Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru by Hugh Bonneville
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Utterly charming' - Jack Whitehall 'Funny, touching, revealing' - Gyles Brandreth 'A gorgeous book' - Richard Curtis'Hugh Bonneville's considerable talent for writing is on display page after page. Beautiful. Touching. And funny' - Gary Oldman Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished acto ...Show more
A Certain Light by Cynthia Banham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Life is not defined by the bad things that happen to us. It certainly isn't for me.' Written for her young son so that he would know what had happened to his mother, Cynthia Banham's inspiring family memoir uncovers a true picture of what survival means: 'This book tells a story that I tried to write ma ...Show more
Sophie's Boys by Sophie Smith; Deborah FitzGerald
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
When Sophie and Ash discovered they were expecting triplets, it was much more exciting than daunting. But when Sophie went into labour at only 21 weeks, their world was turned upside down. Though they fought fiercely they could not escape tragedy. Tiny Henry lived for just one cherished hour, Evan for 1 ...Show more
Memoirs by Mike Willesee
$44.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"After thousands of stories, a legend finally tells his own. Mike Willesee has been Australia's most revered television journalist for over fifty years. And behind the lens, a businessman, powerbroker, trailblazer and enduring enigma. Son of a minister in the Whitlam cabinet, Willesee was a football sta ...Show more
Miss Ex-Yugoslavia by Sofija Stefanovic
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Sofija Stefanovic was born into a country destined to collapse. With Yugoslavia on the brink of war, her family was torn between the socialist existence they'd always known and the pull of stability on offer in the distant land of Australia. Surrounded by conflict and uncertainty, it's no wonder that So ...Show more
My Ikaria: How the people from a small Mediterranean island inspired me to live a happier, healthier and longer life by Spiri Tsintziras
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Three years ago, Spiri Tsintziras found herself mentally, physically and spiritually depleted. She was stretched thin - raising kids, running a household and managing a business. She ate too much in order to keep going and then slumped in front of the telly at night, exhausted, asking herself 'What is i ...Show more
A Time for Grace: A Doctor's Journey Through Loss, Love and the Miracle of IVF by Mark Nethercote
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Mark and Susan have their future all planned out: a happy marriage, home and kids - but then they have a miscarriage. Suddenly their hopes and dreams come crashing down as it is revealed they might never have children. For Mark, a paediatrician who works with children every day, the concept that he migh ...Show more
The Cow Book - A story of Life on an Irish Family Farm by John Connell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The intimate account of a year on his family farm in Ireland - and a fascinating history of man's long relationship with the cow, by a Walkley Award-winning investigative reporter.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya; Elizabeth Weil
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
'Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms.' New York TimesA riveting tale of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save usClemantine Wamariya was six years old ...Show more
Dear Lindy by Alana Valentine
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'This book shows just how far, wide, and deep the story has gone' - Lindy Chamberlain-CreightonAs Lindy mourned the death of her baby daughter Azaria, taken by a dingo from a campsite at Uluru in 1980, she was tried and convicted in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. The court of public opinio ...Show more
Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself by Julie Barton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read. Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out ...Show more
Mates - The Friendship that Sustained Henry Lawson by Gregory Bryan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Henry Lawson gave voice to a uniquely Australian identity and much of the Australian ethos of mateship was developed in his writing. Lawson authority Gregory Bryan has written a fascinating dual biography of Henry Lawson and his great mate and fellow writer, Jim Gordon (who wrote as Jim Grahame).