Hope by Rosie Batty
$35.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
After tragedy, how do we find hope? A memoir about what it takes to get through the very worst of times from Rosie Batty - a singular woman who has experienced tragedy, who had lost all hope, yet now is intent on finding it again. On a warm summer's evening in February 2014, eleven-year-old Luke Batty ...Show more
Sister Viv by Grantlee Kieza
$35.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo. Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-s ...Show more
Best Wishes by Richard Glover
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
Making the world a better, less annoying place one wish at a time.Do you hate noisy restaurants, pre-ripped jeans and pedestrians who walk five abreast? Do you also have a problem with plastic-wrapped fruit, climate-change deniers and take-away sandwiches priced at $14.95? And, most of all, do you thin ...Show more
Jackie: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling look at the life of the legendary former first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.Based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers over a thirty-year period--as well as previously unreleased ...Show more
Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra by Bruce Pascoe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.' From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and responsibility of disrupting Australia's history. When Dark Emu was adopted by Australia like a new anthem, Bruce ...Show more
The Silver River: A memoir of family - lost, made and found - from the Midnight Oil founding member, for readers of Dave Grohl, Tim Rogers and Rick Rubin by Jim Moginie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
A moving and inspiring memoir of families lost and rediscovered, by a founding member of legendary band Midnight Oil. For fifty years, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Jim Moginie was a driving force behind the startling rise and global success of one of Australia's most powerful, influential a ...Show more
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories | Reading Level: very good
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundsta ...Show more
Maya's Dance by Helen Signy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
A powerful novel of survival, resilience and enduring love, based on an incredible true Holocaust story. Our dance. Do you remember how I spun and twirled? How I became more than a Jewish girl with battered shoes and dirty clothes – I became a part of the air, the trees, the sun. We did not know then wh ...Show more
Taylor Swift: The Whole Story by Chas Newkey-Burden
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
The updated story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world with her Eras tour. A small-town girl with incredible talent – and the strength and determination to realise her dream – Taylor Swift has gone from A ...Show more
Strap Yourself In: A memoir of motherhood, dancefloors and all the mayhem in between by Amy Gerard
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
A laugh-out-loud, deeply relatable memoir challenging our unrealistic expectations of motherhood and life, from the Instagram sensation and host of Beyond the Likespodcast In a world of highly curated Instagram pages and unrealistic expectations of motherhood, Amy Gerard is a gust of fresh air. She does ...Show more
Outspoken: My fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan for readers of BECOMING, I AM MALALA and RISING HEART by Dr Sima Samar
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
'I have three strikes against me. I'm a woman, I speak out for women and I'm Hazara, the most persecuted tribe in Afghanistan.' Dr Sima Samar has been fighting for equality and justice for most of her life. Born into a polygamous family, she learned early that girls had inferior status, and had to agree ...Show more