Cultural & Regional

Helene Hadsell was "the woman who won every contest prize she desired". In Contesting: The Name It & Claim It Game, she shares her winning secrets in the vibrant, warm, and folksy manner that was uniquely her....

The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller....

The definitive biography of a legendary athlete. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball - hitting nothing but net....

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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

From stolen childhood to remarkable leader, this is the inspirational true story of one of Australia's stolen aboriginal generation....

The Worlds I See is the moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.

The books that make up the life and times of Maya Angelou are some of the best, most beautiful and haunting pieces of autobiography written....

In 1982, Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace....

The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this country....

From growing up in difficult circumstances and getting cut from his high-school basketball team to his larger-than-life basketball career, Shaq lays it all out in Shaq Uncut....

This is a story about our love affair with holidays. It's about going away and staying at home. It's about the relaxing times you had as a kid, escapes you have with your children....

Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, the Wiradjuri writer offers us a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra–deep silence and respect.

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion is the first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier during the 1990s, and his experience in the Legion's elite Groupe des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP)....

William McInnes, one of Australia's best-loved entertainers and authors, takes a look at the Aussie obsession with sports and pop culture....

It'd been a long time since I claimed some solitude in this blessed landscape; since I've done without life's little props. Here I have no friend, no dog, no radio, no clock, no phone, no roof, no body pollutants....

In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work....

Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku, a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movements, shares an incredible memoir about identity and belonging.

The Blue-Collar Bible is a humorous collection of stories about pranks, mishaps and inside jokes that bring laughter to the ‘smoko’ breaks and much-needed comic relief to the tough workdays....

The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones....

He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?

A shy young man from the suburban outskirts takes himself to Gulf Country on a 1960s boys own adventure that changes his life forever....

Wolf Messing: The True Story of Russia’s Greatest Psychic by Tatiana Lungin is the first comprehensive biography of the renowned psychic Wolf Messing.

This memoir written by writer, orator, and former slave Frederick Douglass describes, in gripping detail, the circumstances of his upbringing, his brutal treatment at the hands of slave-owners, and his narrow escape from Maryland to freedom....

A true story of a man who took it upon himself to live alone on a deserted island in the South Pacific....

His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal....

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became a social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. One of the most prominent figures in the anti-slavery movement, Douglass emerged as a national leader of the abolitionist movement, speaking and writing widely on behalf of the cause. In this classic work, Douglass gives a firsthand account of his life from birth through his time spent in slavery, his escape to freedom in 1838, and his transition from bondage to liberty.

Tess Chakkalakal gives listeners the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in 1858 in Cleveland to parents who were considered "mixed race." Though light-skinned, Chesnutt remained a member of the black community throughout his life. He studied among students at the State Colored Normal School who were formerly enslaved. He became a teacher in rural North Carolina during Reconstruction. His life in the South of those years, the issue of race, and how he himself identified as Black informed much of his later writing.

Ila Arun burst into public view with the controversial song from Khal Nayak (1993), Choli Ke Peechhey. But several years before that, she was already well known for her contribution to Rajasthani folk music. Mumbai soon became her home, and it was in this city of glamour that Ila made a name for herself in every genre of the performing arts―film, television, music and playback singing―and also as a composer and lyricist.

'Chinese' or 'Any other Asian'. The boxes that people of vastly varied East and South East Asian heritage have to tick when declaring their ethnicity on many forms in the UK. For the first time, author Anna Sulan Masing addresses these issues in a comprehensive way. She explores what it means to be East and South East Asian in Britain today, and celebrates the multiple elements and varied experiences that make up ESEA identity. Powerful, moving and illuminating, this will be a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the make-up of our multicultural society.

After being born into an evangelical religious cult that evolved into an abusive communal life, Deborah and her twin sister Esther experienced vastly different outcomes. Control issues for one, impulsivity for the other. Both attempted to self-heal by healing others. Deb spent thirty-four years in emergency nursing, Esther, sixteen years as an ER Tech. Esther's subsequent death in 2013, led Deb to write The Serpent's Tail, a memoir-in-verse detailing their first fourteen years in the cult and the devastating aftermath. She left the emergency to work with veterans in recovery.

Award-winning American writer Laura Plummer's debut chapbook is a collection of poetry and prose inspired by and dedicated to Gloucester, Massachusetts, the city she calls home.

Legacies of Famous Newfoundlanders explores the lives and contributions of notable individuals from Newfoundland who have left a significant mark on history, culture, and society. The book highlights a diverse array of figures, each recognized for their unique achievements and enduring influence.

What has happened to the dream of beloved community embraced by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement of the early 1960s—the vision of a just, humane, and colorblind America, a nation of "black and white together" animated by mutual respect and strengthened by the bonds of brotherly love? As Adam Gussow shows, the dream, although pressured on every front, remains alive. At the heart of My Family and I is Gussow's determination to live out the meaning of America's creed.

Experience personal growth, as you explore the discoveries of a decade-long missional journey. Learn how to live out biblical principles by examining life and death, faith and fear, learning and unlearning, joy and sorrow. Join the author in taking a candid look at personal transformation.

Pero más allá del éxito empresarial, MIGRANTE es la historia de cómo superar límites que parecían insuperables transformó no solo mi vida, sino también la de mi familia y mi comunidad. MIGRANTE no es solo mi historia; es el eco de millones de voces que, como la mía, han dejado su tierra para construir un mejor porvenir. Es un homenaje a la resiliencia, al espíritu indomable de quienes nunca dejan de soñar y al sacrificio de aquellos que, lejos de su hogar, siguen siendo el pilar económico y emocional de sus familias.