The Legend from Bruce Rock - The Wally Foreman Story by Glen Foreman; Ashley Storey (Cover Design by); Tim Clarke (Editor)
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Another Aussie icon. A West Australian great. Chosen well before his time to walk through Heaven's gate. The man we all admired, respected and adored, Was placed into the draft and was hand-picked by the Lord. He was passionate and humble, courteous and fair Loyal and good-humoured, both on and off the ...Show more
The World According To Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbre ...Show more
Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer by The Secret Barrister
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
<b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week‘</b> Full of hilarious and shocking stories, the Secret Barrister's memoir <i>Nothing But The Truth</i> tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, ...Show more
A Lady's Pen: The botanical letters of Georgiana Molloy by Bernice Barry
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In December 1836, Georgiana Molloy received an unexpected letter from a stranger in London. Captain James Mangles asked her to collect specimens and seeds of the native plants of Taalinup, where she was living with her family, on Wadandi Pibelmen country. During the last six years of her life, they exch ...Show more
Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award by David Marr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result - a soul-searching Australian history. This is a richly detailed sa ...Show more
Telling: Stories of Resilience from Nairm Marr Djambana by Nairm Marr Djambana Aboriginal Corporation
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian
‘Our Songlines continue through our lived experiences. The strength, resilience, hope and love is heard and felt deeply within each of these stories. Our Elders share their culture and wisdom through their knowledge. We are forever grateful.’ — Kutcha Edwards The 12 short life stories in Telling are gr ...Show more
Undoctored: The brand new No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of 'This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW INCLUDING BRAND NEW MATERIALTHIS IS GOING TO HURT was the bestselling non-fiction book of the century - a frank, funny and furious look at the brutal realities of life in the NHS.But it was only part of Adam Kay's story.With his stethoscope now hung up, Adam share ...Show more
How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
How do you write a memoir when you have lost your memories? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn’t recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues. I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did ...Show more
Dreamer Drifter Drunk by Pete Carter
$19.95 AUD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Biography & Memoir
Dreamer, Drifter, Drunk isn’t what Sir Les Patterson, a significant role model of mine, would call an “autobiology”. Far from it, as I’d only write such if I’d played Test cricket or AFL footy, or appeared in Big Brother, or exited politics in disgrace, or met lovely Letters and Numbers’ star Lily Serna ...Show more
Temperance by Carol Lefevre
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Their mother takes a wrong turn as she drives out of the southern New South Wales country town of Hay. As she spins the wheel there is no way of knowing that this is a bend in their lives, a fatal kink. Theo monitors the flutter of his mother's hands crossing and re-crossing the steering wheel before th ...Show more
The Girl Who Touched The Stars by Bonnie Hancock
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A gripping account of the record-breaking circumnavigation by iron woman Bonnie Hancock. It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig. 254 days, 12,700 kilometres, sea sickness, sharks, crocodiles and ocean. Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records on her fastest ever ...Show more
Eliot’s Book of Bookish Lists: A Sparkling Miscellany of Literary Lists by Henry Eliot
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A sparkling miscellany of literary triviaWho had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts? Henry Eliot - author, editor and insatiable bookworm - has ransacked the libraries and archives of world literature, compil ...Show more