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Darren Hayes – singer, songwriter, producer, performer and former frontman of the iconic pop duo Savage Garden – takes control of his life story in this candid, unfiltered memoir.

The Whole Truth

Jackie's bestselling memoir - now in paperback

AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs

New biographies and memoirs

Become Unstoppable

Mastering My Messy Life

Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories

Mother Mary Comes to Me

Margaret Atwood

The Long and Winding Road

Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography

Kathleen Folbigg, Tracy Chapman

Fires Which Burned Brightly

Sebastian Faulks

Michael Palin in Venezuela

My Name is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

The Whole Truth

Dark Renaissance

Stephen Greenblatt

Deliver Me from Nowhere

Jessica Asquith and Norma Burton

Andrew Graham-Dixon

Lance Richardson

Biography and memoir collections

You wouldn't read about it

In their own words

True stories of courage

Inspiring women

Remarkable journeys

Popular biographies and memoirs

Mastering My Messy Life

Mother Mary Comes to Me

A Different Kind of Power

Margaret Atwood

Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor E Frankl

Everything I Know About Love

Your Story, Dad

Quentin Bryce: The Authorised Biography

Become Unstoppable

Kathleen Folbigg, Tracy Chapman

Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel

Your Story, Mum

The Mysteries of the Universe

Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories

The Idaho Murders

James Patterson

The Resilience Project

Hugh van Cuylenburg

When Breath Becomes Air

Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers Edition

Richard Flanagan

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex