Darling, I'm Going to Charlie: A Memoir by Maryse Wolinski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
An elegant, deeply felt memoir from Maryse Wolinski, journalist and widow of the late cartoonist Georges Wolinski, who died in the terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, that is both a beautiful tribute to her late husband and a rallying call to action. "Darling, I'm going to C ...Show more
Come Home You Little Bastards by Carl Beauchamp
$24.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Born in inner-Sydney to an alcoholic mother and an absent father, Carl Beauchamp and his brother Neville ran wild until they were taken into care. That care turned out to be a nightmare, with the boys placed in separate boys' homes, and in Carl's case in the hands of sexual predators. The boys survived, ...Show more
An Activist Life by Christine Milne
$32.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
An Activist Life is the story of an apparently ordinary woman - a high-school teacher from Tasmania - who became a fiery environmental warrior and social justice advocate, pitted against the most powerful forces in the country. In this fascinating memoir, Christine Milne shares her life through objects ...Show more
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot
$14.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Series: Pan 70th Anniversary
A special edition of It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot is acclimatizing to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Sie ...Show more
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain
$32.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
*The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller* Rose Tremain grew up in post-war London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. The girl known then as 'Rosie' and her sister Jo spent their days longing for their grandparents' farm, buried deep in th ...Show more
Buseyisms - Gary Busey's 50 Essential Instructions Before Leaving Earth by Gary Busey; Steffanie Sampson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
"Get to know Gary Busey, who once told me he was an angel in an earth suit. Indeed he is, giving us messages he's received from on high, messages that inspire and support us in living a beautiful fulfilled life. Get to know my dear friend Gary Busey, read Buseyisms." --Jeff Bridges, actor, The Big Lebow ...Show more
Running Free - The Autobiography by Robin Knox-Johnston
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston burst to fame when he became the first man ever to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Now, 50 years on from that famous voyage, he reveals the true, extraordinary story of his life. After leaving school, he immediately joined the Royal Naval Reser ...Show more
Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig
$32.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
This long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved celebrities - a writer, broadcaster, activist, comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years, presenter of QI and GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF star - is an autobiography with a difference: as only Sandi Toksvig can tell it. 'BETWEEN THE STOP ...Show more
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
$23.95 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past two hundred years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens to discuss the transformations of space and time in late nineteenth-century America (River of Shadows), ...Show more
One Bright Moon by Andrew Kwong
$34.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in Australia Andrew Kwong was only seven when he witnessed his first execution. The grim scene left him sleepless, anxious and doubtful about his fervour as a revolutionary in Mao's New China. Yet he knew if he devoted hi ...Show more
Growing Pineapples in the Outback by Tony Kelly, Rebecca Lister
$29.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
When Rebecca Lister and Tony Kelly move from Melbourne to Mount Isa to care for Rebecca's elderly mother, Diana, they have no idea what they've signed up for. The isolation, sweltering heat and limited employment opportunities make settling into the mining town a challenge. While Rebecca deals with her ...Show more