris
Did you know? – Kamala has lived in California and Canada, as well as Washington D.C. – She has published cooking videos on YouTube. – She once used an ironing board as a campaign tool. – Pearls are her favourite jewellery. – She has hosted politicians, hip-hop stars and astronauts in the Vice President’s house. […]
Izabela the Valiant
Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close encounters with Frederick the Great, Benjamin Franklin, Rousseau, Joseph II, Marie-Antoinette […]
Heartbreak is the National Anthem
A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how music is made and heard. Heartbreak Is The National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music is […]
