First they killed My Father by Loung Ung
$24.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography
A daughter of Cambodia remembers. Soon to be a Netflix original movie directed by Angelina Jolie. Until age five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of an educated, high-ranking government official. When the Khmer Rouge stormed the city in 1975, the young girl and her family fled from ...Show more
Bolt - Worth Fighting for : Insights and Reflections 2 by Andrew Bolt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
Andrew Bolt is Australia's most prominent and controversial commentator. In this second book of columns and reflections, Bolt is again in the front lines of our most urgent political and social debates, from Islam and immigration to the green movement and the rise of the slacktivist. But he also reveals ...Show more
Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story.In this extraordinary memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father's ...Show more
Hitler's Valkyrie: The Uncensored Biography of Unity Mitford by David R. L. Litchfield
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Emerging from modern history as a remarkable and much-loved family, the Mitfords have remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley and British fascism. However, having initially encouraged and supported Unity's affair wi ...Show more
Is it Just Me? by Miranda Hart
$22.99 AUD
Category: Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
Well hello to you dear browser. Now I have your attention it would be rude if I didn't tell you a little about my literary feast. So, here is the thing: is it just me or does anyone else find that adulthood offers no refuge from the unexpected horrors, peculiar lack of physical coordination and sometime ...Show more
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
$12.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist G ...Show more
Through the Farm Gate A Country Memoir by Angela Goode
$22.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
From a childhood spent yabbying and riding horses on friends' farms where the sun always shone, Angela Goode has always wanted to live on a farm of her own. With the handsome cattleman her friends set her up with, she finds her romantic illusions of country life under challenge. From one large cattle st ...Show more
Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis by J D Vance
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: very good
'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'From a former marine and Yale graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and pers ...Show more
Playing with Water A Story of a Garden by Kate Llewellyn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Kate Llewellyn's world is one that concentrates on the simple things...the planting of flowers, the moving of a tree, the art of digging the perfect hole. this is a life that endows small things with grace and dignity. After moving from her much-loved home in the mountains, Kate starts to establish her ...Show more
Martin Sharp: His life and times by Joyce Morgan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: STELLA LL 2018
Martin Sharp's art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent Australian was charged with obscenity and collaborated with Eric Clapton as he drew rock stars and repr ...Show more
Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir
'Ah, Xiaolu, you are so big now!' Then I heard my grandmother speaking behind the woman, 'This is your mother, call her mother!' I stared at the woman, perplexed. Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is six. They are strangers to her. When Xiaolu is born her parents hand her over to ...Show more