Under Her Skin: The Life and Work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living Treasure by Sue Williams
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The remarkable story of Professor Fiona Wood AM, world-leading burns specialist and one of Australia's most innovative and respected surgeons, whose ground-breaking research and technology development has changed the lives of burns patients. When three bombs tore out the heart of Bali and destroyed so m ...Show more
Raised by Wolves: A memoir with bite by Jess Ho
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs was hard enough for Jess Ho, but add in a dysfunctional family who only ever made peace over food (and then only until the bill arrived), and it was clear that a normal life was never on the menu. She emerged from her childhood with two important traits: ...Show more
Hudson Fysh by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings Hudson Fysh was a decorated World War I hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two ...Show more
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political
'This is the book Trump fears most.' - Axios From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortur ...Show more
Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working artist and mother. Her story is made more unique because of the remarkably gifted musical family she was born into' EMMYLOU HARRIS Born into music royalty, daughter of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwrig ...Show more
A Joyful Life: One Woman’s Story of Triumph Over Trauma to Build a Life of Hope and Gratitude by Rosemary Kariuki, Summer Land
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A Joyful Life is the astonishing memoir of Rosemary Kariuki, one of Australia's most beloved Local Heroes. Long before she was advocating for refugee and migrant women just like herself, Rosemary was a survivor like no other. As a child, she survived the first of many times she was sexually abused. A ...Show more
The Year My Family Unravelled by Cynthia Dearborn
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A superbly written and surprising memoir about hope, redemption, self-worth, and the tangled and often contradictory impulses of love. Cynthia Dearborn is struggling to convince her father, who has vascular dementia, to move into an aged care facility. He won't budge. Further complicating matters is th ...Show more
Quaint Deeds: Unlikely Adventures in Teaching and Treasure-hunting: A Memoir by A.J. Mackinnon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow, a hilarious and heart-warming memoir of teaching, treasure hunts and finding your own way in life. A.J. 'Sandy' Mackinnon is best known to readers as a much-loved travel writer. But between eccentric voyages, he has for almost forty ye ...Show more
Barassi The Biography by Peter Lalor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport & Recreation
His is a biblical tale, appropriate for a game that's a religion. Ron Barassi was the definitive - some argue first - ruck rover. Together with Norm Smith, he won six premierships in a golden era for the Melbourne Demons. At Carlton and later North Melbourne Ron fulfilled the second part of his destiny. ...Show more
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Bestselling author and Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett's first work of non-fiction is a searing, emotionally wrenching account of her long friendship with the critically acclaimed, and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy. 'It is remarkable for me to remember now that I thought it would be possible t ...Show more
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin, Li Cunxin
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Before you can fly, you have to be free.In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, more interested in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strange men come to his scho ...Show more
Black and Blue: a memoir of racism and resilience by Veronica Gorrie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force. A proud Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply com ...Show more