The Man Who Climbs Trees by James Aldred
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance' -- Helen Macdonald'A great read - incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective' -- Chris Packham' A delightful, endlessly fascinating book'-- Daily Mail BOOK OF THE WEEKThis is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and advent ...Show more
Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called 'Alien' by Jeremy Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The hacker now known as Alien entered MIT in 1998, intending to major in aerospace engineering. Almost immediately, she was recruited to join a secret student group scaling walls, breaking into buildings, pulling elaborate pranks, and exploring computer systems. Within a year, one of her hall mates was ...Show more
The Edge of The World by Marcella Polain
$26.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A powerful, monumental story of a Turkish Armenian family which spans one hundred years, four countries and several generations. A family that disintegrates as a result of genocide, exile and emigration, but which, through acts of courage and compassion, is eventually brought together again, albiet utte ...Show more
Diving into Glass by Caro Llewellyn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: 3
Caro Llewellyn's family was unconventional from the beginning. Her parents met in hospital, where her father, confined to an iron lung after contracting polio, seduced his nurse and married her. Growing up, Caro watched her father embrace life, undaunted and ingenious in the face of his severe paralysi ...Show more
The Volunteer: One Man's Mission to Lead an Underground Army Inside Auschwitz and Stop the Holocaust by Jack Fairweather
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter's infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, and his daring escape to warn the Allies about the Nazis' true plans for a "Final Solution." To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border ...Show more
Back Roads by Heather Ewart; Karen Michelmore (As told to)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A road trip around Australia, discovering towns and communities outside the mainstream - and the colourful inhabitants whose grit and humour will uplift and inspire you. Discover the resilient and inspiring people who live outside big Australian cities - and indeed off the beaten track altogether. Defi ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots by Stefan Zweig; Eden Paul (Translator); Cedar Paul (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Stefan Zweig's classic biography of one of British history's most fascinating figures, rereleased in a new edition to tie in with launch of the major new Hollywood film, Mary Queen of Scots. From the moment of her birth to her death on the scaffold, Mary Stuart spent her life embroiled in power stru ...Show more
Say Hello by Carly Findlay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
A forthright, honest and rousingly brave memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. What she has to live with, and what she confronts on a day to day basis will have you cheering for her and her courage. Say hello to Carly. 'In fairytal ...Show more
Bookends: Collected Intros and Outros by Michael Chabon
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A brilliant, idiosyncratic collection of introductions and afterwords (plus some liner notes) by New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon-"one of contemporary literature's most gifted prose stylists" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times). In Bookends, Pulitzer Prize winni ...Show more
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister
$18.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
"I'm a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-provider, accountant, suicide watchman, coffee-supplier, surrogate parent and, on one memorable occasion, whatever the official term is for someone taske ...Show more
Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood by Jocelyn Moorhouse
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Jocelyn Moorhouse has a successful career as a gifted scriptwriter and film director, as well as a maintaining a marriage and a family of four children. How did she do it? Her memoir is a moving story of growing up with adoring parents and siblings. She knew early on that she wanted to be a filmmaker, a ...Show more