Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The story of five journalists who risked everything by Anthony Cooper
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'This is a helluva way to get a story.’In December 1943, five brave correspondents join a British bombers air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News ...Show more
Born to Rule Updated Edition: The Unauthorised Biography of Malcolm Turnbull by Paddy Manning
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
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Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating, PM by Don Watson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
If he had never become Prime Minister, Paul Keating's place in Australian history would still have been assured. He was the Treasurer who deregulated the economy; the weaver of Labor's modern story; its heavy weapon in the parliament. He was also the great enigma - a self-educated boy from Sydney's work ...Show more
Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A love cradled by nature's greatest architecture- a national parkHe was an Austrian immigrant; she came from Tasmania. He grew up beside the Carinthian Alps; she climbed mountains when few women dared. Their honeymoon glimpse of Cradle Mountain lit an urge that filled their waking hours. Others might ha ...Show more
Bloodhound : Searching for My Father by Ramona Koval
$23.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
I looked up the name in the phone book and rang the number. I tried to imagine the conversation that might ensue. 'Hello? I was wondering if you're the man who was recently at an auction and asked a woman named Bernadette if I was married and had children and was happy - and if you are, are you my real ...Show more
Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II. Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried al ...Show more
Island Girl to Airline Pilot: A Story of Love, Sacrifice and Taking Flight by Silva Mcleod
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
This is the life story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot. She's still one of only a handful. Told by Silva with frankness and wit, it's quite a story. Silva takes us on a journey of cultural change from her beginnings as a poor island girl to her marriage to an Australia ...Show more
Jacqueline in Paris: A Novel by Ann Mah
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
"Captivating...Mah channels Kennedy and brings postwar Paris to life with exquisite detail and insight." -- People From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier's college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and b ...Show more
Honey, Baby, Mine - A mother and daughter talk life, death love (and banana pudding) by Laura Dern, Diane Ladd
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
*WITH A FOREWORD FROM REESE WITHERSPOON* A collection of deeply personal conversations from award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and the woman she admires most, her mother-legendary actress Diane Ladd. What happens when we are brave enough to speak our truths to the ones we love the most? Laura ...Show more
The Wisdom of Morrie by Morrie Schwartz
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. 'Beautiful ...Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak Chopra Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaning ...Show more
Inconceivable: Heartbreak, Bad Dates and Finding Solo Motherhood by Alexandra Collier
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Alexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved. But when she woke up to a ravenous hunger to have a baby that her partner didn't share, she had to make a choice between love or a future family. She chose family, which catapulted her life ba ...Show more
The Home Front: The never-ending war within our veterans by Patrick Lindsay
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Forty-one Australian soldiers died in action over 20 years of fighting in Afghanistan; in that time more than 1400 veterans have taken their own lives. Veterans today are chronically over-represented when it comes to PTSD, depression, homelessness and suicide. Australians rightfully pause on Anzac Day e ...Show more