In his incisive, moving and revelatory account of returning to Ramallah to introduce his 23-year-old son born in exile in Cairo to his Palestinian family, Mourid Barghouti has matched the achievement of his first memoir, I Saw Ramallah.

Nancy Wake, nicknamed 'the white mouse' for her ability to evade capture, tells her own story. After living and working in Paris in the 1930's, Nancy married a wealthy Frenchman and settled in Marseilles. Her idyllic new life was ended by World War II and the invasion of France.

The memoir of a phenomenal woman whose refreshing charm, humour, energy, and zest for life remind us of what is possible.

The classic and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the 1970s.

Filled with stories from regular Australians about life since WWII and woven with William's own anecdotes and observations, The Making of Modern Australia pieces together the celebrations, sorrows and spirit of the last 50 years to offer a national picture of our past and present. Told through four main themes - romance, religion, family and home.

Part memoir, part personal history of Australia over the last thirty years, this is a biographical trip told through sport, families and the author's own experiences. He weaves in and around the events that have held a fascination for Australia.

Step into the lives of a team of regular middle-aged men who meet each week to play cricket in their local park. They don't seem to be extraordinary - they are just like the rest of us - but like everyone, they each have a story to tell.

William McInnes, star of Sea Change and Blue Heelers, recalls summer holidays that seemed to go on forever, when he and his mates would walk down to fish in the bay, a time when the Aussie battler stood as the local labor candidate and watched out for his mates, and a time when the whole family would rush into the house to see a new TV.