Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life. Introduced b ...Show more
You Made Me This Way: A powerful personal investigation into trauma, hope and healing from the author of the memoir Fourteen by Shannon Molloy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Part memoir, part investigation into the taboo topic of male child sexual abuse, You Made Me This Way is a very personal book, driven by Shannon revealing his own experience of having been sexually abused as a young child, and his grappling to understand how this has shaped him. The majority of men sex ...Show more
My Sweet Guillotine by Jayne Tuttle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Jayne Tuttle, acclaimed author of Paris or Die, returns to Paris with My Sweet Guillotine. In the wake of a bizarre, shocking accident in Paris, Jayne finds herself back in the city in a strange limbo. Ignoring the past, she tries to move forward. There is theatre. Love. New friendships. A new neighb ...Show more
The God of No Good by Sita Walker
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This is not a book about divorce. It’s not a book about God, either. You might think it is a book about goodness and what it means to be a good person, but it isn’t. Like everything else, this is about love. Sita Walker was raised by five strong matriarchs who taught her to believe in God and to be goo ...Show more
The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of Literary Greats by Travis Elborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips ...Show more
I Had a Father in Karratha by Annette Trevitt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
I Had a Father in Karratha tracks a daughter's epic undertaking to honour her father while cleaning up his mess and, ultimately, laying him to rest. This is a fly-in fly-out marathon about commitment, responsibility, doggedness and love. What happens when your father dies and he's in the Pilbara, 4500 ...Show more
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A New York Times Notable Book of 2016A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2016An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016A Time Magazine Top Nonfiction of 2016A Seattle Times Best Book of 2016A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016An NPR 2016's Great ReadA Boston Globe Best Book of 2016A Nylon Best Boo ...Show more
Over the Hill and Up the Wall by Todd Alexander
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
For every child with a frustrating parent and every parent whose child knows best. We love our parents, of course we do. But have you noticed how many things they do seem designed to drive us bonkers?It's the way they never follow doctor's orders, or conveniently relay only part of their treatment. It's ...Show more
The Curious History of the Heart - A Cultural and Scientific Journey by Vincent M. Figueredo
$52.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around the world, the heart-not the brain-was believed to be the location of intelligence, memory, emotion, and the soul. Over time, views on the purpose of the heart have transformed as peo ...Show more
Life Sentence - The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimores Deadliest Gang Leader by Mark Bowden
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Bestselling author Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offering an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader.
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City by Edmund Richardson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'This is a jewel of a book' - SUNDAY TIMES'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage' - William Dalrymple'Immensely enjoyable' - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE____________________________________For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and Wes ...Show more
In My Grandfather's Shadow: A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence by Angela Findlay
$35.00 AUD
Category: Historical
Fusing memoir, psychology and a historical detective story, a powerful exploration of how trauma can be handed down through the generations.Having wrestled for decades with an inexplicable sense of guilt, Angela Findlay eventually turned to her German roots in the hope of finding answers. There, she dis ...Show more