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Title: The Olive Season.
Genre: Autobiography/Travel                                                                                                            Author: Carol Drinkwater                                                                                  Edition:  Published by Abacus Books 2003 – Paperback – Good secondhand condition.

Carol Drinkwater’s bestselling The Olive Farm told the lyrical tale of her real life romance with partner Michel and an abandoned Provencal olive farm which they fell in love with and brought – a double love story, recounted with wit, warmth and alluring detail.  In The Olive Season Carol is now pregnant and their ever loyal  Arab gardener is leaving to oversee the marrying off of his last son. Often unassisted, and with new challenges to face, she takes on the bulk of the farm work alone. Water is, as ever, a costly problem and she goes in search of a diviner who promises almost magical results. But, as the harvest season approaches, dramatic events cast dark shadows over their olive farm.

Title: Biting Talk.
Genre: Autobiography                                                                                                          Author: Norman Hunter                                                                                        Edition:  Published by Hodder & Stoughton 2004 – Hardcover – Good Secondhand condition.

Love him or hate him, one thing is for certain, you can’t ignore him.  That’s Norman Hunter, former Leeds United and England international defender who was an integral part of Don Revie’s talented and feared Yorkshire side of the 1960s and 1970s that competed at the highest level in England & Europe. Nicknamed “Bites Yer Legs” for his ferocious tackling, Norman Hunter was adored by Leeds supporters and despised by opposition fans, in this autobiography Biting Talk he reveals just how it felt to be such a love-hate figure.

Title: Into the Blue  – Boldly Going where Captain Cook has gone before.
Genre: Aventure / Travel                                                                                                            Author: Tony Horwitz                                                                                        Edition:  Published by Bloomsbury Publishing 2003 – Midsize Paperback – Good secondhand quality.

Captain James Cook’s three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. Tony Horwitz vividly recounts Cook’s voyages and the exotic scenes he encountered: tropical orgies, taboo rituals, human sacrifice, hip-throbbing Tahitian dancers, New Zealand cannibals, Hawaiian surfers, and Australian Aborigines sealed off from the rest of the world for thousands of years. Tony Horwitz follows in Cook’s footsteps to uncover his legacy, and along the way has many revealing and often amusing adventures of his own.

Title: Ham on Rye                                                                                                    Genre: Fiction                                                                                                                Author: Charles Bukowski                                                                                        Edition:  Published by Canongate Books 2002 – Midsize Paperback – Good secondhand condition.

Ham on Rye follows the path of legendary barfly Charles Bukowski’s alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the turbulent years of high school and college and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alocholhism. This is his fourth novel and the most moving of all his books, dealing with his early years in Los Angeles, and in particular with his difficult relationship with his father. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour.

Title: The Long Hot Summer -  A French heatwave and a marriage meltdown.
Genre: Non-Fiction                                                                                                             Author:  Mary Moody                                                                                        Edition:  Published by Pan MacMillan 2005 - Large Paperback - Good secondhand condition.

In the European summer of 2003 a deadly heatwave strikes France. To Mary Moody, in her rural village deep in the south-west, it seems that the weather is merely imitating the stifling heat of her own relationships. Her marriage, already under strain from the freedoms of her new life in France and the revelation of an affair, now reaches breaking point. At the heart of The Long Hot Summer lies Mary’s two conflicting passions: for her newfound independence; and for the love of her husband and family in Australia. 

Title: Last Tango in Toulouse – Torn between two lives
Genre: Non-Fiction                                                                                                             Author:  Mary Moody                                                                                          Edition:  Published by MacMillan 2003 - Midsize Paperback - Good secondhand condition.

The year of her fiftieth birthday, Mary Moody ran away from home, family and work for six months to live in a remote French Village.  Her book about these experiences               Au Revoir, struck a chord with tens of thousands of readers across Australia. Last Tango in Toulouse is Mary’s compelling account of tumultuous upheavals in her life, and an affirmation of the power of family in overcoming the greatest challenges. Written with humour, warmth and passion, and often searing honesty.

Title: Majesty (Large Print)
Genre: Non Fiction – Biography                                                                                                        Author:  Robert Lacey
Edition:  Published by Hutchinson & Co 1977 - Midsize Hardcover - Fair secondhand condition (ex library / age spots).

Majesty is the biography of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most prominent yet also one of the least known personalities in the world. Since her accession twenty-five years ago, millions of words have been written about. But she has remained tantalisingly remote. Now Robert Lacey, a young journalist and historian has got closer to her than any previous writer. In MAJESTY he has produced a unique work of contemporary history, marshalled from an unprecedented range of original sources.

Title: Some Girls – My Life in a Harem
Genre: Non Fiction / Memoir                                                                                               Author:  Jillian Lauren
Edition:  Published by Ebury Press 2010 - Large Paperback - Very good secondhand condition.

At eighteen, Jillian Lauren was an NYU theatre school dropout with a tip about an upcoming audition.  The “casting director” told her that a rich businessman in Singapore would pay pretty American girls $20,000 if they stayed for two weeks to spice up his parties.  Soon, Jillian was on a plane to Borneo, where she would spend the next eighteen months in the harem of Prince Jefri Boliah, youngest brother of the Sultan of Brunei, leaving behind her gritty East Village apartment for a palace with rugs laced with gold, and trading her band of artist friends for a coterie of backstabbing beauties.  More than just a sexy read set in an exotic land. Some Girls is also the story of how a rebellious teen found herself – and the courage to meet her birth mother and eventually adopt a baby boy.

Title: Married by Force
Genre: Non-Fiction / Memoir                                                                                                        Author:  Leila
Edition:  Published by Portrait 2006 - Large Paperback - Good secondhand condition.

 ”I was 20 years old and dreamed of marrying for love”. Leila was born, brought up and educated in France, though her family came form Morocco. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she’d never met, fifteen years older than her, and whose language she couldn’t understand. Her father told her: “It’s him and no one else, and you’ll be happy with this man”.  The husband she didn’t love beat her regularly in an attempt to force her into submission.  With extraordinary courage, Leila fought back against the weight of family tradition to regain her liberty & dignity; and though it put her life in danger, she left her husband and later divorced him. She still loves her father despite the pain he inflicted on her, and the rift in her family causes her continuing anguish.

Title: City of Joy
Genre: Popular Fiction/Non-Fiction                                                                                         Author:  Dominique LaPierre
Edition:  Published by Arrow Books 1996 - Small Paperback - Good secondhand condition (has some age spots on front couple pages).

Living in the seeming hell of one of the poorest and most crowded quarters of Calcutta are the saints of today: saints such as Mother Teresa, saints such as Stephen Kovalski, an unknown Polish Catholic priest who made his home there to care for the poorest of poor. And Max Loeb an American physician dedicated to fighting disease in this dirty hellhole. City of Joy, the story of these saints, is a testament to the human spirit iunbowed by the most wretched of circumstances.  This book was made into a movie starring Patrick Swayze – half the royalties received from the original sale of this book were donated to the people of the “City of Joy”.

Title: Fire House
Genre: Non Fiction / Memoir                                                                                                        Author:  David Halberstram
Edition:  Published by Hyperion 2002 - Midsize Paperback - Very good secondhand condition.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, two firetrucks set out from the New York firehouse, Engine 40, Ladder 35, located on the West Side of Manhattan. Thirteen men were aboard; twelve of them would never return.  In a moving tribute, David Halberstam traces the events of that day as the men were called to duty, while their families waited anxiously for news of them. As the tragedy unfolds, Halberstam captures the culture of the firehouse – why men eagerly dedicate themselves to such a dangerous profession, often following in the footsteps of their fathers. And why, more than anything else, it’s not just a job, but a calling. Deeply felt and emotional, Firehouse is a tribute to these honourable and heroic men, and a celebration of their selflessness, not only as firefighters, but also as husbands, fathers, sons, brothers & friends.

Title: Michael Palin – Halfway to Hollywood – Diaries 1980-1988
Genre: Biography/Memoir                                                                                                   Author: Michael Palin                                                                                           Edition:  Published by Griffin Press 2009 – Large Hardback – Very good condition.

The second volume of Michael Palin’s diaries covers the bulk of the 1980s, a decade in which the ties binding the Pythons loosened – they made their last film “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life” in 1983. For Michael, writing and acting took over much of his life, culminating in an appearance in A Fish called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken and won a BAFTA.  This book follows Palin’s tortuous trail through seven movies and ends with his final preparations for the documentary that was to change his life “Around the World in 80 days”.

Title: Torn Apart
Genre: Non-Fiction                                                                                                                      Author: James Patterson & Hal Friedman
Edition:  Published by Century 2008 – Large Hardcover – Like new

Cory Friedman was an ordinary, fun-loving little boy. That fateful March morning in 1989 started just like any other but later that day, he started to feel very different and the course of his life was set to change.  It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head, and before long, his body became a volatile, explosive and unpredictable force. Overtaken by urges, tic and compulsions, the bright young boy started to feel and look like a puppet on a string. Cory had developed a rare combination of Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and other neurological conditions. Torn Apart is a true story of one family’s courage, heartbreak, sacrifice and ultimately triumph.

Title: Gut Feelings – From Fear & Despair to Health & Hope
Genre: Health/Self Help/Biography                                                                        Author: Carnie Wilson
Edition:  Published Spotlight Health 2001 – large paperback – good secondhand condition.

Carnie Wilson’s story is a journey from darkness of a lifelong struggle with emotional rejection, compulsive eating, and morbid obesity into the light of health. Born the daughter of pop music royalty (Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys) and gifted with her own talents that brought her fame and fortune, she came to feel that none of this mattered.  She would never be whole and happy until she achieved a healthy weight and body image. With the success in the multiplatinum pop group Wilson Phillips, she became the darling of overweight activists, defining a larger-than-life “no apologies” sense of style for big women. However, behind the bravado were feelings of shame, self-hatred and desperation. Carnie’s weight gradually climbed to more than 300 pounds, threatening her life.  This is Carnie’s story of how she turned her life around….

Title: The Pilgrimage
Genre: Non-Fiction/Biography                                                                                                          Author: Paulo Coelho
Edition:  Published Harper Collins 2009 – small paperback – good secondhand condition.

In his first major book, which paved the way for his bestselling phenomenon “The Alchemist”, Paulo Coelho documents the experiences of his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom.  Following the legendary road travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago, Coelho’s journey becomes a truly initiatory experience, and he is transformed forever as he learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.

Title: Court in the Middle
Genre: Non Fiction/True Crime                                                                                                       Author: Andrew Fraser
Edition:  Published by Hardie Grant 2007 – paperback – good secondhand condition.

A true story of cocaine, police, corruption and prison….For thirty years, Andrew Fraser was one of Australia’s high profile criminal lawyers. He defended the likes of Alan Bond, Melbourne’s underworld family the Morans, footballer Jimmy Krakouer and killer Dennis Allan. His clients could reach him 24/7 and he worked tirelessly to free them from the clutches of the law.  Then cocaine unravelled everything.  Police bugged his office, and in an unfortunate sequence of events, charged Fraser with being knowingly concerned with an importation of cocaine – serious charges that received no mercy – sentenced to seven years inmprisonment with a minimum of five years.  “Court in the Middle “is a revealing insight into the prison world from someone who knows the criminal system inside out. Andrew Fraser lost everything: he was disbarred, discredited, broken financially and his marriage destroyed, but he refuses to play the victim. He writes as he acted in court: tough, relentless with no holds barred attitude.

Title: The Cap or The Price of a Life
Genre: Non Fiction / Memoir                                                                                                         Author: Roman Frister
Edition:  Published by Phoenix 1999 - Paperback – Good Secondhand Condition.

Can we, should we, judge the acts committed by people in extreme situations by the standards of ordinary life?   In this memoir of his life as a child in pre-War Poland, in the Nazi concentration camps, and as a young man growing into adulthood and middle-age in the shadow of genocide, Roman Frister portrays a life lived in extreme circumstances. With breathaking openess Frister describes the change from happy-go-lucky child to ruthless camp survivor from branded captive to passionate lover and bohemian, determined never again to let control of his life slip from his hands. He lays himself open to judgemental eyes and tongues of the world.

Title: Forbidden Love
Genre: Non Fiction / Biography                                                                                            Author: Norma Khouri
Edition:  Published Bantam Book 2003 - Large Paperback - Good Secondhand Condition (signed by author).

Dalia was a young, beautiful Arabian Muslim living with her family in Amman, Jordan. At the age of twenty-five, she unexpectedly fell in love with Michael, a major in the Royal Army, and a Catholic. For a Muslim woman, any relationship with a Catholic man is forbidden and Dalia was only too aware that flouting this rule could cost her her life. But they were deeply in love and with the help of Dali’a lifelong friend, Norma, with whom she ran a hairdressing salon, they went to extraordinary lengths to find ways to meet in secret. On only a handful of occassions were Dalia and Michael able to be alone and their relationship remained entirely chaste. Although they covered their tracks meticulously, when one of Dalia’s brothers became suspicious, she was suddenly gripped by the terrifying reality of what could happen to her.

Title: Neil Diamond – The Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Laura Jackson
Neil Diamond, the biography provides a defininte insight into one of the most enduring, creative and prolific singer-songwriters of this generation, exploring the complex man behind the glittering legend.                                                                                                                                                                                    Large  Paperback ,  Published by Piatkus Books 2004. Good condition (ex library copy).

Title: A Salute to Irving Berlin
Genre: Biography
Author: Michael Freedland
This is the story of a great man and his music.  Irving Berlin was born in Siberia and taken to America by his parents at the age of four. The lyrics of his first song were scribbled on his cuff while he served beer to patrons on The Bowery in New York and he had his first big hit before he was twenty.  He went on to write magical tunes such as Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Easter Parade, There’s no Business like Show Business and White Christmas.  He revolutionsed the popular song and was decorated by his President for writing God Bless America. Yet the man who wrote 3000 songs has never learnt how to read a note of music or play a piano that hasn’t been fitted with a special lever that changes key for him automatically.  Irving Berlin has remained intense, shy and introspective, he has survived personal tragedy, fought snobbery, eloped with an heiress, tussled with moments of extreme depression, yet always remained what he essentially is, a great songwriter.                                                                                                                                                                      Large Hardcover ,  Published by Mackays of Chatham 1986. Very Good condition.

Title: Dingo – The Story of our Mob
Genre: Biography
Author: Sally Dingo
Emerging from her middle-class existence in a sleepy Tasmanian town a young white woman marries a charismatic actor and the tubulent Dingo tribe. Lovingly embraced by her new Aboriginal family, they begin to yarn and she begins to write their stories down. From the unique perspective of Sally Dingo, the widpella (whitefella) and wife of actor Ernie Dingo, this moving family saga is full of life, death, laughter, violence, struggle, children, poverty, alcohol, and eventually success.                                                                                                                                                                                      Large  Hardcover ,  Published by Random House 1997. Good condition (some age spots).

Title: Tom Cruise – An Unauthorized Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Andrew Morton
Everyone knows Tom Cruise – or at least what he wants us to know.  We know he overcame a difficult childhood to star in an astonishing array of blockbusters. After that the picture becomes a little less clear. For two years, award winning biographer Andrew Morton has been tirelessly seeking out everyone from former teachers and girlfriends to Scientology insiders to friends who have watched a once-bullied “nothing special” outsider transform into an icon Forbes has called the most powerful celebrity in the world. Here, with never-seen photos and never-heard revelations, is a riveting, sometimes shocking portrait of the real Tom Cruise, his work, his love life, his marriages, his religion..                                                                                                                                                                                    Large Hardcover ,  Published 2008. Good condition (shows ex library stamp and repair to one section of binding).

Title: Alban Berg – The Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Karen Monson
Alban Berg was the one of a few members of the Viennese School of composers to achieve success in his lifetime. Thanks to a wealth of research, Karen Monson has been able to give a more detailed analysis of his music, and a more penetrating picture of his private life, than has previously been possible.                                                                                                                                                                                  Large Hardcover ,  Published by MacDonald General Books 1980. Average condition (ex library).

Title: Alban Berg – The Man and the Work
Genre: Biography
Author: Mosco Carner
Alban Berg (1885-1935) two operas Wozzeck and Lulu, his Violin Concerto and his Lyric Suite are now established as modern classics.  In this book, Dr. Carner follows his biography with a close analysis of Berg’s works one by one, emphasising the perfect equilibrium between the composer’s lyrical and dramatic instincts in his operas and songs, and the assured sense of form and organisation in his instrumental work.                                                                                                                                                                                   Large Hardcover ,  Published by Gerald Duckworth 1975. Average condition (ex library).

Title: Men Talk
Genre: Biography/Lifestyle
 Author: Jan Bowen
In Men Talk, acclaimed author Jan Bowen asks fourteen Australian men from a wide variety of backgounds how they see themselves in the 1990s.                                                                                                                                                                                  Paperback ,  Published by Harper Collins 1996. Very Good condition.

Title: 365 Nights – A Memoir of Intimacy
Genre: Memoir/Sex
Author: Charla Muller and Betsy Thorpe
The Mullers had a solid marriage and two wonderful children but over the years sex had fallen low on their to-do list.  Charla decided she couldn’t go on pretending the relationship they once had wasn’t important…so she decided to change that..                                                                                                                                                                            Paperback ,  Published by Berkeley Publishing 2008. Very Good condition.

Title: The Washerwoman’s Dream
Genre: Non Fiction / Biography
Author: Hilarie Lindsay
This is an account of the amazing life of a forgotten Australian writer and a woman with an indomitable spirit. Winifred Steger is no ordinary Washerwoman. She has talked with kings and made the pilgrimage to Mecca. 1882-1981.                                                                                                                                                                            Large Paperback ,  Published by Simon & Schuster 2002. Good condition.

Title: Sky Burial
Genre: Travel / Memoir
Author: Xinran
In the early 1960′s a rumour circulated through China that one of its soldiers in Tibet had been brutally fed to the vultures, Xinran was a little girl, the tale frightened and fascinated her. She knew nothing about the Tibetan custom “Sky Burial” – but thirty years later Xinran met a Chinese woman who could tell her the astonishing story behind the legend.                                                                                                                                                                            Hardcover,  Published by Random House 2004. Very Good condition.

Title: God’s Callgirl
Genre: Memoir
Author: Carla Van Raay
One woman’s life journey from Convent to Sex Worker. At the age of eighteen, Carla van Raay entered a convent to devote her life to God. By thirty-four she was earning her living as a prostitute.                                                                                                                                                                             Large Paperback ,  Published by Harper Collins 2004. Good condition.

Title: Sidney Poitier – The Measure of a Man
Genre: Memoir
Author: Sidney Poitier
In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. Sidney Poitier was the first – and remains the only – African-American to win an Academy Award for best actor and his body of work is arguably the most morally significant in cinematic history.                                                                                                                                                                            Small Paperback,  Published by Simon & Schuster 2000.  Good condition.

Title: Maggie
Genre: Non Fiction – Autobiography
Author: Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer is one of Australia’s most photographed, talked about and loved personalities. Here she tells of her journey from a childhood in suburban Adelaide to the peak of the Australian fashion industry, a journey of stunning professional achievements    matched by rich and often tempestous personal life.                                                                                                                                                                      Large Hardcover,  Published by Allen Unwin 1998.  Very good condition.

Title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Genre: Non Fiction – Autobiography
Author: Li Cunxin
From bitter poverty to the stardom of the West – this is the extraordinary true story of one boy’s great courage and determination.                                                                                                                                                                        Large Paperback ,  Published by Penguin 2003.  Good condition – some age spots on front page – remaining pages very good.

Title: Pauline Hanson – Untamed & Unashamed
Genre: Autobiography
Author: Pauline Hanson
This is Pauline’s story – the good, the bad, and the ugly – because she is determined to let the Australian Public know the truth about those heady years and why she kept fighting for what she genuinely believed in.                                                                                                                                                                          Large Paperback,  Published by Jojo Publishing 2007.  Good condition.

Title: Ethel – A Love Story                                                                                             Genre: Fiction – Biography
Author: Suzanne Falkiner
From the rich and shadowy interior of an old house overlooking Sydney Harbour, a granddaughter recreates in her imagination the elusive story of the grandmother she never met. Ethel, a woman passionately involved in literature, politics and love, but ultimately thwarted in all three.                                                                                                                                                                        Large Hardcover,  Published by Pan MacMillan 1996. Good condition.

Title: Limbo – Blue-Collar Roots, White-collar dreams
Genre: Non Fiction 
Author: Alfred Lubrano
A groundbreaking work of narrative non-fiction.  The limbo existence of people raised in blue-collar families, living white-collar lives.                                                                                                                                                                          Large Hardcover,  Published by John Wiley & Sons 2004.  Very good condition.

Title: Hal Porter – Man of Many Parts
Genre: Biography
Author: Mary Lord
This biography of a major Australian Literary talent – Hal Porter. He recorded and vivified the sights, sounds, smells of the daily life of ordinary people in this country over seventy odd years in a way no historian or sociologist could ever do.                                                                                                                                                                        Large Hardcover,  Published by Random House 1993.  Very good condition.

Title: Joan Baez – And A Voice to Sing with
Genre: Non Fiction – Memoir
Author: Joan Baez
Is the life story of one of the most charismatic and enduring figures of the 1960s – the former Queen of Folk whose “achingly pure soprano voice” and passionate commitment to the causes of peace and human rights mad her a legend in her time.                                                                                                                                                                        Large Hardcover,  Published by Century Hutchinson 1998.  Very good condition.

Title: The Washingtonienne
Genre: Semi-Autobiography – Popular Fiction 
Author: Jessica Cutler
Just between us girls, Washington is an easy place to get laid…Capitol Hill staffer Jessica Cutler created a sensation last year, when, in an on-line weblog meant just for friends, she began chronicling her late-night affairs with Washington power brokers.                                                                                                                                                                         Large Paperback,  Published by Bantam Books 2005. Very good condition.

Title: Ray - Stories of my Life
Genre: Non Fiction / Autobiography
Author: Ray Martin
Ray Martin needs no introduction. As the face of The Midday Show, a Current Affair, 60 Minutes, Carols by Candlelight he is instantly recognisable. After forty years on televison screens, many people feel they have come to know hi, but not many people know the real story behind Ray’s rise to stardom.                                                                                                                                                                 Large Hardcover, Published by Random House 2009. Very good condition 

Title: Kate Remembered
Genre: Non Fiction / Biography
Author: A. Scott Berg
This book is not a critical study of Katharine Hepburn’s life or her career. It is, rather, as true an account of her life as I can present, based on countless hours of private conversations during which she reminisced….Authors note.                                                                                                                                                               Large Hardcover, published by Simon & Schuster 2003. Good Condition.

Title: Charles Handy – Myself & Other more important Matters
Genre: Non Fiction – Autobiography
Author: Charles Handy
Charles Handy is perhaps best known outside the business world as a wise and warm presenter of BBC Radio 4′s “Thought for the Day”.                                                                                                                                                              Large Paperback, published by Random House 2006. Good Condition.

Title: The Spy Went Dancing
Genre:  Non-Fiction - Biography 
Author: Aline, Countess of Romanones
America’s most captivating secret agent reveals how she recruited the Duchess of Windsor – in her spellbinding sequel to The Spy wore Red.                                                                                                                                                        Large hardcover, published by GP Putnams 1990. Good Condition.

Title: Duty of Care
Genre: Non Fiction - Biography
Author: Steve Pratt
Duty of Care tells the story of the key figure in one of the most dramatic international incidents of recent years – the aresst trial and imprisonment of humanitarian aid work Steve Pratt in Serbia in 1999.                                                                                                                                                        Large paperback, published by Simon & Schuster 2000. Good Condition.

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Title: Jump In! Even if you don’t know how
Genre: Non Fiction – Memoir
Author: Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett – The king of television’s hit shows Survivor and The Apprentice turns the spotlight on himself in this fascinating memoir.                                                                                                                                                          Large paperback, published by Bantam Press 2005. Good Condition (some age spots).

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Title: Shantaram (German language)
Genre: Biography / Fiction 
Author: Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram is a novel influenced by real life events of it’s author Gregory David Roberts. He was sentenced to 19 years of imprionment for armed robberies he committed to feed his heroin habit.  In 1980 he escapes from a Victorian prison and arrives in India under an alias.
Paperback, published by Random House 2010 – New copy (German language).

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Title: Mark Skaife – Diary of a Champion
Genre: Non Fiction – Sports Biography
Author: Mark Skaife
Mark Skaife eats and breathes motor sport – and has only one ambition in life “to look back in 20 years and know I gave it the best I hadd…”
Large paperback, published by Harper Collines 2002. Good Condition.

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Title: Eat, Pray, Love
Genre: Non-Fiction Travel/Memoir
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
One woman’s search for everything …..Over 10million copies sold worldwide & now a major motion picture  .
Paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010. Very Good secondhand copy 

Title: Every Day in Tuscany – Seasons of an Italian Life.
Genre: Non-Fiction                                                                                                             Author:  Frances Mayes                                                                                          Edition:  Published by Random House 2010 - Large Paperback -Very Good secondhand condition.

In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated “bard of Tuscany” lyrically chronicles her continuing, two-decades long love affair with Tuscany’s people, art, cuisine and lifestyle.

Title: Sunshine On My Shoulder
Genre: Non Fiction – Biography
Author: Jan Sparks and Suzanne Pinder
A Woman’s victory over Agoraphobia. My heart pounded as though it was going to explode out of my chest. I felt extremely dizzy, I couldn’t swallow, had difficulty breathing….was I about to die ?                                                                                                                                                                          Large Paperback ,  Published by Pan MacMillan 2000.  Good condition.

Title: Bald in the Land of Big Hair
Genre: Non Fiction – Autobiography
Author: Joni Rogers
“Chemotherapy”, my friend Sally shook her head sympathetically when I was first diagnosed. But then her face brightened. “You’re gonna get so skinny”!                                                                                                                                                                          Large Paperback ,  Published by Headlines Book Publishing 2001. Very Good condition.

Title: The Assassin – Story of Race & Rage in the Land of Apartheid
Genre: Non Fiction
Author: Henk Van Woerden
The heartbreaking account of one of the most sensational political assassinations in recent history. If ever one individual could be said to have embodied the tragedy of apartheid, Dimitri Tsafendas would be that man.                                                                                                                                                                      Small Hardcover  Published by Metropolitan Books 1998. Very Good Condition.