A Fuhrer for a Father : The Domestic Face of Colonialism by Jim Davidson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'I was written out of the family story. This book is my attempt to write myself, and my mother, back into it.' In this singular memoir, historian and biographer Jim Davidson writes about his fraught relationship with his authoritarian and controlling father, whose South African background and time in Pa ...Show more
Spare by The Duke of Prince Harry Sussex
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century- two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling - and how their li ...Show more
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a light-footed but sharp-minded observer of the a ...Show more
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The raw, candid and long-awaited autobiography from one of the greatest icons of the 20th Century In 2008, Paul Newman tasked his best friend with interviewing the people who had shaped his life, in order to create an oral history of it. After hearing and reading what they had to say, Newman dictated h ...Show more
Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A musician, a worker, a big-hearted fool. A woman who has prevailed against the toughest gangsters of the day, defying police time and again, yet is now trapped in a prison cell. Guilty or innocent? Rollicking throu ...Show more
Whole Notes by Ed Ayres
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Life Lessons Through Music How can we pause long enough to repair ourselves? How can we make space and time in our lives to know ourselves? One way is through music - learning music, listening to music, being open to music. Because music consoles and restores us. Through music, whether we are listening ...Show more
LeBron: Life Lessons from the King by Brian Boone
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A biographical account featuring the secrets to success from one of the greatest basketball players of all time: LeBron James“Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” His power, speed, and killer instincts made him a basketball phenom, but it was blood, sweat, and determination that turned him into an u ...Show more
Elizabeth and Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
She was peaches-and-cream innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary, lifelong union but success was not guaranteed. El ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
Dear Dolly: On Love, Life and Friendship, the instant Sunday Times bestseller by Dolly Alderton
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
From the bestselling and beloved author of Everything I Know about Love and Ghosts - the definitive selection of her Dear Dolly agony aunt letters and answers from her hugely popular Sunday Times Style column- with an introduction by Dolly. 'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-pr ...Show more
No Spin: The autobiography of Shane Warne by Shane Warne, Mark Nicholas
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The Commemorative edition of the bestselling NO SPIN, a look at the extraordinary cricketing career and life of Shane Warne in his own words. On 4 March 2022, the passing of Shane Warne shocked all of Australia and the cricketing world. His death brought a nation to a standstill as we reflected on his ...Show more
The Years by Annie Ernaux
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Shortlisted Man Booker International 2019 Winner of the 2017 Marguerite Yourcenar Prize for her entire body of workWinner of the 2016 Strega European Prize Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work, The Years was a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008, and ...Show more