Profiles in Hope: Fifteen Australians tell their stories of surviving suicide and finding the way back to a better life by John Brogden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Sixteen Australians tell their stories of surviving suicide and finding the way back to a better life.Every day, nine Australians take their own lives. Eighteen years ago, John Brogden came very close to adding his name to these statistics. But John survived and, since his recovery, he has become a pass ...Show more
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: The powerful memoir from the beloved star of Friends by Matthew Perry
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir ... and it may just save lives' Daily Mail'Funny, fascinating, compelling ... also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The TimesThe beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funn ...Show more
My Brother Jaz by Gideon Haigh
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In January 2024, in a period of personal crisis, Gideon Haigh abruptly started writing the story of the night his seventeen-year-old brother Jasper was killed, finally facing how it had shaped the rest of his life. Seventy-two hours later he stopped. Dark, raw and revealing, My Brother Jaz is how it fe ...Show more
The Afterlife Confessional by Bill Edgar
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Heartbreaking and hilarious, outrageous and wise, The Afterlife Confessional is Bill Edgar's fascinating account of the things he's witnessed and learned as the Coffin Confessor - the bizarre and beautiful ways we live and love, the finality of death and the power of legacy, and how letting go can somet ...Show more
Graft: Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land by Maggie MacKellar
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A gorgeously written reflection, set in Tasmania, on motherhood, farming, nature and home. In my mind I walk over the land. I run my hands through the grass as if it were the hair on my head. I dig my fingers into the dirt as if the soil were the crust of my skin. Combining pages of her diary, kept thro ...Show more
Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
"For decades, Rebel Wilson had single-mindedly focused on her career, making a name for herself through her iconic roles in Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids, and Isn't It Romantic. Now she's ready to chronicle the emotional and physical lessons she learned, as well as her most embarrassing experiences. A mala ...Show more
Life, Camera, Action by Mitchell Burns
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
It took ten years in the coal mines for Mitchell Burns to realise that no pay cheque is worth sacrificing your dreams. Now he’s making up for lost time. Mitchell Burns never wanted to be a miner. Growing up in a Queensland coal mining town with parents in the industry, it never felt like pursuing his p ...Show more
We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
'I'm here to tell you my story, which is also the story of my people and the story of this forest.' Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for th ...Show more
Shades of Me: My Many Lives Through Many Dreamings by Mel Brown
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Melinda Brown (Ngunnawal woman) shares the story of discovering her heritage and how the journey to understand her culture gave her the strength to find her place in the world. Mel Brown is an Australian Aboriginal Ngunnawal woman. This is her story. Growing up white, Mel always felt that there ...Show more
Dying of Politeness: A Memoir by Geena Davis
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Academy Award Winner. Humanitarian campaigner. Mensa member. Star of Beetlejuice, The Accidental Tourist and Thelma and Louise. In this stunning memoir, Geena Davis offers a witty, warm, honest account of her life. The path to empowerment never did run smooth. Davis might now be an A-List celebrity with ...Show more
American Mother by Colum McCann Dianne Foley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped ...Show more
John Busst: Bohemian artist and saviour of reef and rainforest by Iain McCalman
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst. A rich biography of artist-turned-environmental campaigner John Büsst.Award-winning historian Iain McCalman reveals the little-known story of influential Australian conservationist, John Büsst. Known to his enemies as ‘The Bingal ...Show more