Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: good-very good
In this instantand tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one o ...Show more
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook ...Show more
Grief is for People: A Memoir by Sloane Crosley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley's memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend. Potent and propulsive, a lyrical meditation on loss and what comes after - TARA WESTOVER For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together ...Show more
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family-the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother, and the d ...Show more
Frank Moorhouse: A life by Catharine Lumby
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The definitive biography of one of Australia's best-known men of letters. Many writers fashion a career out of their writing. Some fashion brilliant careers. Very few, however, commit to their art in a manner that inflects every aspect of their own daily life. Frank Moorhouse was one of the rare writers ...Show more
Unfinished Woman by Robyn Davidson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: near fine
An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller, Tracks, the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom. In 1977, twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the sea ...Show more
The Last Victim: A serial con man. The ultimate betrayal. An unbreakable woman. The full story behind the relationship made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish? by Tracy Hall, Summer Land
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
When Who the Hell is Hamish? hit podcast platforms in 2019, Tracy Hall quickly became known as the last victim of one of the world's most prolific con men, Hamish McLaren. At last, Tracy is sharing the full story of how she overcame financial and emotional betrayal in this fast-paced, witty and empoweri ...Show more
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
"Amy Krouse Rosenthal has cultivated a distinct blend of nonlinear memoir, observational humour, wistful reflections, and interactive connections with readers. A decade after Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, she's back with a sublime new work, a timeless collection of insights, memories, and moments th ...Show more
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'Hot damn! Let us rumble, keep going and don't slow down...let's have a little fun...' In his much-anticipated memoir, Hunter S. Thompson looks back on a long and productive life. It is a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, ...Show more
Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg by William S. Burroughs; Allen Ginsberg; Steven Taylor (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Two seminal figures of the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, discuss literary influences and personal history in a never-before-published three-day conversation following the release of the David Cronenberg film of Burroughs' classic novelNaked Lunch. The visit coincided with the s ...Show more
I Love the Bones of You by Christopher Eccleston
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'My father was an "ordinary man", which of course means he was extraordinary. I aim to capture him and his impact on my life and career.' - Christopher Eccleston Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, one man, in life and death, ...Show more