Island Girl to Airline Pilot: A Story of Love, Sacrifice and Taking Flight by Silva Mcleod
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
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
The Crossing: A Memoir of Love, Adventure and Finding Your Own Path by Sophie Matterson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love, by crossing 4750km of rugged Australian terrain with five wild camels. I had always felt like I was looking for 'more' in my life. I couldn't quite define what this 'more' was, but I knew the camels were a part of it. In 202 ...Show more
Easy Target: Taming the Black Dog by Adam Blum
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Easy Target – Taming the Black Dog is the inspirational story of a young man’s journey from being an easy target and victim of bullying to forging fortitude and resilience in order to battle the bullies and the black dog of depression. Adam tells his story with raw honesty which at times is heartbreaki ...Show more
Kings And Queens by Iain Dale
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'We all know about Queen Victoria, Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth II, but how much do we really know about other monarchs? Yes, we know William the Conqueror beat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. We know George III was mad, but what else do we know about his 60 year long reign? We know Henry VIII ...Show more
The Coffin Confessor by William Edgar
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'That's when I stood up, told the best mate to sit down, shut up or f**k off. That the man in the coffin had a few things to say.'Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest ...Show more
Theroux The Keyhole: When the World Went Weird and so Did I by Louis Theroux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Come round to Louis Theroux's house, where the much-loved documentary-maker finds himself in unexpected danger . . .Louis's latest TV series about weirdness - the one involving the American far right, home-grown jihadis, and SoundCloud rappers - has been unexpectedly derailed by the onset of a global pa ...Show more
A Year at the Chateau by Dick Strawbridge, Angel Strawbridge
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
THE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45 rooms, s ...Show more
Kitchen Confidential: Insider's Edition by Anthony Bourdain
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The New York Times bestselling memoir from Anthony Bourdain, the host of Parts Unknown. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bou ...Show more
The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
<b>The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series <i>All Creatures Great and Small.</i></b> Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has change ...Show more
The Many Lives of Barry Humphries (PB): A Treasury of Reminisces by Rowan Dean
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Actor, comedian, raconteur, writer, poet, painter, songwriter, music lover and one of the most gifted artists of the last century, Barry Humphries was an Australian global superstar. In this affectionate tribute, Rowan Dean, one of the last people to spend time alone with his friend Barry, reminisces th ...Show more
We Have Always Been Here (PB) by Samra Habib
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Triumphant and uplifting - a queer Muslim memoir about forgiveness and freedom. 'Revolutionary' Mona Eltahawy * 'Exquisite, powerful and urgent' Stacey May Fowles * 'I fell in love with this book' Shani Mootoo A memoir of hope, faith and love, Samra Habib's story starts with growing up as part of a th ...Show more
Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching by Gabbie Stroud
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A powerful and moving memoir about how the current system is letting down children and parents, and breaking dedicated teachers. Devastating, heart-breaking, enraging. 'Gabbie's story needs to be shouted from the rooftops. She very eloquently shows us why and how education needs to change... Teacher m ...Show more