It Wasn't Meant to Be Like This by Lisa Wilkinson
$40.00 AUD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: Biographies
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
Barefoot in the Bindis by Angela Wales
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biographies | Series: Sheep Farming 1950's Aust
A circle of pine trees, a sagging wire fence, and a roof that was once painted red. 'There it is,' said Dad. In 1953, after doctors prescribed fresh country air for his health, Scottish-born Robert Wales uprooted his young family from the city life of Sydney and set out to establish a sheep farm i ...Show more
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand. Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about her favourite books, and ...Show more
A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
First sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer, farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then being rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy. He survived Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, lost a son in the Second World War ...Show more
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux; Tanya Leslie (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux's mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died in a retirement home in the suburbs of Paris. Shocked by this loss which, despite her mother's condition, she had refused to fathom, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time in an effort to reco ...Show more
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies | Series: Voyages Promotion Ser.
Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas. ENDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of t ...Show more
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing st ...Show more
Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy by Ed Gamble
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
An intimate and wildly entertaining memoir of a life lived through food, from comedian, Off Menu podcast host and food obsessive, Ed Gamble. 'Full of belly laughs and full bellies, this book is warm, honest and wonderfully entertaining.' TOM KERRIDGE 'This book made me laugh and then order an unholy a ...Show more
Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia by Hadley Freeman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL A searing memoir from Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, about one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. ‘A clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness’ Guardian ‘A gripping story’ Financi ...Show more
Wavewalker - Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023 'Grippingly vivid and pacey' THE TIMES 'A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing' SIMON WINCHESTER 'An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy' ...Show more
Friendaholic - Confessions of a Friendship Addict by Elizabeth Day
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH AN EXTRA CHAPTER! 'Essential reading' Guardian 'A joyful read' Sunday Times 'Disarmingly honest' Daily Mirror 'Bravely revealing' Bernardine Evaristo 'Filled with relatable insights' Daily Mail 'Funny, moving, helpful and true' Sathnam Sanghera ...Show more
Helena Rubinstein: The Australian Years by Angus Trumble
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies
The captivating story of the first global cosmetics empire, the fascinating woman who built it, and the past she preferred to leave behind This meticulously researched and wryly entertaining portrait of Helena Rubinstein (1872-1965) focuses on the years she spent in Australia as a young woman, recoveri ...Show more