Heartbake: A bittersweet memoir by Charlotte Ree
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'The discovery of cooking for others again ignited something in me-it gave me meaning, and in some ways it brought me back to life.' In this heartfelt memoir of food, love and self-discovery, Charlotte Ree takes us along her journey of learning to cook in the wake of a divorce that left her feeling uns ...Show more
My Father's Suitcase by MARY GARDEN
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A gripping tale of resilience and survival that offers hope to others who have experienced family violence and suffered at the hands of a sibling. A deeply personal and heartbreaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna, who died in 2023 after a ...Show more
Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
$59.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Rafah, a town at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front rubbish-strewn alleys. The narrow streets are crowded with young children and unemployed men. Situated on the border with Egypt, swaths of Rafah have been reduced to rubble. Rafah is today and has a ...Show more
Outspoken: My fight for freedom and human rights in Afghanistan for readers of BECOMING, I AM MALALA and RISING HEART by Dr Sima Samar
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'I have three strikes against me. I'm a woman, I speak out for women and I'm Hazara, the most persecuted tribe in Afghanistan.' Dr Sima Samar has been fighting for equality and justice for most of her life. Born into a polygamous family, she learned early that girls had inferior status, and had to agree ...Show more
Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography "An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times and also through the life and times of roses." --Margaret Atwood "A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, ...Show more
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac. Within this deluxe edition is an exclusive, limited-edition art print, signed by Ai We ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Travelling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise Erdrich
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
For more than three decades, Louise Erdrich has won prizes, critical acclaim, and the hearts of readers the world over with her spellbinding novels of Native American life.
Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes. 'My new book is called Oh Miriam! - something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discove ...Show more
Hana: The Audacity To Be Free by Hana Assafiri
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
'I am every woman and every woman's quest to be free.' Hana Assafiri is a much loved and revered social activist and radical entrepreneur. Through the medium of food and dining in her now-renowned Moroccan Soup Bar, Hana has worked tirelessly to rectify the systemic and social barriers to women's empow ...Show more
Breath: A triumphant story of hope and survival by Carly-Jay Metcalfe
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
A triumphant story of hope and survival. I am dying. I know that I'm dying, despite not having been told by my doctors that I am dying. I know I am dying because I'm in the dying room. Carly-Jay Metcalfe was born with cystic fibrosis, survived a double-lung transplant at the age of twenty-one and fac ...Show more
I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
"I was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons … " Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he’s sleeping rough and t ...Show more