Courage Under Fire (HB) by Daniel Keighran
$44.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'A man selfless in the face of threat. Courageous in the face of terror. Generous in the face of suffering. And humble in the face of an honour bestowed.' Dame Quentin Bryce On 24 August 2010, in battle in Afghanistan, Corporal Daniel Keighran risked his life in a hail of gunfire to save his fellow sold ...Show more
Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash by Laura Clery
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with millions of strangers on the internet. She writes songs about her anatomy, talks trash about her one-eyed rescue pug, and sexually harasses her husband, Stephen. And it pays the bills! Now, in her first-ever book, Laura recounts h ...Show more
Black Summer: Stories of loss, courage and community from the 2019-2020 bushfires by Rowland Michael
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Told by ABC journalists who were on the ground and broadcasting during our worst ever fire season, spearheaded by Michael Rowland The bushfires that burnt across Australia from June 2019 to February
The Writer's Library - The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives by Nancy Pearl; Jeff Schwager
$54.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful colle ...Show more
Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins
$19.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
In her international bestseller, actress Collins, star of the films "The Mortal Instruments" and "Rules Don't Apply, " opens a poignant, honest conversation about the things young women struggle with: body image, self-confidence, relationships, family, dating, and more.
Margaret Thatcher - The Authorized Biography Volume Three - Herself Alone by Charles Moore
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The final part of Charles Moore's bestselling and definitive biography of Britain's first female Prime Minister, 'One of the great biographical achievements of our times' (Sunday Times) A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR How did M ...Show more
Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three dec ...Show more
Lives of Houses by Hermione Lee; Kate Kennedy
$44.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A group of notable writers — including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow — celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past. What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? D ...Show more
Brisbane : Updated Edition by Matthew Condon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: City Ser.
Part of a series in which leading Australian authors write about their hometowns, this unique and evocative exploration is part memoir and part guide to Australia's Brisbane. Intertwining personal stories with the city's historical past, this account paints a portrait of the contemporary transformation ...Show more
Hobart : Updated Edition by Peter Timms
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: City Ser.
A journey through Hobart--Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital--this updated edition reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the post-modern world. From Hobart's convict legacy, its sp ...Show more
Limitless: The Autobiography by Tim Peake
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The thrilling autobiography of the astronaut who inspired a generation The #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this planet Earth? and Ask an Astronaut 'I looked down below my feet and suddenly noticed Australia flashing by. The vertigo hit me then. My gloved hands gripped the handrail as tightly as I cou ...Show more
Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth Von Arnim by Gabrielle Carey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'When I discovered Elizabeth von Arnim, I found, for the first time, a writer who wrote about being happy.' Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the early 20th century's most famous - and forgotten -authors. Born in Sydney in the mid 1800s, she went on to write many internationally bestselling novels, marry a ...Show more