Late Fragments: Everything I Want to Tell You (About This Magnificent Life) by Kate Gross
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? This brave, frank and heartbreaking book shows what it means to die before your time, and how to fill your life with wonder, hope and joy even in the face of tragedy. Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 1 ...Show more
Unaccompanied Women : Late-life adventures in love, sex and real estate by Jane Juska
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
As a result of what she calls 'the only stroke of genius I've ever had', Jane Juska placed a personal ad in a newspaper, that began: 'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like.' The response was overwhelming, and it changed Jane's life.She told all in A Round-He ...Show more
Hello Beautiful - Scenes from a Life by Hannie Rayson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
"I realise that, despite all the references to my longing to be a writer, two things are apparent. The first is that I don't actually do much writing; the second is that my teenage reflections display absolutely no talent for it. My Diary is prima facie evidence of self-delusion on a grand scale." A mem ...Show more
Boy from the Bush: the Songs and the Stories by Lee Kernaghan; Colin Buchanan (Contribution by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Lee Kernaghan has created his place in the history books of Australian Music and continues to grow his audience with every new album. Lee Kernaghan is "the Boy From the Bush," an iconic star and 2008 Australian of the Year whose music has shaped a generation of country music fans. For the first time, L ...Show more
More Fool Me by Stephen Fry
$24.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Reading Level: good
Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me. It is a heady tale of the late Eighties and early Nineties, in which Stephen - ever more driven to create, perform and entertain - burned bright and partied hard with a host of famous and infamous friends ...Show more
Jane Austen by Zena Alkayat
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Life Portraits
ALSO IN THIS SERIES: Virginia Woolf, Coco Chanel and Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography follows Jane Austen's life and work (which includes Pride Prejudice, Sense Sensibility and Emma) and celebrates the legacy of the much-loved literary icon. It also explores Austen's inspirations and ...Show more
Until Further Notice, I am Alive by Tom Lubbock
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary
In 2008, Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and told he had only one or two years to live. In this remarkable record of those years, lived out in three-month intervals between scans, he examines the question of how to live with death in sight. As the tumour progressed, Tom engaged intensely ...Show more
Black Widow: The True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer by Carol Baxter
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.' - Evening News Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as ...Show more
Forged from Silver Dollar by Li Feng
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Li Feng grew up in Mao's communist China with her mother's motto burning in her ears - success demands two things: unconditional sacrifice and absolute mental focus. Finally breaking free of her mother's overbearing clutches and fleeing to Sydney as an adult, Li struggled to make sense of her own lost c ...Show more
The Short Long Book: A Portrait of Michael Long, the Man Who Changed the Australian Game by Martin Flanagan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sport & Recreation
A portrait of Michael Long, the man who changed the Australian game. In 1995, Aboriginal footballer Michael Long gave the AFL its 'Mandela moment'. He quietly revolutionised Australian sport by refusing to let a racial insult pass during the Anzac Day match between Essendon and Collingwood. When the ove ...Show more
Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire by Kent Zimmerman
$26.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
Earth, Wind & Fire has sold some 90 million records and won eight Grammy awards. But while its charismatic founder, Maurice White, and Philip Bailey, one of popular music's greatest voices, are remarkable musical talents, their relentless work ethic exhausted and emotionally gutted the group. Now Ba ...Show more
Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy Seal by Michael J. Mooney
$17.99 AUD
Category: General
A brutal warrior but a gentle father and husband, Chris Kyle led the life of an American hero. His renowned courage and skill in military service earned him two nicknames--The Devil among insurgents and The Legend among his Navy SEAL brethren--but his impact extended beyond that after he came home from ...Show more