14 best-selling biography books like Robert Menzies: the art of politics by Troy Bramston

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Robert Menzies: the art of politics

By: Troy Bramston

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory biography of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister. Robert Menzies claimed the…

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1. Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

By: John Steinbeck

4.06

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

Cannery Row is a book without much of a plot. Rather, it is an attempt to capture the feeling and p… read more

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"He's got a can up there,' Richard said."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"Men all do about the same thing when they wake up."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

"Then the sun came up and shook the night chill out of the air the way you'd shake a rug."

-John Steinbeck, Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)

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2. The Good the Bad and the Unlikely Australia's Prime Ministers

By: Mungo MacCallum

2.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven polit… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
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3. Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

By: Julia Baird

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Vic… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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4. Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21)

By: Agatha Christie

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect companions set for a life of… read more

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5. Gallipoli: The End of the Myth

By: Robin Prior

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 was an ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten the war by eliminating… read more

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6. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

By: Lucy Worsley

4.20

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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7. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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8. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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9. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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  • politics
  • history
"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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10. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise

By: Niki Savva

4.21

Format: 320 pages, ebook

‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires ‘It’s… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
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11. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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  • biography
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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12. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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  • biography
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13. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

By: Helen Rappaport

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

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14. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

By: Peter Frankopan

3.94

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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15. The Golden Maze

By: Richard Fidler

4.21

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is bac… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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16. The Queen: 1926–2022

By: Andrew Morton

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
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17. Crossing the Line: The Explosive Inside Story Behind the Headlines

By: Nick McKenzie

4.58

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

War is brutal—but some lines should never be crossed. In mid-2017 whispers of executions and cover-… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean           Kelly

18. The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison

By: Sean Kelly

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

What happens when the prime minister views politics only as a game? Australia wanted Scott Morri… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
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19. Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena

By: Clinton Fernandes

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, form… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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20. Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

By: Frank Bongiorno

4.23

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

A landmark book—the first full political history of Australia In this compelling and comprehensive… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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21. Banking Bad: Whistleblowers, Corporate Cover-ups and One Journalist's Fight for the Truth

By: Adele Ferguson

4.32

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Against all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services ind… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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22. The Scrap Iron Flotilla: Five Valiant Destroyers and the Australian War in the Mediterranean

By: Mike Carlton

4.56

Format: 616 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, the British asked Australia for help. With s… read more

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  • history
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23. The Fight for Australia: From Changi and Darwin to Kokoda - the triumph of individual bravery, mateship, and national courage that saved us in World War ll

By: Roland Perry

4.26

Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterful account of Australia’s Pacific War and our struggle for survival – from the home front … read more

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24. A Sense of Balance

By: John Howard

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. In the years… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
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25. Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs

By: Malcolm Fraser

3.91

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

Part memoir and part authorized biography, this account chronicles the life and governmental record… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
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26. Robert Menzies: the art of politics

By: Troy Bramston

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory biography of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister. Robert Menzies claimed the… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • history
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27. Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World

By: Elle Hardy

3.89

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exposé of the global revolution you’ve never heard of: a deep-pocketed, tech-savvy Ch… read more

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  • politics
  • history
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28. Mind over Money: Why understanding your money behaviour will improve your financial freedom

By: Evan Lucas

4.01

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Understand how your thinking drives your money behavior to master your finances and make better fin… read more

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29. Australia's Pivot to India

By: Andrew Charlton

4.00

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

A thoroughly absorbing, must-read examination of why Australia's relationship with India might hold… read more

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30. No Enemies, No Friends

By: Allan Behm

4.25

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Is increased defence spending all that Australia needs to ensure its national security? How well pl… read more

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  • politics
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31. Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy

By: Clinton Fernandes

4.21

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy is an unpreced… read more

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4.11

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Lucy Worsley

4.20

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4.41

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