This is Gail by Gail O'Brien
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
An inspiring story of one woman's journey through heartbreaking loss to renewal and new purpose. In 2008, inspirational surgeon and Lifehouse cancer centre founder Chris O'Brien published his bestselling memoir of his battle with brain cancer, NEVER SAY DIE. But he wasn't the only person in the O'Brien ...Show more
Enemy by Ruth Clare
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
'I was born into the war still raging inside my father.' Ruth Clare's father came back from the Vietnam War a changed man: a violent, controlling parent and a dominating, aggressive husband. Through a childhood of being constantly on guard, with no one to protect her but herself, Ruth learned to be stro ...Show more
Our Vietnam Nurses by Annabelle Brayley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
From the bestselling author of Bush Nurses and Nurses of the Outback comes this collection of compelling and moving stories of our heroic nurses in the Vietnam War Being a nurse always requires a cool head, a steady hand and an open heart. But if you're working in a war zone, the challenges are much har ...Show more
Alone by Brett Archibald
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
In April 2013 a global breaking-news story surfaced on social media and in the world press, and rapidly gathered momentum. A South African man had fallen overboard in the night during a storm in remote Indonesian waters, without anyone else on board realising. Eight hours later a frantic search was unde ...Show more
Second Half First by Drusilla Modjeska
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A stunning new memoir from one of Australia's most highly acclaimed writers Beginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, in Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the experiences of the past thirty years that have shaped her writing, her reading and the way ...Show more
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Djambatj Mala by Richard Trudgen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
"Many books have been written about the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, Australia. This one is very different. It speaks about the real situation that we face every day, a reality that is hard for people of another culture to imagine." - Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, Yolngu Clan Elder Why Warriors Lie ...Show more
Woolloomooloo by Louis Nowra
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo’s biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful p ...Show more
Voyage of the Southern Sun : An Amazing Solo Journey Around the World by Michael Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
With limited flying experience, no support team, and only basic instruments in his tiny single-engine flying boat, Smith risked his life to make modern aviation history. His historic flight lasted seven months, and took him from Australia all around the world. In 2016 he was named "Australian Geographic ...Show more
The Drover's Wife: A Collection by Frank Moorhouse
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover's Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of Drover's Wife works, stories and images.The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 has become an Australian icon.Other versions of the Lawson stor ...Show more
Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: near fine
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan.In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class Bo ...Show more
Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History by Mandy Sayer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Today, roughly 100,000 Gypsies call Australia home, yet until now their experiences have been hidden from our history, and from our present. Here, award-winning memoirist and novelist Mandy Sayer weaves together a wide-ranging and exuberant history of Gypsies in Australia. She begins with the roots of R ...Show more