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The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In The Beauty of Living Twice, Sharon Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life, and the slow road back to wholeness and health. In an industry that doesn't accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to mak ...Show more
Far From Home: A True Story of Murder, Loss and a Mother's Courage by Rosie Ayliffe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
British mother Rosie Ayliffe thought her 21-year-old daughter, Mia, would be safe travelling around Australia on a gap year. But Mia wanted to extend her visa and in order to do that needed to find 88 days of work on a farm - a requirement that would lead to catastrophic events. Four short days after Mi ...Show more
One Italian Summer by Pip Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food, and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and responsibilities got in the way: their chooks died, their fruit rotted, and Pip ended up depressed and in therapy. So they did the only reasonable t ...Show more
The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death and Faith by Sarah Krasnostein
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This book is about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge. From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief. Weaving together the stories of six extraordinary ordinary people, The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselve ...Show more
My Year of Living Vulnerably by Rick Morton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt, was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder - which, as he says, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn't. So, over the cou ...Show more
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
See the world. Then make it better. 'I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us ...Show more
Lapsed by Monica Dux
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Losing your religion is harder than it looks ... From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Another ten years and she'd calmed right down. Now ...Show more
Wild at Heart by Alienor le Gouvello
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
From the moment French-born Alienor encountered a pair of wild horses in the Australian outback, she was transfixed. Fiercely loved by some and considered a scourge by others, brumbies have a complicated place in Australian culture and history. Inspired to celebrate their character, Alienor tamed thre ...Show more
How to Fake Being Tidy: And Other Things My Mother Never Taught Me by Fenella Souter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Funny true stories about the everyday dramas that can make or break friendships, cooking, housekeeping and the domestic chaos that always threatens to get the upper hand, written in the tradition of Nora Ephron. 'A glorious account of how the little things of life are, of course, the big things' - Rich ...Show more
Shanghai Acrobat by Jingjing Xue
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
For readers of Mao's Last Dancer comes the inspiring true story of a world-famous acrobat who escaped communist China to begin a new life in Australia. Jingjing Xue was born in China in the 1950s, during one of the worst times in the reign of communist leader Mao Zedong, or Chairman Mao. Mao's extreme f ...Show more
Angels by David King; Maureen Lane
$29.95 AUD
Category: 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
Good Riddance: Get Rid of Your Fears and Doubts. Unleash your Potential. by Stacey Currie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Ever wondered whether change is possible? Respected businesswoman Stacey Currie is proof that it is. Raised in housing commission accommodation, Stacey was pregnant at 15. At 19, she had two kids and was homeless. At 21, authorities gave her a stark choice- leave her abusive partner and go into counsell ...Show more