Shoemaker - Reebok and the Untold Story of a Lancashire Family Who Changed the World by Joe Foster
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from a small factory in Bolton.Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the likes of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams - later immo ...Show more
Mary's Last Dance: The untold story of the wife of Mao's Last Dancer by Mary Li
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.' Mary Li (nee McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin publ ...Show more
Sunshine - The Diary of a Lap Dancer by Samantha C. Ross
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
There are a lot of Ambers in the stripping world. And Aprils and Summers, and Skys and Rains. There are quite a few gems: Sapphires, Diamonds, Rubies and even an Amethyst. And exotic creatures: Tigers, Cheetahs, Phoenixes and Kitties. Plenty of weather conditions, like Misty, Stormy and Cloudy. There ar ...Show more
The Bravest Voices by Ida Cook
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
This timeless memoir documents two sisters' bravery leading up to WWII - a singular historical account that shines a light on one of humanity's darkest hours. Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable jobs - Ida as ...Show more
Look Again: The Autobiography by David Bailey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Eye-opening and candid, David Bailey's Look Again is a fantastically entertaining memoir by a true icon. David Bailey burst onto the scene in 1960 with his revolutionary photographs for Vogue. Discarding the rigid rules of a previous generation of portrait and fashion photographers, he channelled the e ...Show more
Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Moulton Mo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In Mutual Admiration Society Royal Historical Society fellow Mo Moulton relates the remarkable friendship of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and five other women at the vanguard of equal rights, who were among the first to receive full degrees from Oxford University.A group biography of renown ...Show more
The Two Popes by Anthony McCarten
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered- Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign.This story begins with the death of John Paul, through Benedict's election and reign - taking in the controversies that blighted the world's largest church - to his subsequent an ...Show more
Ayoade on Top - A voyage through a film in a book about a journey by Richard Ayoade
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow.In Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade, perhaps one of the most "insubstantial" people of our age, takes us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of Nevada and other places we don ...Show more
All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet by James Herriot
$18.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises the majority of chapters from Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vets in Harness. Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer's ...Show more
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the me too movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about her own journey to saying those two simple yet infinitely powerful words and how she brought empathy back to an entire generatio ...Show more
My Nonidentical Twin - What I'd Like You to Know about Living with Tourette's by Evie Meg-- Evie Meg-- This Trippy Hippie
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
*Order now to be the first to read the debut book from the huge TikTok sensation Evie Meg | This Trippy Hippie!*Hey guys, you might know me already from one of my social media channels where I talk about the highs and lows of living with Tourette's Syndrome. I've loved sharing those times with you and - ...Show more
The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
What happens when the prime minister views politics only as a game? Australia wanted Scott Morrison. In a time of uncertainty, the country chose in 2019 to turn to a man with no obvious beliefs, no clear purpose and no famous talents. That we wanted Scott Morrison was the secret we did not know about ou ...Show more