Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: Biography
One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautifully written, candid memoir. Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. From his work in p ...Show more
The Moth: All These Wonders by Catherine Burns (ed.)
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29.99 (66% off)
Category: Biography
From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages. All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include the writers Marlon James and Christina Lamb, as well as a hip hop 'one hit ...Show more
The Freedom Circus: One family's death-defying act to escape the Nazis and start a new life in Australia by Sue Smethurst
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Written by award-winning author and journalist Sue Smethurst, whose husband is Mindla and Michael's grandson, The Freedom Circus is an epic story of courage, hope, humanity, survival and, ultimately, love. When Sue Smethurst first sat down with her grandmother-in-law and asked how she survived the Holoc ...Show more
The Girl Who Touched The Stars by Bonnie Hancock
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A gripping account of the record-breaking circumnavigation by iron woman Bonnie Hancock. It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig. 254 days, 12,700 kilometres, sea sickness, sharks, crocodiles and ocean. Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records on her fastest ever ...Show more
Witness by Louise Milligan
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A masterful and deeply troubling expose, Witness is the culmination of almost five years' work for award-winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan. Charting the experiences of those who have the courage to come forward and face their abusers in high-profile child abuse and sexual assault cases, M ...Show more
The Women's Doc: True Stories from My Five Decades Delivering Babies and Making History by Caroline de Costa
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Funny and poignant stories from the labour ward and from the frontline of campaigns for women's reproductive rights, from Australia's best known obstetrician. 'We never train women in Sydney,' Caroline de Costa was told in 1974 when she applied to become a junior registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology ...Show more
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My d ...Show more
We Come With This Place by Debra Dank
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A deeply personal, profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs. We Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich, varied and surprising as the vast landscape in which it is set. Debra Dank has created an extraordinary mosaic of vivid episodes that move about in t ...Show more
Elizabeth: An intimate portrait from the writer who knew her and her family for over fifty years by Gyles Brandreth
35.00 AUD
Category: Royal Biography
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarchThis intimate, personal biography of Queen Elizabeth II tells the story of her remarkable life, reign and times, from a perspective unlike any other. Gyles Brandreth writes the Queen's tale candidly with grace and sensitiv ...Show more
Teacher, Teacher: Stories of inspirational educators by DALEY, MEGAN
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An anthology about the power of teachers and their capacity to shape lives, edited by award-winning teacher-librarian Megan Daley of Children's Book Daily and the Your Kid's Next Read podcast. Featuring contributions from Jessie Tu,Tony Birch,Rick Morton,Jacqueline Harvey + many more. The power of an ...Show more
George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'He was a hectic, unprincipled bird, but it was impossible not to love him' ... A memoir of love, obsession and feathers. "Then, just in time, before I swung the spade again, I saw, right by the blade and camouflaged by the leaves on the ground, a magpie chick. It squatted belligerently, peering up at ...Show more
Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire by Walter Marsh
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
For half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start? In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputati ...Show more