Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

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

In this audiobook, Australia Day, his long-awaited follow-up to Talking to My Country, Stan talks about our country, about who we are as a nation, about the indigenous struggle for belonging and identity in Australia, and what it means to be Australian....

Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? The author sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners....

In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career....

From one of the greatest rappers of all time, the memoir of a life cut short, a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop’s Golden Era....  

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

At the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith came in first in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, he and bronze winner John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist, creating an indelible image....

From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets off on a vast expedition across the South Island, Te Waipounamu, visiting the places and people who hold clues to the South's famous character....

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 the tradition of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes and Alice Taylor’s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelan’s We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s....

In this stunningly original memoir, Edmund de Waal travels the world to stand in the great buildings his forebears once inhabited....

Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life corrects older, idealized accounts to expose the real Crazy Horse....

The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era....

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

Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is that Jay-Z is, first and foremost, a business.....

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi....

Morgan Jerkins' highly anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences....

Learn how life can be enhanced, how a corporate culture can be changed, how a family can be united - by living the simple lessons of a third-grade dropout....

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships....

From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately....

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....

This inspirational New York Times best seller chronicles the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness....

In Herbie Hancock legendary jazz musician and composer Herbie Hancock reflects on a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence....

The explosive, definitive account of Michael Jackson’s fall from grace has now been updated with four new fascinating chapters. Award-winning journalist Diane Dimond first broke the story of the King of Pop’s battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005....

Years in the making, this is the definitive biography of the legendary black activist....

The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple best-selling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother....

In 1978, Ron Stallworth is the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department. In the local paper, he finds a classified ad for the Ku Klux Klan - and a PO box for interested enquiries....