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
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
Hack in a Flak Jacket by Peter Stefanovic
9.99 AUD
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
9.99 AUD
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
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
9.99 AUD
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
Truths from an Unreliable Witness: Finding laughter in the darkest of places by Fiona O'Loughlin
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
A fiercely honest and wryly funny memoir from one of Australia's most loved comedians shows us that no matter how far down you get, there is always a way back. Fiona O'Loughlin was raised in the generation of children who were to be seen, but not heard ... unless there were guests in the house. Then she ...Show more
Touchstones: Rugby League, Rock 'n' Roll, the Road and Me by Steve Mascord
6.99 AUD
29.95 (76% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
In early 2016, Steve Mascord set out on a quest: 52 games and 52 gigs in a year. He'd document the adventure, the characters and controversies, highlights such as Axl Rose fronting AC/DC and Cronulla winning their first premiership, combine it all with his edgy opinions, and turn it into a book. It beca ...Show more
Funkytown by Paul Kennedy
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: Biography/Memoir SPECIALS
Paul Kennedy's Funkytown is the vivid true story of a year in the life of a teenager leaping into manhood. It is 1993: a serial killer is loose on the streets of Frankston, Victoria. The community is paralysed by fear and a state's police force and national media come to find a killer. Meanwhile, sevent ...Show more