Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: 2 Crime
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION. Heartland reveals one woman's experience of working-class poverty in America with an eye-opening and topical personal story. ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK ...Show more
Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey by Lucinda Hawksley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist. Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter, who redefines our preconceptions about Victo ...Show more
Groucho Marx - The Comedy of Existence by Lee Siegel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the Marx Brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by ingenious wordplay and double entendre. In his spirited biography of this beloved American iconoclast, Lee S ...Show more
Blood on the Rosary by Sue Smethurst; Margaret Harrod
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A heartfelt, brave and inspiring memoir about the power of speaking out A brave nun. Her twin brother. The secrets and lies that would tear them apart. There is a special bond that twins share, an ethereal connection that can't be put into words. Margaret Harrod shared that unique bond with her twin b ...Show more
Old Days, Old Ways: Stories from My Radio Days in the Bush by Alex Nicol
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Former ABC radio presenter Alex Nicol brings back to life the voices and stories of regional Australia from bygone days.
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies by Stephanie Wood
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about t ...Show more
Searching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville
$22.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Searching for the Secret Riveris the extraordinary story of how Kate Grenville came to write her award-winning novel, The Secret River. It all began with her ancestor Solomon Wiseman - transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life - who later became a wealthy man and built his colonia ...Show more
Thomas Cromwell: A Life (PB) by Diarmaid MacCulloch
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
That decade was one of the most momentous in English history- it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries, and the coming of the Protestantism which decisively shaped the future of this country. Cromwell was central to all this, but establi ...Show more
Esther: The Extraordinary True Story of the First Fleet Girl Who Became First Lady of the Colony by Jessica North
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The little-known rags to riches love story of a convict girl who arrived in Australia on the First Fleet. Much like another, better-known colonial woman, Elizabeth Macarthur, Esther successfully managed her husband's property and became a significant figure in the new colony.
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Portrait of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Lawrence Weschler began spending time with Oliver Sacks in the early 1980s, when he set out to profile him for The New Yorker. Almost a decade earlier, Dr. Sacks had published his masterpiece Awakenings but the book had hardly been an immediate success, and the rumpled clinician was still largely unknow ...Show more
Listening to the Animals: Becoming the Supervet, Listening to the Animals by Noel Fitzpatrick
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
A powerful, heart-warming and inspiring memoir from the UK's most famous and beloved vet, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - star of the Channel 4 series The Supervet. Growing up on the family farm in Ballyfin, Ireland, Noel's childhood was spent tending to the cattle and sheep, the hay and silage, the tract ...Show more
Tough Customer - Chasing a Better Deal for Battlers by Allan Fels
$34.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Series: Memoirs
Allan Fels has never been one to shy away from a fight, especially when the big end of town is exploiting small businesses or consumers. During his twelve years as head of Australia's competition watchdog, he took on banks, airlines, supermarkets and big telcos to make sure Australians were getting a fa ...Show more