Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from the award-winning author of Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love. And then it occurred to me that nothing bad ever happens here. Every human life is perfect in its own way. We cannot understand that, because ...Show more
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life. Introduced b ...Show more
I Am NOT Fine, Thanks by Wil Anderson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Good sense, good jokes, and good WIL- a book about enduring turbulent times with humour, community and just a dash of apple cider vinegar. How are you?' How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the tradition was to reply, 'I'm fine, thanks.' Then you would ask how they were ...Show more
Surrender - 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written a memoir; honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. "When I started to wri ...Show more
Tell Me Again: A Memoir by Amy Thunig
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It's a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early life, w ...Show more
A Year with Wendy Whiteley: Conversations About Art, Life and Gardening by Ashleigh Wilson
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: srg22
A must-have for culture lovers, A Year with Wendy Whiteley sees the biographer and critic Ashleigh Wilson painting a portrait of the inimitable Wendy Whiteley-in her own words. We sit at the table, opposite each other, a tape recorder and a microphone between us, and I begin by saying that I don't want ...Show more
The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The first major biography of Lachlan Murdoch, one of the world's most powerful and enigmatic people -- an epic saga of ruthless power plays and family battles. As heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Rupert's empire all his life. In this ri ...Show more
Big Mouth by Matt Preston
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A rock n roll memoir of death, guns and the occasional scandal. For a man who has been in the public eye for a decade or more, Matt Preston has been very quiet about his past and private life. Now, in Big Mouth, he opens up for the first time in a story that, like Matt himself, is joyous, funny and lar ...Show more
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 by John le Carré
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A collection of letters from John le Carré, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood, to the Cold War to his final years John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation. He also had an extraordinary life. A Pr ...Show more
Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller (HB) by Christine Courtenay
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay. When Christine Courtenay began penning her own life story in lockdown last year, she found herself increasingly drawn into the story of her late husband and bestselling author ...Show more
Fifteen Seconds of Brave: The wisdom of survivors by Melissa Doyle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In your darkest hour can you still find hope? In this intimate and insightful book, Melissa Doyle shares the stories of some of the most resilient people she has ever met, gently drawing out their wisdom, empathy and heartfelt practical advice for anyone who's going through a difficult time. When the wo ...Show more
Sultan: A Memoir by Wasim Akram, Gideon Haigh
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking – his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive left-handed striking, his leadership and his inspiration. For ...Show more