Poster Boy: A Memoir of Art and Politics by Peter Drew
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
I've stuck up thousands of posters across Australia to interrogate our national identity. With each, the response has grown. You might expect I have unshakable convictions about social justice, but I don't. I reject the label 'activist'. So why do what I do? Maybe it's time I made sense of my motivation ...Show more
The Full Catastrophe: Stories from When Life Was So Bad It Was Funny by Rebecca Huntley; Sarah Macdonald
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
We've all had days when if we didn't laugh, we'd cry. Whether it's a domestic drama, career cockup or just a run-of-the-mill disaster, we've all been there - no matter who we are. In this hilarious and moving collection, well-known Australians from all walks of life share their stories as a kind of mass ...Show more
The Beekeeper of Sinjar - Rescuing the stolen women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Saving Yasidi Women & Girls from Isis sex Slavery
In The Beekeeper of Sinjar, the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail tells the harrowing stories of women from across Iraq who have managed to escape the clutches of ISIS. Since 2014, ISIS has been persecuting the Yazidi people, killing or enslaving those who won't convert to Islam. These women h ...Show more
Man's Best Friend by Luke Warburton; Simon Bouda
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Dream of being a police officer in Dog Unit
The inspiring true story of police officer Luke Warburton and his best friend, Chuck the police dog, and their dangerous operations in the line of duty. At 10.30 p.m. on 12 January 2016 Acting Sergeant Luke Warburton thought he was taking his last breath. A decorated New South Wales Police Officer, the ...Show more
Winning for Women: A Personal Story by Iola Mathews
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Biography Ser.
What was it like to be involved in the heady days of 'second wave' feminism in Australia, when the role of women at home and at work changed decisively? Iola Mathews was one of the founders of the Women's Electoral Lobby, a journalist at The Age, and later a leading ACTU advocate for women workers durin ...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.
Don Dunstan: The visionary politician who changed Australia by Angela Woollacott
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Don Dunstan was one of the most significant political figures of twentieth-century Australia. As Premier of South Australia, he blazed a trail of reform. But his influence reached far beyond his home state. He was seen as the architect of a new kind of Australian society, and his decade in office marked ...Show more
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue explores what it means to come into your own - on your own terms. Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. In this riveting ...Show more
Valerie Taylor: An Adventurous Life by Valerie Taylor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: An Adventurous Life
At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before ...Show more
Lady in Waiting - My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Princess Margaret
The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation - and is a character in THE CROWN this spring. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage, with the wonderful wit and ex ...Show more
Take Six Girls - The Lives of the Mitford Sisters (Illustrated Edition) by Laura Thompson
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Writer, countrywoman, Fascist, Nazi, Communist, duchess. Born in that order, they were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald ...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.