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Into Africa: The dramatic re-telling of the Stanley-Livingstone story by Martin Dugard
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In 1866 Britain's foremost explorer, Dr David Livingstone, went in search of the answer to an age-old geographical riddle: where was the source of the Nile? Livingstone set out with a large team, on a course that would lead through unmapped, seemingly impenetrable terrain into areas populated by fearsom ...Show more
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
$65.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: Easy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of th ...Show more
Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . . Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love ...Show more
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
THE NEW YORK TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHESUNDAY TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York TimesAt the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade?s training as a neur ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1945, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she w ...Show more
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
INDIE AWARD WINNER 2020 A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader. Not many have lived as many lives as Archie Roach - stolen child, seeker, teenage alcoholic, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, and leader - but it took him almost a life ...Show more
With My Little Eye: The Incredible True Story of a Family of Spies in the Suburbs by Sandra Hogan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The very funny true story of three children recruited by their parents to work for ASIO in the 1950s. Hilarious, moving and brilliantly told' - Susan Johnson'It reads like the very best of spy thrillers.' - Matthew Condon'An intimate and compelling look at an ordinary family who happen to be ASIO age ...Show more
Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world Dean Nicholson reveals the full story of his life-changing friendship with rescue cat Nala and their inspiring adventures together on a bike journey around the world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn ...Show more
Mary's Last Dance by Mary Li
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'I can vividly remember the last steps of the last ballet, walking off the stage led by a mother and knowing the decision I had to make. That was my last dance.' Mary Li (nee McKendry) is an international ballet star and a mother like no other. She became a household name when her husband Li Cunxin publ ...Show more
Red Lead: The Legendary Australian Ship's Cat Who Survived the Sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway by Roland Perry
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway. Just after midnight on the 1st March 1942, Australia's most celebrated cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survi ...Show more
Paul Kelly: the Man, the Music & the Life in Between by Stuart Coupe
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Renowned music journalist Stuart Coupe examines the life of an Australian music icon - honest, revealing and a must-read for Paul Kelly fans and music lovers alike. He's been called Australia's Bob Dylan and likened to Springsteen and Neil Young, but Paul Kelly stands alone as a chronicler of his and ou ...Show more
Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Film Tie In Edition) by J. D. Vance
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Coming November 2020 as a major motion picture starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close 'The political book of the year' Sunday Times 'A frank, unsentimental, harrowing memoir ... A superb book' New York Post 'I bought this to try to better understand Trump's appeal ... but th ...Show more