Me and My Semicolon by Rani Middleton; Nathan Laird (Afterword by)
$25.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body and Spirit
A young mother's account of her journey through bowel cancer. A story of shock, courage, hope and acceptance.
About a Girl, About a Pearl by Kristin Weidenbach
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pearling Yesterday and Today
At a time when others only dreamed of growing pearls in Broome’s giant oysters, the pioneering Brown family mastered the secrets to coax the perfect pearls to life. With an Aussie can-do attitude they created Cygnet Bay pearl farm in the 1960s, the oldest Australian-owned and operated pearl farm and pro ...Show more
The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path by Sophie Matterson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love, by crossing 4750km of rugged Australian terrain with five wild camels. I had always felt like I was looking for 'more' in my life. I couldn't quite define what this 'more' was, but I knew the camels were a part of it. In 202 ...Show more
Not Just the Wife of the General Manager: Life in the Outback and a Whole Lot More by Sally Warriner
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Not Just the Wife of the General Manager is a rollicking memoir of one woman’s life on outback cattle stations, and an homage to the many unsung women like her. It was the 1980s and Sally Warriner was in her early 20s when she returned from a backpacking sojourn and hitchhiked to Australia’s far nort ...Show more
Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding by KEN PETER AND SPILLMAN DOWDING
$45.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowdi ...Show more
Jali by Oliver Twist
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'Twist is a star.' The Sydney Morning HeraldComedian Oliver Twist was four years old when he and his family fled the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda for Malawi, their exile for the next fourteen years. Twist has turned the turmoil he and his family endured into a thrilling adventure of a hero's journey. ...Show more
Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir by Sam Neill
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond by John Lyons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving in Jerusalem ...Show more
American Mother by Colum McCann Dianne Foley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped ...Show more
Not Your Average Nurse: From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career by Maggie Groff
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it's never easy. So when Maggie Groff defies her parents' wishes and embarks as a student nurse at London's King's College Hospital, she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It's ...Show more
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and 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
Killing Time by Jimmy Barnes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Tales of adventure, misadventure, love and loss - this collection of non-fiction short stories from the Australian rock legend turned writer is vintage Jimmy. Outrageous, witty, warm and wise, Killing Time shares more than forty yarns reflecting an epic life - from an encounter with a soul legend in Mem ...Show more