An Insider's Plague Year by Peter Doherty
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
An illuminating glimpse into the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Australia's most prominent 'insider' In An Insider's Plague Year, Nobel laureate and prominent COVID-19 authority Professor Peter Doherty recounts his response to the pandemic as it developed from January 2020-February 20 ...Show more
An Ordinary Life by Luke Pomery
$19.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
When the author was just 9 years old, he and his mother took an epic bus journey to his new home — a 450,000 acre sheep station outside of Meekatharra, just south of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. It was here where the achingly hard work of helping to run a sheep station began until he wa ...Show more
An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold by Mary Hoban
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
The page-turning biography of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Julia Sorell was an original. A colonial belle from Tasmania, vivacious and warm-hearted, Julia's marriage to Tom Arnold in 1850 propelled her into one of the most renowned families in ...Show more
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
$21.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography | Series: Picador classics
I was used to my mind being my best friend. Now, all of a sudden, my mind had turned on me: it mocked me for my vapid enthusiasms; it laughed at all of my foolish plans; it no longer found anything interesting or enjoyable or worthwhile. Dr Kay Redfield Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on man ...Show more
Analogia by Dyson, George
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control or understand, who holds the future?George Dyson plots a thrilling and unexpected course through 300 years of history and science to reveal the hidden connections that underpin the digital transformation of the current age, ending ...Show more
And Away... by Bob Mortimer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.'The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year' - Sunday Times'Winningly heartfelt' - The Guardian'A triumph' - Daily MailBob Mortimer's life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was ...Show more
And Furthermore by Judi Dench
$19.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
I can hardly believe that it is more than half a century since I first stepped on to the stage of the Old Vic Theatre and into a way of life that has brought me the most rewarding professional relationships and friendships. I cannot imagine now ever doing anything else with my life except actin ...Show more
Angels by David King; Maureen Lane
$29.95 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
David King was only 10 years old when he met The Angels. This is a tale full of childhood adventures, street smarts and ingenuity. It is the story of a survivor in a time when violence in the home was commonplace and of the gang of Angels who took him under their wings, protected him and taught him the ...Show more
Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview by ANTHONY BOURDAIN
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
The brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain is on full display in this collection of interviews from throughout his remarkable career, including interviews with Neil Degrasse Tyson and Trevor Noah Anthony Bourdain always downplayed his skills as a chef (many disagreed). But despite his mo ...Show more
Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
Peerless literary biographer Hilary Spurling turns her attention to Anthony Powell, an iconic figure of English letters. Equally notorious for his literary achievements and his lacerating wit, Powell famously authored the twelve-volume, twenty-five year magnum opus, A Dance to the Music of Time. This en ...Show more
Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories - and a terrifying brush with her own mortality - sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-cha ...Show more
Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going) by Noel Gallagher
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir & Biography
This is the behind-the-scenes story of Noel's biggest ever world tour with his band The High Flying Birds and the making of his critically-acclaimed album Who Built the Moon? Noel has had a momentous year, with his third number one solo album, a Mercury Prize nomination and a 72-date tour across the glo ...Show more