1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? Here at last is an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. First published 2005.
Women of the Land: Eight rural women and their remarkable everyday lives by Liz Harfull
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Making your living from the land in Australia is not for the faint-hearted. Isolation, hard physical work, long hours and the vagaries of drought, floods and fire make it a challenging environment for any farmer. But how do you cope when you are a woman in what is traditionally a man's world? Women of t ...Show more
Little One: A Story of Family, Love and Sacrifice, and an Extraordinary Secret by Peter Papathanasiou
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is a powerful story about family and adoption, and the tensions and joys at work between the old world of Europe and the new world of Australia.
Patient 71 by Julie Randall
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An inspiring true story of resilience, tenacity and a promise that fuelled one woman's fight for life. Four days after her fiftieth birthday celebrations, Julie Randall suffered a very sudden and severe seizure at work. Out of the blue she went from a fit, healthy, fun-loving wife and mother of two, to ...Show more
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Tom Marcus, former MI5, grew up on the streets in the north of England. He joined the Army at sixteen and went on to become the youngest member of the Armed Forces to pass the six-month selection process for Special Operations in Northern Ireland.He was hand-picked from the Army into MI5 as a Surveillan ...Show more
Back on Track: How one man and his dogs are changing the lives of rural kids by Bernie Shakeshaft, James Knight
$27.99 AUD
$34.99 (20% off)
Category: Biography
As a kid, Bernie Shakeshaft's mischievous and reckless behaviour led him to became known as the wild one of his devout Catholic family. It isn't surprising that his path led him to the Northern Territory, a place where people often go to either lose themselves or find themselves. Bernie, a searcher for ...Show more
The Gap: A paramedic's summer on the edge by Benjamin Gilmour
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer- some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic John who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even John begins to lose his sense o ...Show more
Backyard to Backpack by Evie Farrell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life in the suburbs for a life lived fully together travelling the world. What if you followed your heart to a life that made you truly happy? When her daughter Emmie was 6 years old, Evie Farrell left her corporate career, sol ...Show more
Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures As a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer by Bren Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From the aquatic world's Anthony Bourdain, Eat Like a Fish is a former fisherman's memoir, manifesto and vision for the future of food: restorative ocean farming.
The Favourite : Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough by Ophelia Field
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
** NEW ** The scandalous true history of the duchess who became her beloved queen's blackmailer, published in a new and updated edition to coincide with the major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz with Olivia Colman and Emma Stone. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was as glamorous as she was ...Show more
So, Anyway...: The Autobiography by John Cleese
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Read by John Cleese with an introduction by Michael Palin. This is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter?s Preparatory School at the age of eight and five ...Show more
My European Family : The First 54,000 Years by Karin Bojs; Fiona Graham (Translator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family. At her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. As a science journalist she was eager to learn more about herself, her family and the inter-connectedness of society. After all, we're all related. And in a sense, we are all family. My European Fa ...Show more