Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes. 'My new book is called Oh Miriam! - something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discove ...Show more
Le Freak - An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny by Nile Rodgers
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
Legendary producer and co-founder of Chic, Nile Rodgers wrote 'We Are Family' for Sister Sledge and 'I'm Coming Out' for Diana Ross before producing Let's Dance for David Bowie and Like a Virgin for Madonna. But before he reinvented pop music, Nile Rodgers invented himself. Le Freak is the personal, mov ...Show more
My Father and Other Animals: How I Took on the Family Farm by Sam Vincent
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
Sam Vincent is a twenty-something writer living in the inner suburbs, scrabbling to make ends meet, when he gets a call from his mother- his father has stuck his hand in a woodchipper, but 'not to worry - it wasn't like that scene in Fargo or anything'. When Sam returns to the family farm to help out, h ...Show more
Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory by Owen Wright
$35.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
The gut-wrenching, heroic story of how one of Australia's finest surfers overcame brain injury and despair to win an Olympic medal.On the morning of 10 December 2015, Australian surfer Owen Wright entered the water at Pipeline, Hawaii, on the eve of an event that, all going well, could have made him a w ...Show more
Home to Biloela: The Story of the Tamil Family that Captured Our Hearts by Priya Nadesalingam, Rebekah Holt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
The dramatic inside story of the Tamil refugee family which became a cause clbre all around Australia, and the epic fight by a small rural community to set them free. It was dawn in the small rural town of Biloela. Loud thumping on the front door signalled the start of a four-year odyssey that would ca ...Show more
The Bull - David Warner: Daring to Be Different by Ken Piesse
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
Unveiling cricket’s greatest entertainer! The first Australian cricketer to play 100 internationals across all three levels (Tests, ODIs and T20s), David Warner is a champion of his generation; fabulous but flawed. No Australian opener in history has surpassed his rapid-fire strike rate in excess of 70 ...Show more
The Wonder of Little Things by Vince Copley, Lea McInerney
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice, and joy in living life to the full 'A powerful tale that tells a different story of our country' Bruce Pascoe'A great Australian book about a great Australian' Paul Kennedy'Told with heart' Ali Cobby Ecke ...Show more
The Wolf You Feed by Andrew Webster
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
"Celebrated sports journalist Andrew Webster has been on a mission to find the real Wayne Bennett. Over the course of two years, he has interviewed family, close friends, sworn enemies, colleagues, journalists, coaches and players, as well as Bennett himself, and trawled through acres of print and recor ...Show more
Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching by Gabbie Stroud
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
A powerful and moving memoir about how the current system is letting down children and parents, and breaking dedicated teachers. Devastating, heart-breaking, enraging. 'Gabbie's story needs to be shouted from the rooftops. She very eloquently shows us why and how education needs to change... Teacher m ...Show more
Freefall: The Luckiest Man Alive by Brad Guy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
At the age of 22, Brad, a notoriously outgoing and gregarious person, was celebrating a belated birthday present; a thrill-seeking tandem skydive. In what can only be described as a ‘freak accident’, Brad and his instructor’s parachute failed to open properly. Not once … but twice. The reserve chute got ...Show more
Teacher, Teacher: Stories of inspirational educators by DALEY, MEGAN
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
An anthology about the power of teachers and their capacity to shape lives, edited by award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley of Children's Book Daily and the Your Kid's Next Read podcast. Featuring contributions from Jessie Tu,Tony Birch,Rick Morton,Jacqueline Harvey + many more. The power of an ...Show more
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & memoir
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. "So, she will live writing the letters she did - six to her best friend, and three to her husband. I know where she was when she wrote them. I know that the dishes were frozen in the sink, that she was bleeding, t ...Show more