Whatever's Going to Become of Us?: The Story of One Boy's Struggle from Poverty to Success by Terry Hopley
$29.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
A rags-to-riches story of a young man named Terry who began life on a council estate in Dagenham, Essex. His friends in that impoverished neighbourhood included George Carey (who went on to become Lord Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury), Dudley Moore (destined for Hollywood stardom), and the famous Britis ...Show more
Nene (revised Edition) by Peter Fitzsimons
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
It's 1987. Big hair and shoulderpads rule. Flamboyant deputy editor Nene King storms out of NEW IDEA to become editor of Kerry Packer's WOMAN'S DAY, determined to overthrow NEW IDEA and her former boss Dulcie Boling's supremacy. What followed was the rise of celebrity and gossip-fuelled journalism, a wo ...Show more
Carve Her Name with Pride by R. J. Minney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo.
My Wild Ride: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman's Faith and Determination Helped Her Overcome Life's Greatest Odds by Fiona Johnson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Fiona Johnson was born a city girl. But she was always drawn to horses. Aged 10 she saved all of her pocket money to buy a saddle at a garage sale. Eventually, after months of nagging her parents, she persuaded them to buy her a horse to go with the saddle. And so began a life-long love affair with hors ...Show more
Pray For Me by Robert Moynihan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis Benedict XVI's retirement made news around the world, and changed the dynamics of the Catholic Church. The new pope, Francis I, has already brought a breath of fresh air into the papacy, the Vatican and the faith which has been beset by scandal in recent ti ...Show more
Boy Lost A Family Memoir by Kristina Olsson
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Category: Biography
Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms at a train station in the hot summer of 1950. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, and in no way prepared for this final blow. Yvonne would not see her son again for nearly 40 years. Kris ...Show more
Margaret Thatcher:The Autobiography by Margaret Thatcher
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Margaret Thatcher is the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. No other prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words - the definitive account of an extraordi ...Show more
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel Smith
$36.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Anxiety once paralyzed Daniel Smith over a roast beef sandwich, convincing him that a choice between ketchup and barbeque sauce was as dire as that between life and death. It has caused him to chew his cuticles until they bled, wear sweat pads in his armpits, and confess his sexual problems to his psych ...Show more
Love, Sweat and Tears: One Woman's Incredible Journey Through Grief, Fear and Loss to a Lifelong Dream of Working with Animals by Zelie Bullen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The inspirational true story of a remarkable young woman who overcame an underprivileged childhood, personal tragedy and depression to work as a stunt woman and then as one of the most successful animal trainers in Australia, if not the world. Zelie's love of animals and their affection for her has kept ...Show more
The Girl With No Name by Marina Chapman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A young girl who is abducted and abandoned in the Colombian jungle. She spends five years living with a family of monkeys before being found and sold in to slavery. 'It all happened so quickly. One minute I was squatting on the bare earth, preoccupied with popping pea pods, and the next I saw a flash of ...Show more
Your Voice in My Head by Emma Forrest
$10.00 AUD
$19.99 (49% off)
Category: Memoir
A dazzling and devastating memoir exploring breakdown and obsessive love, in a voice unlike any other.
A History of Silence : A Memoir by Lloyd Jones
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
"A daring writer who can be relied on to ignore expectation, and is becoming one of the most interesting, honest and thought-provoking novelists working today."--The Guardian "Jones' rejection of isolationism and imaginative embrace of so much that the world has to offer make him a literary figure to w ...Show more