Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
More Than a Kick by Jennifer Castles; Tayla Harris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: Tayla Harris
In March 2019, Tayla Harris went from rising AFLW star to the face of a movement. A photo of her mighty airborne kick was viciously attacked online and Tayla chose to call out the online harassment. Six months later she was unveiling a bronze statue of her kick in the heart of Melbourne, inspiring girls ...Show more
How to be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Sex and Teenage Confusion by David Burton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A funny, sad and serious memoir, How to Be Happy is David Burton's story of his turbulent life at high school and beyond. Feeling out of place and convinced that he is not normal, David has a rocky start. He longs to have a girlfriend, but his first 'date' is a disaster. There's the catastrophe of the s ...Show more
Neymar (2019 Updated Edition) by Luca Caioli
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Having long been hailed as a future star of world soccer, Neymar has thrived under the pressure of expectation. Already well on his way to becoming Brazil's all-time top scorer and a leading light in one of the greatest Barcelona teams in history, his legacy is already taking shape. Updated to ...Show more
Coming of Age: Growing Up Muslim in Australia by Demet Divaroren, Amra Pajalic
$18.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not - reveal their candid, funny and touching stories of growing up with a dual identity.
A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion by Fahim
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France's top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, ...Show more
A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
First sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer, farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then being rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy. He survived Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression, lost a son in the Second World War ...Show more
Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview by ANTHONY BOURDAIN
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, including interviews with Neil Degrasse Tyson and Trevor Noah Anthony Bourdain always downplayed his skills as a chef (many disagreed). But despite his mo ...Show more
Julia Child: the Last Interview - And Other Conversations by Julia Child
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
This delightful collection of interviews with 'The French Chef' Julia Child traces her life from her first stab at a writing career; to D.C., Sri Lanka, and Kunming where she worked for the Office of Strategic Services (now the CIA); to Paris where she and her husband Paul, then a member of the State De ...Show more
David Bowie - The Last Interview by David Bowie (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
The massive, world-wide outpouring of grief at the death of David Bowie notably focused on not only his stunning musical output, but also his fascinating refusal to stay the same--the same as other trending artists, or even the same as himself. In this remarkable collection, Bowie reveals the fierce ...Show more
Graham Greene: The Last Interview by Graham Greene
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
A master of twentieth century fiction, Graham Greene looks back on his life. This volume also includes several key interviews from throughout his long, fruitful career. Graham Greene led one of the most extraordinary lives of the twentieth century. The son of a Hertfordshire headmaster, he quickly d ...Show more
Prince: The Last Interview by Prince
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
There is perhaps no musician who has had as much influence on the sound of contemporary American music than Prince. His pioneering compositions brought a variety of musical genres into a singular funky and virtuosic sound. In this remarkable collection, and with his signature mix of seduction and demur, ...Show more