The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist's Journey Through Life by Dr Richard Shepherd
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd, brings his unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death.This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life... How can death tell us about life? Conducting many thou ...Show more
Many Maps: Charting Two Cultures: First Nations Australians and European Settlers in Western Australia by Bill Bunbury; Jenny Bunbury
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The title Many Maps, Charting Two Cultures, looks at the way two contrasting societies often misunderstood each other in the western third of Australia. Maps can be drawn and interpreted in different ways. It is possible to map a path through life, find a way through a forest, traverse a desert or chart ...Show more
Buy Now, Pay Later: The extraordinary story of Afterpay by Jonathan Shapiro, James Eyers
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The fascinating behind the scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does their shopping. Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But professional investors steered clear, re ...Show more
Queen of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
$19.99 AUD
Category: General
Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty, but she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq and ...Show more
The Silence Between Us: A Mother and Daughter’s Conversation Through Suicide and into Life by Oceane Campbell, Cécile Barral
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Silence Between Us is a raw and original double memoir tracing a mother and daughter as they try to understand and rebuild their relationship after the daughter's suicide attempt. Because Oceane had just turned eighteen when she tried to end her life, the hospital had to respect her request: to not ...Show more
My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'These diaries are like their author - fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous, and utterly irresistible' Piers MorganThese are Dame Joan Collins' 'uncensored diaries'. Often outrageous, the entries were almost written entirely in real time. Most were done within ten hours of the events Joan descr ...Show more
Skywriting - Making Radio Waves by Robyn Ravlich
$34.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Skywriting - making radio waves is at once the captivating story of contemporary Australian cultural life and a personal biography of an acclaimed 'radio poet', whose signature radio features and documentaries on ABC RN have creatively conveyed ideas, personalities, and places. Timely and revelatory, it ...Show more
Everesting: The Challenge for Cyclists: Conquer Everest Anywhere in the World by Matt de Neef
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Everesting is your introduction to the extreme cycling challenge that is taking the world by storm. To complete an 'Everesting' is to cycle the height of Mt. Everest (8,848 meters) by ascending and descending a single hill or mountain continuously without breaking to sleep. It's phenomenally challenging ...Show more
On All Fronts by Clarissa Ward
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"On All Fronts takes the reader on a riveting journey of storytelling. . . From Russia to China to Syria, [she] navigate[s] the most intense of human experiences while finding the tools to stay emotional."--Lynsey Addario, author of It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War The recipient of ...Show more
Caught In The Act: A Memoir by Courtney Act by Courtney Act (Shane Jenek)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment
As Courtney Act, Shane Jenek has built a career as a drag queen, spokesperson, advocate, singer and all around performer with a strong (and beautiful) voice and advocate for change. Courtney uses her dazzling commercial profile to open up positive conversations about gender, sexuality, body image and id ...Show more
The Fairytale: A real and imagined history of Australian sport by H.G. Nelson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A sporting nation is only limited by its imagination. Every time this story is told it changes; something is always added, embellished or dropped from the run-on side. For more than thirty years, H.G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye ...Show more
Harlem Nights: The Secret History of Australia's Jazz Age by Deirdre O'Connell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The untold story of race and power in Australia's Jazz AgeThe 1920s were a time of wonder and flux, when Australians sensed a world growing smaller, turning faster-and, for some, skittering off balance. American movies, music and dance brought together what racial lines kept apart. A spirit of youthful ...Show more