Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Since 2002, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered to be released by a federal judge, the US government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the Un ...Show more
The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
William, Harry, Kate, Meghan, Andrew, Charles, Camilla, Diana . . . and the Queen. Based on unprecedented sources and research, bestselling author Tina Brown takes readers behind the palace walls to tell the real story of the Windsors over the last twenty years since the death of Diana. Full of powerful ...Show more
Scarred - The true story of how I escaped NXIVM, the cult that bound my life by Sarah Edmondson; Kristine Gasbarre
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Scarred is Sarah Edmondson's compelling memoir of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, the twelve years she spent within the organization (during which she enrolled over 2,000 members), her breaking point, and her harrowing fight to get out, to help others and to heal. This is also a story about abuses ...Show more
A Very Improbable Story by Edward Einhorn
13.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Charlesbridge Math Adventures Ser.
"What are the odds? Ethan wakes up one morning to find a very strange cat stuck on his head. The cat, Odds, refuses to budge until Ethan wins a game of probability. Without looking, Ethan must pick out a dime from his coin collection or two matching socks from his dresser, or do something else improbabl ...Show more
I've Come to Say Goodbye by Barbara Carmichael
26.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From beige Australia to dazzling India, the intrepid Barbara Carmichael takes us on a poignant journey of friendship and selfdiscovery. A big-hearted tale of travel, family and the strange hand of destiny that can bring people together -- and tear them apart. I've Come to say Goodbye is the stor ...Show more
The John Lennon Letters by HUNTER DAVIES (ed)
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea, a thought, a reaction or a desire to communicate. He lived - and died - in an age before emails and texts. Pen and ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters and postcards all ...Show more
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, ...Show more
Undoctored - The story of a medic who ran out of patients by Adam Kay
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century. It has been read by millions, translated into 37 languages, and adapted into a major BBC television series. But that was only part of the story. Now, Adam Kay returns and will onc ...Show more
I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace.
Mad about Shakespeare: from Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room by Jonathan Bate
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. 'The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.' ...Show more
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess
14.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: A&R Classics Ser.
At the age of 13, Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. This book is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King.
Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything - Now with a New Chapter by Sally Magnusson
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER - Facebook.com/WhereMemoriesGo Scottish broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson cared with her two sisters for their mother Mamie during many years of living with dementia. Sad and funny, wise and honest, this d ...Show more