A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargo-Ryan
9.99 AUD
36.99 (72% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
A memoir about anxiety, our minds, and optimism in spite of it all Where do mental illness stories begin? Anna’s always had too many feelings. Or not enough feelings – she’s never been quite sure. Debilitating panic. Extraordinary melancholy. Paranoia. Ambivalence. Fear. Despair. From anxious chi ...Show more
Windswept and Interesting - My Autobiography by Billy Connolly
9.99 AUD
49.99 (80% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS | Reading Level: very good
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is ...Show more
Loud by Tana Douglas
9.99 AUD
34.99 (71% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS | Reading Level: very good
What goes on tour stays on tour - unless you're the the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, taking a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a teenager she headed to the UK and later the US to wor ...Show more
Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003 - 2020 by David Sedaris
9.99 AUD
34.99 (71% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS | 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
The Windsor Diaries 1940-45 by Alathea Fitzalan Howard
6.99 AUD
34.99 (80% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS | Reading Level: near fine
The Windsor Diaries are the never-before-seen diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard, who lived alongside the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret at Windsor Castle during the Second World War. Alathea's home life was an unhappy one. Her parents had separated and so during the war she was sent to live wi ...Show more
Hack in a Flak Jacket by Peter Stefanovic
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29.99 (66% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
For almost ten years Peter Stefanovic was Channel 9's foreign correspondent in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. During that time he witnessed more than his fair share of death and destruction - all while putting his own personal safety very much in the firing line. This is his memoir of those experie ...Show more
In Search of Perfumes - A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques
9.99 AUD
39.99 (75% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS | Reading Level: near fine
A journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. The book also tackles the earth's changing climate conditions, with its impact on the sources of the world's scents. In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of th ...Show more
Christmas Tales by William McInnes
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32.99 (69% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
'Tis the season to be jolly! One of Australia's favourite storytellers is back with a collection of stories about everyone's favourite family holiday. I can't help it if I'm a boring conservative dag, but I love Christmas, always have and hopefully always will. Whatever brand of faith you fly under, ev ...Show more
No Bull by Linda Bull, Vika Bull
9.99 AUD
35.00 (71% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
While most music careers stalled during the pandemic, Vika and Linda Bull soared with two chart-topping albums as they became beacons of warmth in uncertain times. For three decades they were best known as backing singers and collaborators to some of Australia's biggest artists, but it was when the worl ...Show more
Life is Worth Swimming (HB) by Murray Rose
14.99 AUD
39.99 (62% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
Life is Worth Swimming is an intimate glimpse into the personal journey of Australian swimming icon Murray Rose--his life, his stories and his innermost thoughts. Throughout the book, enchanting images--some nostalgic, some recent and many from his private collection--document his life, highlight his wo ...Show more
Midnight Water : A Memoir by Gaylene Perry
6.99 AUD
24.95 (71% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
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
Memoirs by Mike Willesee
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44.99 (77% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
"After thousands of stories, a legend finally tells his own. Mike Willesee has been Australia's most revered television journalist for over fifty years. And behind the lens, a businessman, powerbroker, trailblazer and enduring enigma. Son of a minister in the Whitlam cabinet, Willesee was a football sta ...Show more