Running Strong: The best, inspiring, revealing memoir for every woman this Mother's Day 2023 by Candice Warner
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A story about running away, crashing through and hitting my stride When the whole world seems set against you, how you keep the negative voice out of your head? Candice Warner knows all about the damaging consequences of living life in front of the cameras and has learned a lot about how to insulate fr ...Show more
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "This debut from a former Queensland judge's associate breaks the silence around sexual assault and all the ways Australia's court system tries to silence victims. If you're wondering why Australia's #metoo movement hasn't g ...Show more
The Hidden Face of Eve - Women in the Arab World by Nawal El Saadawi
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Passionate, powerful and thought-provoking, in The Hidden Face of Eve, leading feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi provides a shocking account of the oppression of women in the Arab world. Inspired by her experiences working as a doctor in rural Egypt and her life as an activist for women's rights, she cha ...Show more
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing--one of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angel ...Show more
Behind The Shoulder Pads - Tales I Tell My Friends: The captivating, candid and hilarious new memoir from legendary actress and Sunday Times bestselling author by Joan Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'I've had many amazing adventures in my life. Some stories, though, I have only ever shared with my friends... Until now!' Dame Joan Collins has always believed one should retain some mystery in life, and hide a knowing smile behind one's shoulder pads. In her new book, she returns in dazzling form to s ...Show more
Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest work, and through them he has honed his cunn ...Show more
Taking Nothing For Granted - A sportsman's fight against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Alastair LYNCH
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Beating chronic fatigue syndrome was his greatest achievement. Alastair Lynch, an Australian Rules footballer at the height of his career, was sleeping 18 hours a day. He couldn't play, and didn't know if he would ever play again. He didn't know what was wrong, until he discovered he had chronic fatigue ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
Papillon by Henri Charriere
22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
Henri Charri re, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet ...Show more
Danihers The Story of Football's by DANIHER Terry & Neale
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
On September 1, 1990, four brothers made Australian Rules history by playing together for one team, the Essendon Football Club. Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris Daniher grew up in a tiny Riverina town where they played footy on Saturdays and Rugby League after mass on Sundays. They reached the elite leve ...Show more
House Of Beckham by Bower, Tom
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"As one of the world’s most famous and influential couples the Beckhams have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple, David and Victoria have built a billion-dollar global empire through their carefully curated public image. Fans have been captivated for decades now by the glamorous world they ...Show more
Hitler: Volume I: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement and The TimesDespite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in ...Show more