Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find." --from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits--an inclination to blurt out ...Show more
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
$19.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
" Frank, enraging and captivating. The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known internationally for her bestselling novels, but as a foreign correspondent Geraldine spent six years covering the Middle East. And when her poised and sophisticated assistant at the Cairo bureau of the Wall ...Show more
Sleeping with the Dead by Cunningham, Marko
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
"Today I raced through the streets of Bangkok in my rescue vehicle, extracted an injured man from a truck at the port, then took him to hospital. Shortly after, in another area, I donned a fire suit and breathing apparatus and walked into a flaming building looking for trapped people and ended up rescui ...Show more
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Russell Brand grew up in Essex . His father left when he was three months old, he was bulimic at 12 and left school at 16 to study at the Italia Conti stage school. There, he began drinking heavily and taking drugs. He regularly visited prostitutes in Soho, began cutting himself, took drugs on stage dur ...Show more
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her ...Show more
David Suzuki: The Autobiography by David T. Suzuki
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
This is the new autobiography of distinguished scientist, environmentalist and bestselling author, David SuzukiIt's the story of one man's passion for the planet. A passion that for several decades he has brought to the world through his research, his writings, his broadcasting and above all through his ...Show more
Stieg Larsson, My Friend by Kurdo Baksi
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Five years after his death, Stieg Larsson is best known as the author of the Millennium Trilogy, but during his career as a journalist he was a crucial protagonist in the battle against racism and for democracy in Sweden, and one of the founders of the anti-facist magazine Expo. Kurdo Baksi first met La ...Show more
Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. 'Bird Cloud' is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 a ...Show more
127 Hours by Aron Ralston
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
On Sunday April 27, 2003, 27-year old Aron Ralston set off for a day's hiking in the Utah canyons. Dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, Ralston, a seasoned climber, figured he'd hike for a few hours and then head off to work. 40 miles from the nearest paved road, he found himself on top of an 800-pound boul ...Show more
Notebooks by Betty Churcher
$44.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this gorgeously illustrated book, join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Velazquez, Courbet, Vermeer and Cezanne. A trained artist, Betty's sketches reveal the secrets within the artworks and the processes of their creation. ...Show more
An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna
$54.99 AUD
Category: Biography
More than any other historian in the twentieth century, Manning Clark inspired the love and loathing of political parties, professional colleagues and the general public. Throughout his life, he played several roles: teacher, author of the epic "A History of Australia", anointed historian of the Austral ...Show more