A Scar is Also Skin (PB) by Ben Mckelvey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
From bestselling author Ben Mckelvey comes the inspiring story of stroke, heart attack, survival and remaking a broken body and mind. A book for those who bought Sarah Wilson's First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, Osher Gunsberg's Back, After the Break and Emma Carey's The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. ...Show more
Lady in Waiting - My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Series: Princess Margaret | Reading Level: very good
The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation - and is a character in THE CROWN this spring. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage, with the wonderful wit and ex ...Show more
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further conversations with my psychiatrist by Baek Sehee
$29.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize shortlisted Anton Hur When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reac ...Show more
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan. At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary L.A. party for the pub ...Show more
Every Contact Leaves a Trace: My Life as a Crime Scenes Investigator by Jo Ward
$24.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
Every Contact Leaves a Trace is a gripping look at crime scenes - dead bodies, blood spatter, murder weapons - and how a forensics specialist keeps it together as she does her job. Enter the fascinating world of crime scene investigation with this chilling memoir from Jo Ward of BBC's Forensics - the Re ...Show more
Father, Son and Other Animals by Zoë Sadokierski
$20.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
'I want more books with the complexity and intelligence of Father, Son and Other Animals. Not just because we’re going to need them if we’re to find ways of processing and commemorating the transformation of the world, but because we need to find ways to live and celebrate as well as to mourn and rage. ...Show more
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston, Michael Preston
$22.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
"William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. mong many extraordinary achievements Dampier mapped the winds and ...Show more
The Criminal Class: Memoir of a Prison Teacher by Paul A. MacNamara
$29.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
“Teaching in the jail system is a surreal experience, a whole other existence. In this bizarreness you encounter things that make you shake your head, shake your fist, cry your heart out, laugh your head off and blow your mind. And I felt compelled to write it down; to capture its un-realness. Hopefully ...Show more
Empire of Pain -The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography | Reading Level: very good
The highly-anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the w ...Show more
A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
‘I too wanted to forget that girl. Really forget her, that is, stop yearning to write about her. Stop thinking that I have to write about this girl and her desire and madness, her idiocy and pride, her hunger and her blood that ceased to flow. I have never managed to do so.’ In A Girl’s Story, her la ...Show more
It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This by Lisa Wilkinson
$45.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
The long-awaited autobiography from one of Australia's most popular, much-loved and enduring media stars, Lisa Wilkinson. Lisa Wilkinson has lived her life in the public eye. One of Australia's most admired and respected journalists and media personalities, her warm, intelligent and elegant presence has ...Show more
Motherling by Jen Hutchison
$40.00 AUD
Category: Auto/Biography
Not long ago, a grieving mother walked the ancient pilgrim pathways of the Camino de Santiago. She describes her extraordinary experiences of time and place, and makes keen observations of the lives and energy around her. In a moment of empowerment on behalf of all mothers, she invented a new and loving ...Show more