In Life There is Luck - A memoir of an ordinary life with reflections on memoir writing by Graeme Gibson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Everyone has a story to tell and writing a life story is something many people plan on doing - one day. Lacking confidence and knowing how to approach the writing are major hurdles for many. And for some there is self-doubt that their life has been interesting enough. In Life There is Luck demonstrates ...Show more
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft is told here anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 to the last commercial flight in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, ...Show more
The Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy's Journey of Escape to a New Life in Britain by Gulwali Passarlay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?' Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US army for hiding Taliban fighters. Smuggled into Iran, Gulwali began a twelve month odyssey across Europe, ...Show more
Conversations with Myself : Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
$54.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, these precious and previously private documents have been gathered together into one incredible volume t ...Show more
Apathy for the Devil by Nick Kent
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In his long awaited second book - sixteen years after his seminal rock tome The Dark Stuff - Nick Kent produces a brilliant and very personal despatch: his memoir of the 1970s. Pitched somewhere between Almost Famous and Withnail & I, "Apathy for the Devil" is a unique document of this most fascinat ...Show more
After the Tampa - From Afghanistan to New Zealand by Abbas Nazari
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
The heart-rending story of a seven-year-old 'Tampa' refugee who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highlighting the plight and potential of refugees everywhere. Escaping from Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, Abbas Nazari's parents fled the country in 2001 to find a safe place in which to bring up ...Show more
Heart Berries - A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
*New York Times Bestseller*National Bestseller*Finalist for the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction*Named one of the most anticipated books of 2018 by: Chatelaine, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Huffington Post, B*tch, NYLON, BuzzFeed, Bustle, The Rumpus and Goodre ...Show more
Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer by Elizabeth Kleinhenz
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
As a student in Melbourne, Elizabeth Kleinhenz heard frequent talk of this almost mythical figure, Germaine Greer. Urged on by her mother, a first wave feminist, she read The Female Eunuch, a clarion call that rallied women to assert their female power,and, like her mother and millions of others across ...Show more
Handling Edna The Unauthorised Biography by Barry Humphries
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In this unauthorised biography, acquired for an unprecedented advance and in spectacular secrecy, long-time manager and the man who was there from the very beginning, Barry Humphries takes a behind-th--scenes, no-holds-barred look at an icon of our times - Dame Edna Everage. Superstar, swami, confidante ...Show more
John le Carre: The Biography: The Biography by Adam Sisman
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carré a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author - b ...Show more
A Cook's Life by Stephanie Alexander
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
When Stephanie Alexander, AO, opened Stephanie's Restaurant in 1976, it quickly became part of Melbourne food folklore, permanently raising the bar for restaurant dining in Australia. As a restaurateur, Stephanie championed small, local suppliers and also grew her own fresh produce. In 1996, her seminal ...Show more
Tim Burton: Masters of Cinema Series by Aurelien Ferenczi
$14.95 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Series: Masters of Cinema Series
Tim Burton (USA, b. 1958) is the youngest of Hollywood's most successful directors. He has the knack of making films with a very broad appeal, taking the silliness out of the representation of children, while remaining in touch with the child within himself and his audiences. Burton emerged as a directo ...Show more