My Country: Stories, Essays & Speeches by David Marr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
David Marr is the rarest of breeds- one of Australia's most unflinching, forensic reporters of political controversy, and one of its most subtle and eloquent biographers. In Marr's hands, those things we call reportage and commentary are elevated to artful and illuminating chronicles of our time. My Co ...Show more
Mr Ordinary Goes to Jail by Wil Patterson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Wil Patterson was your everyday working husband and father, trying to keep up with the latest car, house and toys for his family. Always one to make light of things, he nevertheless became increasingly desperate about how he was going to pay his bills. One day while at work at his insurance job, he came ...Show more
In Pieces by Sally Field
$45.00 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
'A memoir as soulful, wryly witty, and lyrical as it is candid and courageous' - Booklist, starred review'Impressive, candid and vivid' The Times 'Beautifully written' Sunday TimesSally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring actors of our time, and now she tells her story for the fi ...Show more
Woman in the Wilderness by Miriam Lancewood
$22.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
An inspirational story of adventure and bravery, from a young woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the wilds of the South Island of New Zealand.
Kerry O'Brien: A Memoir by Kerry O'Brien
$44.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Walkley award winning ABC journalist, Kerry O'Brien, reflects on social and political upheavals he has witnessed and the personalities who have made history. Born the day after the first American occupying troops landed near Tokyo in August 1945, Kerry O'Brien's life has spanned the post-war era throug ...Show more
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: 3
Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement - in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours aday, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana - all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary endur ...Show more
Barefoot in the Bindis by Angela Wales
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Series: Sheep Farming 1950's Aust | Reading Level: 3 Biography
A circle of pine trees, a sagging wire fence, and a roof that was once painted red. 'There it is,' said Dad. In 1953, after doctors prescribed fresh country air for his health, Scottish-born Robert Wales uprooted his young family from the city life of Sydney and set out to establish a sheep farm i ...Show more
Freedom Fighter: My War Against ISIS on the Frontlines of Syria by Joanna Palani
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
The gripping story of one woman's war against ISIS on the frontlines of Syria.
A Simpler Time by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
A memoir of love, laughter, loss and billycarts. Peter FitzSimons's account of growing up on the rural outskirts of Sydney in the 1960s is first and foremost a tribute to family. But it is also a salute to times and generations past, when praise was understated but love unstinting; work was hard and val ...Show more
Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy
$22.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
In this remarkable memoir, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her first steps towards a life in music, from childhood piano lessons with a local jazz muso to international success as a concert pianist. As she discovers passion and ambition, and confronts doubt and disappointment, she learns about much more than t ...Show more
On the Chin: A Boxing Education by Alex McClintock
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The first thing that impressed me about Fritzy was his collection of boxing maxims, which he deployed continuously and without regard to their relevance: 'Ya don't play boxing', 'Don't hook with a hooker', 'Kill the body and the head'll die', 'Move ya head or the other guy'll move it for ya.' Fritzy was ...Show more
An Awesome Ride by Andrew Clarke; Cameron Smith; Cameron Miller
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
'Hi guys. I have some bad news I want to tell you all.' So said seventeen-year-old Shaun Miller on YouTube in April 2012, shortly after receiving a devastating diagnosis about his heart condition. The clip has now been viewed millions of times. In 1994, when Cameron Miller found out he was going to be a ...Show more