A Hippo Love Story by Karen Paolillo
$14.99 AUD
Category: Biography
When the threads that hold human society together unravel, the animal kingdom suffers. Karen Paolillo discovered this first-hand in Zimbabwe when she developed a close connection with thirteen hippos in their natural habitat, the Turgwe River. Her mission to save these exceptional animals after they cam ...Show more
Just Doing My Job : Cops, Firies, Ambos - Everyday Australians with Everyday Stories by James Knight
$24.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Tells the stories of unsung heroes in the emergency services. The diversity of situations and emotions are as great as any person in any line of work ever experiences. Threaded with the wry humour these unassuming professionals so often use to deflect the intensity of their experiences, these stories ar ...Show more
Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister by Patrick Weller
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
KEVIN RUDD: THE MAKING OF A PRIME MINISTER is an in-depth account of Kevin Rudd's first term in office. Political scientist Patrick Weller has used unparalleled access to Rudd, his staff, friends and family, to create a compelling portrait of a man at the height of his powers. Beginning with Rudd's chil ...Show more
Up Till Now by William Shatner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
William Shatner gets the joke about William Shatner. In fact, most of the time he's the one telling it. His self-effacing attitude, so perfectly parodied in the bombastic character he now plays on Boston Legal, Denny Crane, is one of the reasons for his huge popularity. While best known for his creation ...Show more
The Little Girl on the Ice Floe: A Memoir by Adélaïde Bon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
"Life itself is in these pages: in this candid, poetic style there is storytelling of real quality" - LEILA SLIMANI, author of Lullaby A powerful and personal account of the devastating consequences of childhood rape: a valuable voice for the #MeToo conversation. Adélaïde Bon grew up in a wealthy neighb ...Show more
Cancer Schmancer by Fran Drescher
$31.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Part inspirational cancer-survival story, part memoir-as-a-laughriot, picks up where Fran's last book left off.
Rolling With The Punchlines by Urzila Carlson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Chuckle, laugh and snigger along with Urzila in this fascinating memoir of a life in comedy. 'Effortlessly likeable ... stream of belly-laughs' - The Age, Melbourne
Split: True stories of leaving, loss and new beginnings by Peter Bishop; Lee Kofman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: True Stories by Prominent Australian Writers
In this compelling anthology of personal essays, curated by award-winning author Lee Kofman, some of Australia's most beloved writers reveal, for the first time, powerful, occasionally funny and often heartbreaking stories of significant endings and their aftermath. Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie P ...Show more
Nurse Abroad by Anne Watts
$12.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The moving and heartwarming memoir of a British nurse who has spent her life working in the world's most remote and hostile environments In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills. Her father expected her to work locally, not too far from North Wales, where Anne ...Show more
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Praise for Corey White's stand-up- 'Captivating' Tom Gleeson 'It's a spiritually enriching show. Whitey has safer hands than Gilchrist circa 2003 ... Strap in for this one, it's a harrowing little number that leaves you in a good mood, quite a feat.' Herald Sun 'Corey White runs the full gamut of human ...Show more