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Stepladder to Hindsight by Richard Freadman
$19.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Stepladder to Hindsight is about a fascinating man who has reached a turning point in his life and looks back. In this work, renowned academic and life-writer Richard Freadman turns the pen on himself, producing an immensely compelling narrative of his life. Elegant and richly self-aware, Stepladder to ...Show more
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
$65.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: Easy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of th ...Show more
The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman. 'When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.' As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three ...Show more
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa ...Show more
The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death and Faith by Sarah Krasnostein
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This book is about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge. From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief. Weaving together the stories of six extraordinary ordinary people, The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselve ...Show more
The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In The Beauty of Living Twice, Sharon Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life, and the slow road back to wholeness and health. In an industry that doesn't accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to mak ...Show more
Heartsick by Jessie Stephens
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
When Jessie Stephens went through a difficult breakup, she started to look for books or stories that would reflect her experience and perhaps give her some hope for the future. There were plenty of guide books in the '101 tips to cure a broken heart' vein, but what Jessie wanted were stories. She wanted ...Show more
Conversations with RBG - Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The audiobook version includes recorded conversations between the two from the 1990s to the present, delivering a compelling informal profile. As a permanent record of Ginsburg's voice and fighting spirit, it's an inspiring listen. -- Paste This program includes recorded conversations between Jeffrey Ro ...Show more
Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies "Golem Girl is luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young--and mature--woman; an unflinching social history of disability over ...Show more
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' that Julia Baird calls 'phosphorescence' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. Over the last decade, we have become bett ...Show more
Greenlights (PB) by Matthew McConaughey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From the Academy Award-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. 'I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clue ...Show more
The World Is Not Big Enough - A Personal Journey to Understand One Refugee's Life by Vanessa Russell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The World Is Not Big Enough is the story of one woman's journey to understand the human cost of a broken system. At once an investigation into the murder of a refugee and an exploration of Australians' collective guilt, The World Is Not Big Enough explores the ways we are all hurt by Australia's migrat ...Show more