The Husband-Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York by Anne De Courcy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of you ...Show more
Touchstones: Rugby League, Rock 'n' Roll, the Road and Me by Steve Mascord
$29.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
In early 2016, Steve Mascord set out on a quest: 52 games and 52 gigs in a year. He'd document the adventure, the characters and controversies, highlights such as Axl Rose fronting AC/DC and Cronulla winning their first premiership, combine it all with his edgy opinions, and turn it into a book. It beca ...Show more
Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism by Ron Suskind
$26.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life through animated characters dancing acrosss a screen of colour. This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorised d ...Show more
Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace by Bana Alabed
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
'A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who has endured the unthinkable.' J. K. ROWLING 'I'm very afraid I will die tonight' - Bana Alabed, Twitter, 2 October 2016'Stop killing us.' - Bana Alabed, Twitter, 6 October 2016'I just want to live without fear.' ...Show more
A Kangaroo Loose in Shetland: Excerpts from a Diary by Rev Lachlan Ness
$42.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
A heart-warming story, full of humour and occasional pathos (for after all, it's all about life), is a "must read" for those who may want to visit the North Isles and discover for themselves the remarkable beauty that abounds in the ancient islands of Shetland. The Church of Scotland parish of the North ...Show more
Things That Helped: a Memoir of Illness and Recovery by Jessica Friedmann
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Through the tide of hormones surging within my body, and the little runnels of blood, and the sour tang of my breasts, I lay awake, listening, and thinking of breath and of water. I had broken my relationship with sleep. In this stunning collection, Jessica Friedmann navigates her journey through postp ...Show more
Up Until Now by Petrea King
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
'Petrea King is one of those rare Australians who have changed the country for the better.' Richard Glover As a child Petrea King was dogged by health issues, spending many years in and out of hospital and undergoing numerous operations. After leaving school at fourteen, she worked as a secretary until ...Show more
Living in the 1960s by Noeline Brown
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
The sixties was a decade of safari suits, shift dresses, capri pants, and droopy moustaches. Of multi-purpose French onion soup, junket, tripe, and Bloody Marys. Of success on the world's sporting stage and social and political stirrings at home, as Baby Boomers and their parents began to see the world ...Show more
Stranger Thingies by John Birmingham
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer. The pieces contained within t ...Show more
Coming To My Senses by Alice Waters
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. In Coming to My Senses Alice retraces the events that led her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue an ...Show more
Mayhem: A Memoir by Sigrid Rausing
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Now that it's all over I find myself thinking about family history and family memories; the stories that hold a family together, and the acts that can split it apart . . . ' In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The ...Show more
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astoni ...Show more