You Will Feel It In The Price Of Bread: A Love Letter to Ukraine by Katya Hudson
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Both a celebration and a lament for Ukraine, a moving personal memoir taking us from Katya's idyllic childhood with her siblings- holidays in Crimea and carefree days working the land at the Dacha; to the sickening impact of Putin's invasion and its effect on Katya, her friends and family - the anxiety, ...Show more
The Cop Who Fell to Earth by Craig Semple
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This raw and true account of the life of a tough cop has all the twists and turns and drama of a rattlingly good thriller. When a young eighteen-year-old Craig Semple joined the New South Wales Police Force in 1988, he generally preferred to steer clear of trouble rather than turn and face it. But like ...Show more
I'll Let Myself In: Breaking down doors, claiming space and finding your wheels by Hannah Diviney
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A defiant coming of age story about a young woman coming to terms with all that she is, the good, the bad and the ugly. When it occurred to me that the only real books I'd ever read with disabled characters in them were specialty books, displayed and designed exclusively for therapy settings, some of th ...Show more
Directions to Myself by Heidi Julavits
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In this honest and provocative book Heidi Julavits examines gender, power and sexuality, engaging with a debate which has never been more relevant than it is today. How can a mother know her son will not grow up to be a rapist? How can a mother know her son will not be falsely accused of being a rapist ...Show more
Fat Girl Dancing by Kris Kneen
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"How does a person come to know that they are different from the children around them? To measure themselves against a set normal and find themselves lacking? When did I know that I was plump, and then fat? Fat child, self-denying adolescent, hungry young woman; a body now burgeoning uncontrolled into m ...Show more
Kika and Me: How One Guide Dog Changed My Life by Amit Patel
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The moving true story of Dr Amit Patel, who lost his sight in just thirty-six hours and Kika, the guide dog who changed his life.In 2013, Amit was training to be a trauma surgeon when a condition called keratoconus caused him to lose his sight within thirty-six hours. His life changed forever. Strugglin ...Show more
Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley by Angel Au-Yeung
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on rigorous research and reporting by two seasoned journalists. Tony Hsieh's first successful venture was in mi ...Show more
I Fight, You Fight: Life isn't about the hand you're dealt, but how you choose to play it by Alex Noble
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The inspiring story of a young man whose wisdom and strength can teach us that life isn’t about the hand you’re dealt, but how you choose to play it. Sixteen-year-old Alex Noble was a high school rugby star with a promising sporting career ahead of him when an on-field injury left him fighting for his l ...Show more
Osip Mandelstam: A Biography by Ralph Dutli
49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The personal and political life of the iconic Russian poet Osip Mandelstam is graphically portrayed in this lavishly illustrated bookThis is the first full-scale biography of Osip Mandelstam to combine an analysis of his poetry with a description of his personal life, from his beginnings as a young inte ...Show more
A Black Boy at Eton by Dillibe Onyeama
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Black Britain Writing Back Ser.
'The story [Onyeama] had to tell was so gripping and shocking, it wouldn't let me go . . . A remarkably well-written memoir' Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionDillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to complete his education there. Written at just 21, ...Show more
Giving Up the Ghost : A Memoir by Hilary Mantel
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
From the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall', a wry, shocking and beautiful memoir of childhood, ghosts, hauntings, illness and family. At no. 58 the top of my head comes to the outermost curve of my great-aunt, Annie Connor. Her shape is like the full moon, her smile is beaming; the o ...Show more
The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Valtesse de la Bigne
Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full. But her glamourous existence hid a ...Show more