Art of Sleeping Alone by Sophie Fontanel
$22.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
At the age of twenty-seven, after many years of having (and, for the most part, enjoying) an active sex life, beloved French author, journalist, editor, and fashion blogger Sophie Fontanel decided she wanted to take a break. Despite having it all-a glamorous job, plenty of dates and boyfriends, stylish ...Show more
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
$24.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Peter Godwin, an award-winning writer, is on assignment in Zululand when he is summoned by his mother to Zimbabwe, his birthplace. His father is seriously ill; she fears he is dying. Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story, descending into a vortex of violence and racial hatred. His ...Show more
Wife and Baggage to Follow by Rachel Miller
$29.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Eye-opening first-hand accounts from Australian diplomats' wives, from the founding of the diplomatic service till recent decades. Adventure, hardship, war, opportunity, these are the fish-out-of-water stories of intelligent, dedicated women raising families in far-flung corners of the globe. They were ...Show more
Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: good
'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him'. Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. T ...Show more
All That Happened at No. 26 by Denise Scott
$19.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
'I'll never forget the first time John and I saw number 26. We just knew it was going to be ours. It was so awful and ugly and repulsive in every way, not to mention the fact that it was located in a suburb I had sworn I'd rather die than live in, that we knew we had a great chance of getting it.' And s ...Show more
Run for Your Life by Jill Joliffe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Forced into adoption and taken in by a violent household, the course of Jill Jolliffe's life was set before she had time to choose. She ran away as a teen and has been running ever since. Jolliffe became a thorn in the establishment's side and earned herself a hefty ASIO file in the process. Following h ...Show more
Blood and Circuses by Lex Marinos
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
In his early years on TV he was the 'wog' who was always being told to 'Leave the money on the fridge' by Ted Bullpitt in Kingswood Country. And ultimately he became the majestic patriarch, Manolis, in The Slap. Blood and Circuses is the wry and charming story of a young Greek Australian boy, who dreamt ...Show more
Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
$19.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Life Without Limits is the story of gutsy Nick Vujicic, an amazing 28-year-old Aussie born without arms or legs who is now an internationally successful inspirational speaker. Packed full of wisdom, testimonials of his faith and laugh-out-loud humour, Nick tells of life in his 'Chesty Bond' body, his vi ...Show more
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.Tom Robbins' warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels--including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Ho ...Show more
Missing Christopher by Jayne Newling
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Christopher was 17 and he had everything to live for. He was smart, charismatic, loving, and deeply loved, and a champion rugby player. Yet behind the veneer of a popular and confident athlete he was struggling. Diagnosed a year earlier with depression and severe anxiety, he hid his fears from family an ...Show more
The Good Fight by Wayne Swan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Memoir
A very personal account of an extraordinary period in Australian politics. Despite the divisions within the Labor Party as the Rudd government fell into disunity and as Julia Gillard was undermined by disloyalty from within, Wayne Swan steered the Australian economy through a time of unprecedented inter ...Show more
Forensic Investigator: True Stories from the Life of a Country Crime Scene Cop by Esther McKay
$24.95 AUD
Category: Memoir
Forensic investigator Geoff Bernasconi had always been passionate about his job as a policeman in rural New South Wales, and went the extra mile, both for victims of crime and for their families. But one night in 1984, he was called to investigate the scene of a horrific car accident in which an entire ...Show more