Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Unabridged! When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering affects of oxygen deprivation. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous decent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers wer ...Show more
Kitchen Confidential: Insider's Edition by Anthony Bourdain
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The New York Times bestselling memoir from Anthony Bourdain, the host of Parts Unknown. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bou ...Show more
The Space Between the Stars: On Love, Loss and the Magical Power of Nature To Heal by Indira Naidoo
$35.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A deeply moving and uplifting exploration of the power of nature - even urban nature - to heal the deepest hurts. 'Life-changing' Kate Ceberano'Powerfully moving and insightful' David George Haskell For as long as I can remember, there has always been just the three of us. Three sisters. Only a year bet ...Show more
On Women: A New Collection of Feminist Essays from the Influential Writer, Activist and Critic, Susan Sontag by Susan Sontag
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
For the first time, On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most incisive and direct writing on womanhood. A brilliant new collection of essays on the oppression of women and the tools necessary for liberation from highly-acclaimed author Susan Sontag. Often regarded as one of the most influential write ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide.In this first-ever biography of Wong, acclaimed jou ...Show more
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
The best selling memoir, now in paperback!
Richie Benaud: Those Summers of Cricket (HB) by Various
$43.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Collected together in words and pictures Those Summers of Cricket pays homage to Richie Benaud's life. The many contributions bring his life into sharp focus for the many generations who only know him as the 'voice' of cricket. And through each piece, often written by an ex-Australian cricket team membe ...Show more
Notes from the Velvet Underground - The Life of Lou Reed by Howard Sounes
$36.99 AUD
$39.99 (7% off)
Category: Biography and Memoir
Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang 'Walk on the Wild Side'. To his dedicated admirers, however, he was one of the most innovative and intelligent American song writers of modern times, a natural outsider who lived a tumultuous and ...Show more
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
$42.00 AUD
$49.99 (15% off)
Category: Biography and Memoir
"Writing about yourself is a funny business...But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." -Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's ...Show more
Dane Swan: My Story by Dane Swan
$39.99 AUD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: Biography and Memoir
Dane Swan is a Brownlow medallist, three-time Copeland Trophy winner, premiership player and five-time All Australian. The road to success has been an impressive journey for this AFL player. A laid-back knockabout who loves a party. Swan is the son of VFA legend Billy Swan and grew up in Broadmeadows, ...Show more
Songs of a War Boy by Deng Thiak Adut; Ben Mckelvey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Deng Adut's family were farmers in South Sudan when a brutal civil war altered his life forever. At six years old, his mother was told she had to give him up to fight. At the age most Australian children are starting school , Deng was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army. He began a harsh ...Show more