Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The story of a life built on sand. In the rain. In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Alan Davies recalls his boyhood with vivid insight and devastating humour. Shifting between his 1970s upbringing and his life today, Davies moves poignantly from innocence to experience to the clarity of hindsi ...Show more
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa ...Show more
The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life -- Without the Boring Bits by Paul Hogan
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on our screens in 1971 as a 'tap dancing knife thrower' on channel 9's New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switc ...Show more
Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own words. From their broad experience on the world stage in politics, economics and global not-for-profits, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Julia ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern - A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is a leader for a new generation, one tired of inertia in the face of pressing issues such as climate change, immigration and the rise of far-right terrorism. Ardern was catapulted onto the international stage with her grace and compassion following th ...Show more
Educated by Tara Westover
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't b ...Show more
Catch a Falling Star (Jeanne Little Biography) by Katie M. Little
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
In 1974 Jeanne Little burst into the living rooms of millions of households across Australia with her ?rst appearance on The Mike Walsh Show - audiences didn't know what hit them! With a ?gure like Twiggy, false eyelashes and a raucous voice that screamed 'Hello Daaaaaaahling!', Jeanne was an instant se ...Show more
Working Class Man (PB) (C-format) by Jimmy Barnes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class B ...Show more
Tracker by Alexis Wright
$39.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs | Series: STELLA WINNER 2018
Winner of the 2018 Stella Prize A collective memoir of one of Aboriginal Australia's most charismatic leaders and an epic portrait of a period in the life of a country, reminiscent in its scale and intimacy of the work of Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Svetlana Alexievich. Miles Franklin Award-winni ...Show more
The Happiest Refugee: My Journey from Tragedy to Comedy by Anh Do
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded boat. But nothing - not murderous pirates, nor the imminent threat of death by hunger, disease or dehydration as they drifted for days - could ...Show more
I Am Malala (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai ref ...Show more