Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders
39.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Bonkers: My Life in Laughs by Jennifer Saunders - the hilarious, touching life story of the iconic comedian and national treasure Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, h ...Show more
Steady Steady: The Life and Music of Seaman Dan
40.00 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Born on Thursday Island in 1929, Seaman Dan didnt release his debut album, Follow the Sun, until his 70th birthday. In the next ten years he released five albums, showcasing traditional music from the Torres Strait, as well as those revealing his love of jazz and blues. Steady, Steady: The life and musi ...Show more
The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury, and Obsession on the trail of a $50,000 coat by Meg Lukens Noonan
27.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In today's world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat? To answer that question, Meg Noonan unravels the story of the coat's provenance. Her journey takes readers to the Sydney studio of John Cutler, a fourth-generation tailor who works magic with scissors and thread; to the r ...Show more
Without Warning: A Soldier's Extraordinary Journey by Damien Thomlinson; Michael Cowley (As told to)
29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
After losing both his legs in an accident in Afghanistan, Special Forces soldier Damien Thomlinson was determined not only to survive, but to meet life head on. This is an uplifting story of guts, drive and exceptional resilience. Without warning, Private Damien Thomlinson's life changed forever. On a n ...Show more
Now I Can Dance by Tina Arena
29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Honest and intimate, funny and frank, Now I Can Dance is the long-awaited memoir from the very special, much-loved singer, songwriter and pop diva, Tina Arena. Over the course of her extensive career, starting as an eight-year-old star of Young Talent Time, Tina has amassed a cache of amazing stories. T ...Show more
Damned if I Do by NITSCHKE PHILIP & CORRIS PETER
29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
This is the revealing, personal story of the man behind the controversial pro-euthanasia movement, told in his own words. Medical doctor, humanist, author and founder/director of Exit International, Philip Nitschke's life has always been in the spotlight. The books spans Philip's early days, from his cu ...Show more
An Appetite for Wonder - The Making of a Scientist - A Memoir by Richard Dawkins
34.95 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: good-very good
Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pionee ...Show more
Everything to Live For The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt by Turia Pitt
34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Everything to Live For is the story of one young woman's survival against extraordinary odds, a testament to the human spirit. In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would cha ...Show more
Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin by Nicole Hardy
27.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Nicole Hardy's funny, intimate memoir of being a devout Mormon who starts to question her church's conservative expectations of women before deciding to take a new direction in life will have universal appeal, as will her often hilarious account of her search for Mr Right.
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope
19.99 AUD
29.99 (33% off)
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
Guided by a Kazakh aphorism--"To understand the wolf, you must put the skin of a wolf on and look through its eyes"--adventurer Tim Cope undertook a journey not successfully completed since the days of Genghis Khan: he traveled by horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from the ancie ...Show more
Destination Cambodia by Walter Mason
24.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
From the rich tropical city of Phnom Penh, to the wonders of Ankor Wat and the oddly loveable country town of Kampot to Sihanoukville named after the movie-directing, womanising former-king, Walter takes the reader on another colourful adventure in one of the world's hottest new destinations. With his f ...Show more
Ugly: My Memoir by Robert Hoge
32.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Home for the Hoges was a bayside suburb of Brisbane. Robert s parents, Mary and Vince, knew that his life would be difficult, but they were determined to give him a typical Australian childhood. So along with the regular, gruelling and often dangerous operations that made medical history and gradually i ...Show more