For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke Marcus
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
This great Australian classic was first published in 1874 - a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper. It follows the story of Rufus Dawes, a young man transported for a murder which he did not commit. The harsh and inhumane treatmen ...Show more
The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
<b>The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series <i>All Creatures Great and Small.</i></b> Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world has change ...Show more
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
A story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self-pity, it brings us face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and the me ...Show more
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
"I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current." So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Ed ...Show more
The Many Lives of Barry Humphries (PB): A Treasury of Reminisces by Rowan Dean
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
Actor, comedian, raconteur, writer, poet, painter, songwriter, music lover and one of the most gifted artists of the last century, Barry Humphries was an Australian global superstar. In this affectionate tribute, Rowan Dean, one of the last people to spend time alone with his friend Barry, reminisces th ...Show more
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candor We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python--from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. N ...Show more
A Really Good Day - How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
'Ayelet Waldman is fearless' Rebecca Solnit 'Relentlessly honest and surprisingly funny' Washington Post'Genuinely brave and human' New York Times'Wildly brilliant' ElleThe true story of how a renowned writer's struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses ...Show more
Motivated by Murder by Kenneth Marslew
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
Ken Marslew shares his personal journey following the murder of his son, Michael in 1994. As he grapples with the incomprehensible loss, Ken takes readers on a heart-wrenching journey that begins with the harrowing incident, the funeral and the hunt for Michael's killers. Ken confronts a legal system t ...Show more
Wandering Through Life: A Memoir by Donna Leon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
The internationally bestselling author tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her ninth decade. From a childhood in the company of her New Jersey family, with frequent visits to her grandfather's farm and its beloved animals and summers spent selling homegrown tomatoes by the roadside, Donna ...Show more
The Letters of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney; Christopher Reid
$89.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
The letters provide us with an intimate, multi-layered understanding of this extraordinarypoet's life and mind.
The Many Lives of Barry Humphries (HB): A Treasury of Reminisces by Rowan Dean
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
Actor, comedian, raconteur, writer, poet, painter, songwriter, music lover and one of the most gifted artists of the last century, Barry Humphries was an Australian global superstar. In this affectionate tribute, Rowan Dean, one of the last people to spend time alone with his friend Barry, reminisces th ...Show more
Me and Paul - Untold Stories of a Fabled Friendship by Willie Nelson; David Ritz
$65.00 AUD
Category: Biography & True Stories
Discover the untold stories and unbreakable bond between country music icon Willie Nelson and his longtime drummer, Paul English.Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who for 70 years acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in cri ...Show more