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
Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood by Edgar Feuchtwanger
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Edgar Feuchtwanger came from a prominent German-Jewish family-the only son of a respected editor and the nephew of a best-selling author, Lion Feuchtwanger. He was a carefree five-year-old, pampered by his parents and his nanny, when Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, moved into the building op ...Show more
The Crappiest Refugee by Hung Le
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
On the last day of the Vietnam War, nine-year-old Hung jumped on a leaking prawn trawler on the Saigon River, somehow cheating death to become one of the first Vietnamese boat people to arrive Australia, a land where a young man’s potential is limited only by his imagination – that is unless you’re Hung ...Show more
Corkscrewed by Rowan Dean
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Those Mad Men of the 60s were absolute amateurs compared to their successors in Londons glam and decadent 1980s advertising scene, where money, long lunches and eye-watering expense accounts were the order of the day. From sabotaging the glitzy marble halls of New York advertising awards to hijacking go ...Show more
Frozen Hope: My IVF Journey by Jacqui Cooper
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
After a stellar career as a world champion aerial skier, Jacqui Cooper's only hope to start a family was IVF. While there's plenty of technical information out there for women embarking on this process, Jacqui yearned for some real, honest, warts-and-all advice on the highs and lows of IVF. But she coul ...Show more
A Certain Light by Cynthia Banham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Life is not defined by the bad things that happen to us. It certainly isn't for me.' Written for her young son so that he would know what had happened to his mother, Cynthia Banham's inspiring family memoir uncovers a true picture of what survival means: 'This book tells a story that I tried to write ma ...Show more
The Pastor and the Painter by Cindy Wockner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Series: Bali Nine
At 12.35 a.m. on the 29th April 2015, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were led out in front of firing squad. Strapped to wooden crosses, they prayed and sang, staring straight ahead at their killers. On that day, the Indonesian government did not execute two drug smugglers, they executed a pastor and a ...Show more
Sophie's Boys by Sophie Smith; Deborah FitzGerald
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
When Sophie and Ash discovered they were expecting triplets, it was much more exciting than daunting. But when Sophie went into labour at only 21 weeks, their world was turned upside down. Though they fought fiercely they could not escape tragedy. Tiny Henry lived for just one cherished hour, Evan for 1 ...Show more
Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Memoir
'Passionate, witty, informed, and gloriously opinionated' Jacqueline Wilson 'I felt like this was written just for me, and I think everyone will feel this way' Jenny Colgan 'Beautiful and moving... It will kickstart a cascade of nostalgia for countless people' Marian Keyes When Lucy Mangan was little, ...Show more
Bono - Rescue Cat Who Helped Me Find My by Helen Brown
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Having survived a brush with cancer, Helen Brown, happily married with three grown children, took stock of her comfortable suburban life and found it wanting. So when she was invited to visit New York, the city that never sleeps, she seized the day and accepted. Perhaps, she mused, she might never retur ...Show more