Best Biographies
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Peter Ackroyd Alfred Hitchcock
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Infidel
Matthew and Diane Ames Will to Live
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Hilary Badger Giving his best: Cadel Evans
John Charles Barrie Memoirs of an ANZAC: a First-Hand Account by an AIF Officer in the First World War
Anna Bligh Through the Wall
Ian Brayshaw The Miracle Match: Chappell, Lillee, Richards and the Most Electric Moment in Australian Cricket
Bill Bryson The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Debra Byrne Not Quite Ripe: A Memoir
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Beccy Cole Poster Girl
Sally Collins Sophie’s Journey
Peter Cosgrove My Story
Anne Crawford Ralf: How a Giant Schnauzer Brought Hope, Happiness and Healing to Sick Children
Li Cunxin Mao’s Last Dancer
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William Dalrymple The Last Mughal: The Fall Of A Dynasty
David Day The Story of a Prime Minister: Paul Keating
Matthew Dennison Behind the Mask: the Life of Vita Sackville-West
Michaela DePrince Hope in a Ballet Shoe
Jane De Teliga Running Away From Home: Finding a New Life in Paris, London and Beyond
Anne Deveson Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman
Mark Donaldson The Crossroad
Allison DuBois Don’t Kiss Them Goodbye
Susan Duncan Salvation Creek: An Unexpected Life
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Scott Eyman John Wayne: the Life and Legend
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Raimond Gaita Romulus, My Father
John Grisham The Innocent Man: Murder And Injustice In A Small Town
John Grogan Marley & Me: Life And Love With The Worlds Worst Dogs
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Lincoln Hall Dead Lucky: Life After Death On Mount Everest
Pauline Hanson Untamed & Unashamed: Time To Explain
Robin Harris Not for Turning: the Life of Margaret Thatcher
Anita Heiss Am I Black Enough for You
Sally Henderson Silent Footsteps
Emily Herbert Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951-2014
Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank Jamie Oliver: The Biography
Ben Hills Princess Masako: The Prisoner Of The Chrysanthemum Throne
Corinne Hofmann The White Masai
Robert Hughes Things I Didn’t Know: A Memoir
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Boris Johnson The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
Barry Jones A Thinking Reed
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Paul Kennedy High Stakes: the Rise of the Waterhouse Dynasty
Lee Kernaghan Boy From the Bush
Barbara Kingsolver Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year Of Seasonal Eating
Harvey Kubernik Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
Chris Kyle American Sniper
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Joanne Lees No Turning Back: My Journey
Mal Leyland Still Travelling: My Life as a Leyland Brother and Beyond
Mark Logue The Kings Speech
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William McInnes A Man’s Got To Have A Hobby: Long Summers With My Dad
Chris Masters Jonestown: The Power And The Myth Of Alan Jones
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story
Marja Mills The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee
Helen Mirren In the Frame: My Life in Pictures
Susan Mitchell Margaret Whitlam
Bruce Morcombe Where is Daniel? The Family’s Story
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Stuart O'Grady Battle Scars
Kristina Olsson Boy, Lost
Matt O'Sullivan Mayday
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Jill Roe Stella Miles Franklin: a Biography
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Paul Scott Motherless Child: the Definitive Biography of Eric Clapton
Michael Sheridan A Man Called Harris: the Life of Richard Harris
Michael Stahl Kerry Packer: Tall Tales and True Stories
Tony Stephens Heroes: Meeting Inspirational Australians
Cheryl Strayed Wild
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Shirley Walker The Ghost at the Wedding
Simon Wilde Shane Warne: Portrait Of A Flawed Genius