Found, Wanting by Natasha Sholl
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
On Valentine’s Day, after a night of red wine and pasta and planning for their future, Natasha Sholl and her partner Rob went to bed. A few hours later, at the age of 27, his heart stopped. Found, Wanting tells the story of Natasha’s attempt to rebuild her life in the wake of Rob’s sudden death, stumbl ...Show more
The All of It: A Bogan Rhapsody
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The unforgettable memoir that redefines ‘she’ll be right’. What’s it like to grow up in an Aussie family that has a man of every flavour? A bank robber, an infamous sports umpire, several different breeds of drug addict (collect the whole set!), a roster of crafty swindlers, an attempted murderer and th ...Show more
My Brief History by Stephen Hawking
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inwards for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. i>i>My Brief History recou ...Show more
Breakthrough - A Journey from Desperation to Hope by Father Rob Galea
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Breakthrough is the story of Rob Galea's journey from troubled teen to Catholic priest in the Sandhurst Diocese in Victoria, Australia. It offers a path to joy and peace in a world where bad things happen. Known to millions as a singer, songwriter or 'Father Rob from Australia's X Factor', many would n ...Show more
Somebody I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell; Anna Wharton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Brave, illuminating and inspiring, Somebody I Used to Know gets to the very heart of what it means to be human. What do you lose when you lose your memories? What do you value when this loss reframes how you've lived, and how you will live in the future? How do you conceive of love when you can no long ...Show more
The Stripper Next Door: Suzie Q - Exotic Dancer Turned Business-Savvy Entrepeneur - Bares All! a No Holds Barred Account of Her Secret Life as a Stripper and What Happens When It All Comes Crashing Down. by Emma Lea Corbett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Emma Lea Corbett, known by her stage name, Suzie Q, built a successful career out of wearing nothing more than high heels. But beneath the glittery eye shadow and girly charm is a savvy businesswoman at the head of a successful business empire. While performing as an exotic dancer, she began her Com ...Show more
My Ikaria: How the people from a small Mediterranean island inspired me to live a happier, healthier and longer life by Spiri Tsintziras
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Three years ago, Spiri Tsintziras found herself mentally, physically and spiritually depleted. She was stretched thin - raising kids, running a household and managing a business. She ate too much in order to keep going and then slumped in front of the telly at night, exhausted, asking herself 'What is i ...Show more
The Crappiest Refugee by Hung Le
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
On the last day of the Vietnam War, nine-year-old Hung jumped on a leaking prawn trawler on the Saigon River, somehow cheating death to become one of the first Vietnamese boat people to arrive Australia, a land where a young man’s potential is limited only by his imagination – that is unless you’re Hung ...Show more
Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey Into the Syrian Jihad by Åsne Seierstad
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Åsne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation. Her latest work is haunting, luminously written and compelling. A brilliant book. Two Sisters isn't only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society - of its failings and its ...Show more
Back of Beyond: One Woman's Remarkable Story of Love, Adventure, Disasters and Wonderful Times in the Gulf Country by Jenny Old
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
After falling in love with my husband, Rick, I moved to a property called McAllister in the remote Gulf Country of far north Queensland, where I found myself living in a shed with a 44-gallon drum for my stove and a shower rose and a bucket in a tree for the bathroom!' When 22-year-old Jenny Old followe ...Show more
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton; Lara Love Hardin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 SelectionA powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit."An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity."--Archbishop Desmo ...Show more
The Greedy Queen : Eating with Victoria by Annie Gray
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born i ...Show more