Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me by Darryl Jones
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In Curlews on Vulture Street, acclaimed urban ecologist Darryl Jones reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share our towns and cities.Despite the noise, heat, dust and fumes, the ceaseless movement, light and toxins, many birds successfully live their lives among us. And not just ...Show more
One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny' Nina Stibbe'One Pair of Feet is not just a spirited and entertaining account of the training of a hospital nurse in wartime but a fascinating glimpse into a time and a c ...Show more
When Minutes Matter by Jennifer Jamison (Editor); Robert Mitchell (Editor); Leanne Tolra (Editor)
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From a late-night crocodile attack in Australia's remote outback, or a volcanic eruption off the coast of Aotearoa New Zealand, to a Palestinian city under aerial bombardment or a cardiac arrest in a remote Pacific atoll, emergency clinicians are every society's safety net.When Minutes Matter is a colle ...Show more
Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution by Sarah Langford
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A fascinating personal account of a revolution in British farmingSarah Langford had left her country roots behind to live and work in the city as a barrister. But when she found herself moving to the countryside, back to an agricultural life she had left behind, she saw farmers dealing with very differe ...Show more
Childhood: Shortlisted for The Age Nonfiction Book of the Year Awards 2023 by Shannon Burns
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Things may have been good for a while, but it didn't last: they argued fiercely and he left. Weeks later, she tracked him down and said she was pregnant. So he moved back in with her and they prepared themselves for parenthood. Eleven months later I was born. By the time my father discovered the decepti ...Show more
How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--"Half memoir, half polemic, and entirely necessary," (Elle UK) Caitlin Moran's debut--an instant runaway bestseller in the UK--puts a new face on feminism, cutting to the heart of issues with an irreverent, transcendent, and hilarious touch. "Ca ...Show more
Hitch-22 - A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Over the last thirty years Christopher Hitchens has established himself as one of the world's most influential public intellectuals. His originality, bravery, range and wit made him first a leading iconoclast of the political left, and then later a formidable advocate of secular liberalism. As a sociali ...Show more
You'll be Sorry When I'm Dead by Marieke Hardy
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From stalking and eventually meeting her Young Talent Time idol when she was twelve, to dalliances with streetwalkers, to a mildly perverse obsession with Bob Ellis, there is nothing Marieke Hardy won't write about. Voyeuristic, painful, hilarious and heartfelt, You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead reveals the ...Show more
Jim Stynes: My Journey by Jim Stynes
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Unflinching in its honesty, My Journey is the extraordinary memoir of Jim Stynes: Irishman, footballer, Brownlow Medallist, Reach co-founder and former president of Melbourne Football Club whose very public battle with cancer touched the lives of everyone who knew him. When Jim was diagnosed with cancer ...Show more
If Walls Could Speak by Moshe Safdie
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
One of the world's greatest and most thoughtful architects recounts his extraordinary career and the iconic structures he has built, and offers a manifesto for the role architecture should play in society.
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author (Charlotte Waring Atkinson) by Kate Forsyth; Belinda Murrell
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In Searching for Charlotte, Forsyth and Murrell tell Charlotte's story along with that of their own journey to discover her. In an intriguing account, the sisters join the reader in reacting to Charlotte's actions: wondering what could have motivated certain choices; admiring the strength of spirit that ...Show more
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz by Thomas Geve
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A profoundly moving true story of survival and hope, featuring powerful drawings of his experiences, Thomas Geve was a Birkenau, Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and Buchenwald survivor at just 15 years old. Spending twenty-two months imprisoned at these camps during WW2, Thomas was subject to, and forced to obs ...Show more