Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World by Henion Leigh Ann
$32.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Heartfelt and awe-inspiring, Leigh Ann Henion's Phenomenal is a moving tale of physical grandeur and emotional transformation, a journey around the world that ultimately explores the depths of the human heart. A journalist and young mother, Henion combines her own varied experiences as a parent with a p ...Show more
Sheer Madness : Sex, Lies and Politics by Jan Murray
$32.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In her vivid, poignant and sometimes biting memoir, Jan tells a story of resistance - against her fifth grade teacher, against a Home Science education, against the patriarchy and finally against herself.
Notebooks by Betty Churcher
$44.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In this gorgeously illustrated book, join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Velazquez, Courbet, Vermeer and Cezanne. A trained artist, Betty's sketches reveal the secrets within the artworks and the processes of their creation. ...Show more
And the Judges Said... by James Kelman
$19.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
James Kelman has long been regarded as one of the finest writers of fiction in the world. In this brilliant collection of essays he deals with matters literary, artistic, political and philosophical. In the essay ' "And the Judges Said..." ' Kelman outlines some of the influences that led him to create ...Show more
Silent No More - Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky by Aaron Fisher; Michael Gillum; Dawn Daniels
$29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Victim 1, at fourteen years of age, spoke up against Jerry Sandusky in the Penn State scandal, and now for the first time tells his story. Aaron Fisher was an eager and spirited eleven-year-old when legendary Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky recruited him into his Second Mile children's charity. ...Show more
Midnight Water : A Memoir by Gaylene Perry
$19.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
On 2 January 1993, a devastating event changed Gaylene Perry and her family forever. On that day her father and one of her brothers drowned. In the hours following the news of the accident, the family came together to grieve and draw strength from each other. This is a powerful account of those hours. ...Show more
Secret Son by Jenny Ackland
$29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
I know that two men are coming up the mountain, at this moment, including the boy from far away. I wonder what my grandson's face will look like...This is a boy in the skin of a man. I know he is innocent; it's his family soul which is guilty...An old woman sits waiting in a village that clings to a Tur ...Show more
Ideal - The Novel and the Play by Ayn Rand
$29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
Author Ayn Rand's novel Ideal, in print for the first time ever-a landmark event for fans of the groundbreaking philosopherOriginally conceived as a novel but then transformed into a play by Ayn Rand, Ideal is the story of beautiful but tormented actress Kay Gonda. Accused of murder, she is on the run a ...Show more
Rather His Own Man by Geoffrey Robertson
$45.00 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
In this witty, engrossing and sometimes poignant memoir, a sequel to his best-selling The Justice Game, Australia?s inimitable Geoffrey Robertson charts his progress from pimply state schoolboy to top Old Bailey barrister and thence onwards and upwards to a leading role in the struggle for human rights ...Show more
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire - Indie Non-Fiction Winner 2019 by Chloe Hooper
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as fire ...Show more
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
$29.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries abo ...Show more