Biography & Autobiography from Bong Bong Books

Harness Racing NSW, Sydney, 2000. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. This book tells the story of how harness racing trainer-driver A D (Tony) Turnbull OAM, has become a legend in his own lifetime. One of Australia's most decorated horsemen, A D has lived in a little hamlet called The Lagoon, outside Bathurst, NSW all his… Read more about this item

Gareth Powell Associates, Sydney, 1970. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. A story about a battling Australian family and their attempts to race a trotter. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 209 pages. Stain on ffep. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, chips and tears, some marking, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities.… Read more about this item

Hunters Publications, Australia, 1987. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Some punters swore by him....Others swore at him. The most remarkable horseman in Australian harness racing. A previous owner has cut the top corner of the first end paper presumably to remove a name Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 164 pages. Slight foxing front/rear pages,… Read more about this item

Fairfax, Sydney, 1985. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Bert Lillye, except for five years military service during WW 2 spent his working life of 50 years in sporting journalism. Even the restrictions of war service were sometimes overcome to sustain his great love of horse racing. He was stationed for a time at Toowoomba, which… Read more about this item

Connor Court, Australia, 2020. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Married in 1956, Peter is still married to the same lady more than 60 years later. Having dragged his wife & three young children to live in Tonga in 1968, he was finally persuaded to return to Australia in 1998..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm.… Read more about this item

Black Inc, Australia, 2017. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. The blue-sky dreaming of Walter Mitty, the resourcefulness of Phileas Fogg and - dare I say it? - the over-confidence and geniality of Mr Toad in a flying machine. Surely these literary figures were the inspiration for such an adventure. A marvellous exploit and wonderfully told.'… Read more about this item

William Collins, London, 2018. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.In this… Read more about this item

ABC, Sydney, 2022. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wingsBy the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biographies of John Monash, Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and Henry Lawson, this is a fascinating, lively and thoroughly researched… Read more about this item

Lawrence Hill Books, United States, 2011. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. Exploring Carter's personal philosophy - born of the unimaginable duress of… Read more about this item

Finch, Sydney, 2016. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. The Priests is the true story of one man's survival of abuse at the hands of a most dangerous type - priests without belief. James Miller grew up in Newcastle. He attended Pius X secondary College in 1978. He was keen surfer and gifted academically, which drew… Read more about this item

MacMillan, Sydney, 2002. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Signed by Author. Outside the court building there was dancing in the streets, car horns blowing & red-&-green flags waving. It was like the end of a war. And here I was right in the middle of it with people cheering, & I was thinking - God… Read more about this item

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Annabella Boswell. ...The inconveniences of colonial life never deprived Annabella Boswell of her pleasure in the people & the scenes that surrounded her. This account, written by Annabella as a young woman & revised in later years, provides a delightfully accurate & often witty picture… Read more about this item

Remember, New York, 1993. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Gathered in this anthology are the personal testimonies of twenty women who survived the darkest period in Jewish history. Their authentic & candid stories provide a window to the routines of daily life under the Nazi regime, bringing to light the remarkable paradox faced by those… Read more about this item

2015. Softcover. Good Condition. This powerful, unforgettable and uplifting story is one part wrenching family memoir, and one part inspirational journey towards healing and forgiveness - but most of all, it's an unputdownable journey through one family's tragedy and how they refused to let it define them. On the day of Rebecca Poulson's 33rd birthday,… Read more about this item

Hachette, Sydney, 2017. Edition Unstated. Good Condition. An inspiring true story of resilience, tenacity and a promise that fuelled one woman's fight for life.Four days after her fiftieth birthday celebrations, Julie Randall suffered a very sudden and severe seizure at work. Out of the blue she went from a fit, healthy, fun-loving wife and mother… Read more about this item

Self published, Australia, 2010. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. ...Rick's story describes the horrors of his first internment camp where unfriendly & often drunk guards added to the fear & misery, then relief of being shipped along with other POW's on the former cunard luxury liner Queen Mary to Australia, the far more gagreeable conditions… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. The behind-the-scenes story of a rock 'n' roll legend. An elemental force present at the creation of Australian rock 'n' roll, Johnny O'Keefe converted incredible drive, a tremendous flair for showmanship and a comic spirit into status as this country's first rock star, and, two… Read more about this item

Craftsman House, Australia, 1990. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Lloyd Rees (1895-1988) was one of the most revered artists in Australia & produced some of the most distinguished landscape paintings ever seen in this country.... Size: 250mm - 350mm. 176 pages. Remnants of old price label on the rear cover.. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, but… Read more about this item

Random House, Australia, 2003. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. This book is not merely a reflection of a distinguished legal career from one of Australia's most respected & longest-serving barristers, but an overview of how society, & the law have changed over the last five decades." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm-240mm. 310 pages. Remnants of old… Read more about this item

Lester-Townsend Publishing, Sydney, 1989. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fair Condition. George Daldry was a fitness phenomenon. He has been teaching health & fitness for over 30 years & is living proof that his methods work. It's a simple plan that has led some of Australia's sporting champions, men & women of business & politicians to believe… Read more about this item