Robin - Biography of Robin Williams by Dave Itzkoff
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From "New York Times" culture reporter Itzkoff, comes the definitive biography of Robin Williams--a compelling portrait of one of America's most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.over.
The World of Mab Grimwade by Thea Gardiner
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
An exquisitely packaged hardback revealing the untold story of an influential Australian philanthropist. Born into a genteel family of pastoralists and investors in colonial Victoria, Mabel Louise Kelly (1887-1973), or 'Mab' to those who knew her, would grow up to make an enormous contribution to the a ...Show more
Unbreakable Threads - The True Story of an Australian Mother, a Refugee Boy and What It Really Means to Be a Family by Emma Adams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
An extraordinary story of courage and kindness and the ultimate triumph of family over what, at times, seem like insurmountable odds. 'Abdul is dignified, defiant even, but his poise is beginning to wear thin in this place. He needs surgery for a chronic shoulder injury sustained when he was hit by a ca ...Show more
Fatherhood by William McInnes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
William McInnes, one of Australia's best-known storytellers and actors, has turned to a subject that is close to his heart. Fatherhood is about family, about memories of his father and the memories he's creating as a dad himself, with his own son and daughter. Warm, witty and nostalgic, these tales are ...Show more
Full Disclosure: Stormy Daniels by Stormy Daniels
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
"Standing up to bullies is my kind of thing." How did Stormy Daniels become the woman willing to take on a president? In this book, Stormy Daniels tells her whole story for the first time: what it's like to be a leading actress and director in the adult film business, the full truth about her journey ...Show more
The Cave: The Inside Story of the Daring Thai Cave Rescue by Liam Cochrane
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Twelve boys and one coach; ten kilometers of tunnels; one huge rescue effort. When a team of soccer players from the Wild Boar Academy Football Club - a scrappy club of undocumented migrants and outcasts - became stranded behind rising water in a labyrinthine Thai cave system, they set in train a drama ...Show more
I'm a Joke and So Are You - A Comedian's Take on What Makes Us Human by Robin Ince
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year Skinny's Book of the Year What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? Reviews for I'm a Joke and So Are You: 'Joyfully entertaining.' - Observer 'Funny, ho ...Show more
The Beekeeper of Sinjar by Dunya Mikhail
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Saving Yasidi Women & Girls from Isis sex Slavery
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or enslaving those who won't convert to Islam. These women h ...Show more
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
$13.00 AUD
$19.99 (34% off)
Category: Biography & Memoir
At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, Joanna Rakoff moves to New York City and takes a job as assistant to the storied literary agent for J. D. Salinger. She spends her days in the plush, wood-panelled agency, where Dictaphones and typewriters still reig ...Show more
My Year Of Living Vulnerably by Rick Morton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From Rick Morton, the author of the bestselling, critically acclaimed memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt comes a dazzlingly brilliant book about love, trauma and recovery, My Year of Living Vulnerably. 'Wonderfully readable and wide-ranging exploration of the visible and invisible touchstones of our liv ...Show more
Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
When he was two years old, Hunter Biden was badly injured in a car accident that killed his mother and baby sister. In 2015, he suffered the devastating loss of his beloved big brother, Beau, who died of brain cancer at the age of 46. These hardships were compounded by the collapse of his marriage and a ...Show more
Sex, Drugs and a Buddhist Monk: A stepping stone towards a silent mind. by Luke Kennedy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
This journey is about a trip that became much more than just a story-- but a parable for, and the stepping stone towards a silent mind.Sex, Drugs, and a Buddhist Monk tells the story of a fateful (and nearly fatal) trip to Thailand, which started in debauchery but ended in enlightenment.A severely obese ...Show more