Outback Songman: My Life by Ted Egan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
The life of one of Australia's great raconteurs and bush musicians, told in his own words.
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly LVO
$39.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Reading Level: near fine
When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty's Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty's Personal Advisor, ...Show more
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
$46.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
"Ross Gay's eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us." --Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumu ...Show more
Ditch the Dead Weight - How My Toughest Choice Became My Greatest Mission by Mike Rolls
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Often in personal or professional development the sole focus is how to get more of something. Mike turns this idea on its head and asks, what could we potentially get rid of to make our lives lighter, freer and more meaningful? Practical, plain-speaking, humorous and inspiring, Mike is an incredibly eng ...Show more
The Outsider: Frederick Forsyth by Frederick Forsyth
$24.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
FREDERICK FORSYTH HAS SEEN IT ALL. AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE...At eighteen, Forsyth was the youngest pilot to qualify with the RAF. At twenty-five, he was stationed in East Berlin as a journalist during the Cold War. Before he turned thirty, he was in Africa controversially covering the bloodiest civil ...Show more
A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull
$55.00 AUD
Category: Autobiography
When Malcolm Turnbull took over the nation’s top job there was a sense of excitement in Australia. Sky-high opinion polls followed as the political outsider with a successful business, legal and media career took charge. The infighting that had dogged politics for the best part of a decade looked to be ...Show more
Flying Bushman by Greg Keynes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Growing up on the family property, Curbur, in outback Western Australia, Murchison country, Greg Keynes' childhood seemed idyllic. Poignant memories of exploring with his dogs; hunting, working and joking with the local Yamatji people. Breaking free from family ties as a young man, Greg began his own ae ...Show more
Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good by Aminata Conteh-Biger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
'Rising Heart will never leave you; searing, powerful, disturbing, hopeful.' The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO The astonishing tale of a woman determined to turn her trauma into the power for good in the world. In 1999, Sierra Leone teenager Aminata Conteh-Biger was kidnapped from her father's ar ...Show more
The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life -- Without the Boring Bits by Paul Hogan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Autobiography
The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on our screens in 1971 as a 'tap dancing knife thrower' on channel 9's New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switc ...Show more
The Cherry Picker's Daughter by Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert
$24.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
This second edition of The Cherry Picker's Daughter is an exquisite portrait of growing up Aboriginal on the fringes of outback towns in NSW in the mid-twentieth century. Its an important book for school libraries and classrooms, with profound insights into the extraordinary strength, resilience and ing ...Show more
Aftershocks: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Identity by Nadia Owusu
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
An exceptional memoir about race, family and belonging for a moment when identity and division dominate our global politics I have lived in disaster and disaster has lived in me. Our shared languages are thunder and reverberation. When Nadia Owusu was two years old her mother abandoned her and her bab ...Show more
How Stella Learned to Talk by Christina Hunger
$32.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
The groundbreaking story of the world's first talking dog, the indispensable dog book for the new decade. An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who taught her dog, Stella, to communicate usi ...Show more