The Coffin Confessor by William Edgar
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'That's when I stood up, told the best mate to sit down, shut up or f**k off. That the man in the coffin had a few things to say.'Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest ...Show more
The Furball Strikes Back (the Bad Guys: Episode 3) by Aaron Blabey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys are about to have a very BAD day! Mr. Wolf and his bad buddies have messed with the wrong guinea pig--one who is secretly an evil mad scientist. And the nasty little furball wants revenge! Will they survive? Will they be heroes? And will
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | 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 Nature of Honour by David McBride
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Son, father, soldier, lawyer, adventurer, crusader - tells the colourful and fascinating life story of David McBride. Son of the renowned Sydney obstetrician, Dr William McBride, who raised the alarm on the anti-nausea drug thalidomide in the 1960s and was later struck off the medical register for falsi ...Show more
The Pimp and the Pork Sausage: A Story of Life by Susan Norman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Susan Norman's disturbing childhood and violent marriage left her with learning and writing difficulties that she has spent her life overcoming. Using guile, good humour and a fair dollop of native intelligence, she endured extreme domestic violence and misfortune, yet always managed to spring off the b ...Show more
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset ...Show more
The Strength of Hope: A Holocaust Survivor's Guide to Love and Life by Abram Goldberg, Fiona Harris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
One of most uplifting stories you will ever read. Abram Goldberg is a beacon of joy and optimism, and a master of keeping perspective. The day Abram and his mother arrived at Auschwitz death camp they both knew it would be her last. In their final moment together, Abram's mum urged her nineteen-year-old ...Show more
The Tap-Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life (without the boring bits) by Paul Hogan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Paul Hogan first appeared on Australia's screens in 1971 as a 'tap-dancing knife thrower' on TV talent show New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switchboard lit up, he was invited back. So popular was he with viewers, ...Show more
The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by A. J. Mackinnon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'A couple of quiet weeks sailing the River Severn was the intention. Somehow things got out of hand - a year later I had reached Romania and was still going . . . ' Truly hilarious books are rare. Even rarer are those based on real events. Join A.J. Mackinnon, your charming and eccentric guide, on an am ...Show more
The Way Through the Woods: Of mushrooms and mourning by LONG LITT WOON AND BARBARA HAVELAND
$29.99 AUD
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Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: 6.5 Wellbeing
A grieving widow discovers a most unexpected form of healing - hunting for mushrooms. Long Litt Woon met Eiolf a month after arriving in Norway from Malaysia as an exchange student. They fell in love, married, and settled into domestic bliss. Then Eiolf's unexpected death at fifty-four left Woon strugg ...Show more
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir. "I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the intensity, the power, the photographic storytelling of They Called Me ...Show more
This Much is True: 'There's never been a memoir so packed with eye-popping, hilarious and candid stories' DAILY MAIL by Miriam Margolyes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRYBAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation's favourite (and naughtiest) treas ...Show more