Joseph Anton - A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
$19.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children, which was awarded the Best of the Booker Prize in 1993, comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that woul ...Show more
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
When wildlife researcher Jonathan Slaght was a young Peace Corps volunteer in the Russian Far East, he caught a brief glimpse of a Blakiston's fish owl. It was the furthest south the species had been documented in over a hundred years, and a chance encounter that would change his life. In Owls of the E ...Show more
Why We Sing - A memoir about the power of singing to make connections, to heal and expand our lives by Julia Hollander
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
A memoir celebrating the power of song to lift our mood and restore our sense of connection to other people and the world. Singing makes you feel good. Everyone who sings in a community choir or just in the shower knows this, and relishes the sense of liberation, connection and sheer joy that singing ca ...Show more
He by Murray Bail
$27.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
And in the middle in khaki shorts, dusty knees, is he. Aged twelve he already has a certain earnestness, the solemnity, trying to comprehend what is incomprehensible, 'he wouldn't know what day it is'. An elusive, elliptical, often beautiful thread of recollections and observations, He. is not autobiogr ...Show more
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
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Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
"264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox- potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined The ...Show more
Between Them - Remembering My Parents by Richard Ford
$18.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents - an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth century life, and a celebration of family loveRichard Ford's parents volunteered little about their early lives - and he rarely asked. Later, he piec ...Show more
Everybody Matters by Mary Robinson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
One of the most inspiring women of our age, Mary Robinson has spent her life in pursuit of a fairer world. Now, for the first time, she reveals what lies behind the vision, strength and determination that has helped her to achieve so much for human rights around the globe. She describes the upbringing w ...Show more
Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen Forrester
$32.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
The poignant account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s, and the brilliant first volume of autobiography. A bestseller ever since it was published in February 1993. One of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read. Anyone who has enjoyed the Frank McCourt books ...Show more
Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes. 'My new book is called Oh Miriam! - something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discove ...Show more
A Diamond in the Dust by Frauke Bolten-Boshammer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Aust | Reading Level: 3 Biography
The powerful true story of how one woman turned outback dust into a diamond empireWithin minutes of landing in Kununurra, Frauke Bolten had made up her mind to get on a plane back home to Germany. It was 1981 and the dusty frontier town was no place for a woman. However, Frauke stayed, determined to hel ...Show more
Run for Your Life: The Remarkable True Story of a Family Forced Into Hiding After Leaking Russian Secrets by Sue Williams
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved to R ...Show more
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A memoir HB by Grace Tame
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertainty - by trauma and strength, sadness and hope, terrible lows and wondrous highs. As a teenager she found the courage to speak up after experiencing awful and ongoing child sexual abuse. This fight to find he ...Show more