A wonderfully compelling and entertaining memoir about the experiences of an Irish immigrant family in the tradition of ANGELA'S ASHES.

At twenty-something, Alice is hungry for the milestones of young womanhood: leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes away from home, she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads: the love and worry of her Chinese-Cambodian parents, who want more than anything to keep her from harm.

In 1998, Raimond Gaita's Romulus, My Father was first published;the story of his father who came to Australia from Europe with his young wife Christine and their four-year-old son after the end of the Second World War.

For a country that has only twice come under fire on its own soil, it is an odd fact that we have happily volunteered for armed service in other people's wars. Nathan Mullins, author of How to Amputate a Leg, was such a volunteer.

World famous writer Colleen McCullough has always resisted the idea of producing an autobiography, pleading as her excuse the fact that books on the subject of the self are stuffed to pussy's bow with boring bits.

Alison Thompson, a filmmaker living in New York City, was enjoying Christmas with her boyfriend in 2004 when she saw the news reports online: a 9.3 magnitude earthquake had struck the sea near Indonesia, triggering a massive tsunami that hit much of southern Asia. As she watched the death toll climb, Thompson had one thought: She had to go help. A few years earlier, she had spent eight months v...(view full description)

Celia Birtwell is one of Britain's best-known, best-loved designers. This lavish, multi-layered book - the first to be published on Celia - delves into her work and eventful life. It features intimate photographs from her own albums, her drawings, her charmingly idiosyncratic, fashion sketches and examples of her fashion and home fabrics.

This extraordinary best-selling book had its genesis in a series of concerts first staged in 2004. Over four nights Paul Kelly performed, in alphabetical order, 100 of his songs from the previous three decades. In between songs he told stories about them, and from those little tales grew How to Make Gravy , a memoir like no other. Each of its hundred chapters, also in alphabetical order by song...(view full description)

Part reminiscence, part meditation, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is Rousseau's last great work, the enduring testimony of an alienated person seeking self-knowledge. As he records his walks round Paris, he finds happiness in solitude and nature. The new translation includes an introduction and notes that explore the work and its contexts.

A searingly honest, heartbreaking work of genius, this is a book about music, poetry, devastating illness, creativity, sex and drugs, and twenty-something life in New York