Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age o ...Show more
Fifteen Seconds of Brave: The wisdom of survivors by Melissa Doyle
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
In your darkest hour can you still find hope? In this intimate and insightful book, Melissa Doyle shares the stories of some of the most resilient people she has ever met, gently drawing out their wisdom, empathy and heartfelt practical advice for anyone who's going through a difficult time. When the wo ...Show more
The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir by Victoria Belim
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A family history told across four generations as a young woman searches for traces of her great-uncle who disappeared during the 1930s, and through it, Ukraine's complex relationship with its Soviet past. In the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House, an elegant mansion ...Show more
Prairie Fires - The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDWINNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEARTLAND PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearThe first comprehensive historical b ...Show more
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: General Adult
A new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly). From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new collection of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. F ...Show more
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders who boxed to help others survive by Erik Brouwer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The story of Dutch boxer Leen Sanders who was spared to entertain the Nazi guards and helped others survive Auschwitz. 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to the gas chamber.' In 1943 Leen Sanders ...Show more
The Dressmaker and the Hidden Soldier by Doug Gold
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
The true story of an escaped soldier hiding out in the house of a Greek dressmaker who is secretly a resistance fighter. It's an epic love story against the odds, set during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WW2. Peter Blunden, a New Zealand soldier captured in Crete, jumps from a train and escapes from ...Show more
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl; Jeroen De Bruyn
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Much has been written about Anne Frank's life, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold - until now.As the youngest of the five Dutch people who hid the Frank family, Bep Voskuijl was Anne's closest confidante during the 761 excruciating days she spent hidden in the Secret Annex. In those cramp ...Show more
If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir by John Stamos
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
If you would have told a teenage John Stamos, flipping burgers at his father's southern California restaurant, that one day he'd be a teen idol, star in one of the most beloved and enduring sitcoms of our time, and become a part-time member of The Beach Boys - among many other accomplishments - he would ...Show more
Bear Woman by Karolina Ramqvist; Saskia Vogel (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A memoir of myth, motherhood and hidden history
A Farming Life: Tales of resilience from inspiring rural women by Liz Harfull
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
Bestselling author Liz Harfull shares fascinating true stories of rural Australian women, showcasing the passion, tenacity and resilience required to make a life on the land. Making a living on the land in Australia can be tough at the best of times, but the last few years of seemingly endless droughts, ...Show more
A Kind of Confession: The writer's private world by Alex Miller
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography, Memoir & Autobiography
A deeply personal, behind-the-scenes exploration of Alex Miller's six-decade writing life. A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young man in 1961 Miller left his work as a ringer in Queensland and set out to achi ...Show more