Extreme Food - What to Eat When Your Life Depends on it by Bear Grylls
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: very good
"There's no getting away from it; I've eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when your life depends on it, you need to put your prejudices aside to keep your stomach filled and your strength up. Whether it's masteri ...Show more
Our House is Certainly Not in Paris by Susan Cutsforth
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Sequel to the bestselling 'Our House is Not in Paris'. Join for the first time, or continue to share in this sequel, the French renovee trials and triumphs of Susan and Stuart Cutsforth, an 'ordinary' Australian couple. Our House is Certainly Not in Paris is a magical memoir about their renovation of an ...Show more
All That Happened at No. 26 by Denise Scott
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian
'I'll never forget the first time John and I saw number 26. We just knew it was going to be ours. It was so awful and ugly and repulsive in every way, not to mention the fact that it was located in a suburb I had sworn I'd rather die than live in, that we knew we had a great chance of getting it.' And s ...Show more
Hello Beautiful - Scenes from a Life by Hannie Rayson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
"I realise that, despite all the references to my longing to be a writer, two things are apparent. The first is that I don't actually do much writing; the second is that my teenage reflections display absolutely no talent for it. My Diary is prima facie evidence of self-delusion on a grand scale." A mem ...Show more
Anti Cool Girl by Rosie Waterland
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Brutal, brave, hilarious - a full-frontal memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you. Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget while ...Show more
Take My Hand: Inspiring Nursing Stories from the McGrath Foundation by Jo Wiles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
When Jane McGrath met breast care nurse Alison Szwajcer after her diagnosis of secondary breast cancer her words were, 'Today I met an angel'. It was then she realised she could make a difference to all Australians experiencing breast cancer - to help them and their families through this confusing, upse ...Show more
Mother's Story by Rosie Batty
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A profoundly moving and inspiring memoir from Australia's domestic violence crusader, Rosie Batty. Rosie Batty knows pain no woman should have to suffer. Her son was killed by his father in a violent incident in February 2014, a horrendous event that shocked not only the nation, but the world. Greg Ande ...Show more
Great Australian Outback Police Stories by Bill Marsh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Great Australian Stories
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES. 'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...' Boasting the biggest beat ...Show more
The Vine Bleeds by J.M. Yates
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A woman's journey of spirit and strength and the impact of domestic violence. Based on a true story, set in Melbourne, this book spans fifty years from the 1940s to the end of the 20th century. The trauma of domestic violence, experienced during Jenny and David's childhood impacts the life choices both ...Show more
The Fictional Woman by Tara Moss
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Tara Moss has worn many labels in her time, including "author," "model," "gold-digger," "commentator," "inspiration," "dumb blonde," "feminist," and "mother," among many others. Now, in her first work of non-fiction, she blends memoir and social analysis to examine the common fictions about women. She ...Show more
Ken Done: a Life Coloured In by Ken Done
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
An impressionistic and exuberant memoir by Australia's best-loved artist. Ken Done has an extraordinary place in the hearts of Australians - we've all worn or decorated our homes with his artwork. His vivid, optimistic images are part of our collective consciousness and have helped define us to the wor ...Show more
One Life: My Mother's Story by Kate Grenville
$23.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Nance was a week short of her sixth birthday when she and Frank were roused out of bed in the dark and lifted into the buggy, squashed in with bedding, the cooking pots rattling around in the back, and her mother shouting back towards the house: Goodbye, Rothsay, I hope I never see you again! When Kate ...Show more