Ten Steps to Nanette: A memoir situation by Hannah Gadsby
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies | Reading Level: 17
Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her blistering honesty and her ability to create both tension and laughter in a single moment. But while her worldwide fame might have looked like an overnight sensation, her path from open mic to the global s ...Show more
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks by Patricia Highsmith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
'It promises to be one of the literary highlights of 2021 - publication of the diaries of Patricia Highsmith, one of the most conflicted, fascinating novelists of the 20th century' Edward Helmore, Guardian 'My secrets-the secrets that everyone has-are here, in black and white.' Published for the very ...Show more
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER PSYCHIATRIST- So how can I help you? ME- I don't know, I'm what's the word depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Se-Hee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her what to call it? depression? S ...Show more
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity. The book examines questions of faith, art, music, fr ...Show more
A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. Grant
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton 'Fascinating, funny and heart wrenching' Dame Julie Walter ...Show more
The Young Man by Annie Ernaux
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior. "A sublime book." --Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle "Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as both a rigo ...Show more
The Flying Nurse: Saving lives and swaddling babies from outback Australia to Africa and beyond by Prudence Wheelwright
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
Nurse and midwife Prue Wheelwright has worked in the most remote parts of Australia and around the world. In isolated, far-flung locations and on dangerous frontlines, this passionate and dedicated nurse has put her heart, and often her safety, on the line, day after day, year after year. Prue shares al ...Show more
The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads by Ameliah Scott
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a female vet and farmer in the remote Australian outback, perfect for fans of Muster Dogs and Back Roads. "The inspiring story of the intrepid Dr Ameliah Scott - the Flying Vet extraordinaire - and the animals and community of the Australian outback. Ame ...Show more
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin, Li Cunxin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
Before you can fly, you have to be free.In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, more interested in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strange men come to his scho ...Show more
Paramedico by Benjamin Gilmour
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
Benjamin Gilmour is a paramedic by profession. This is his behind-the-scenes exploration of the working lives of ambulance crews around the world. Benjamin takes you on the road with emergency services teams from Australia, the Philippines, South Africa, England, Thailand, Macedonia, Pakistan, Iceland, ...Show more
The Strength of Hope: A Holocaust Survivor's Guide to Love and Life by Abram Goldberg, Fiona Harris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
One of most uplifting stories you will ever read. Abram Goldberg is a beacon of joy and optimism, and a master of keeping perspective. The day Abram and his mother arrived at Auschwitz death camp they both knew it would be her last. In their final moment together, Abram's mum urged her nineteen-year-old ...Show more
My Adventurous Life (PB) by Dick Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoirs and biographies
Entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist ... Australian icon Dick Smith shares his extraordinary life story.