Burnt by David Baird
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The shocking true story of a woman's deception and a man's broken heart
My Life in Ruins by Adam Ford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Part memoir, part potted history of civilisation, My Life in Ruins is the account of a life lived in uncovering the past. Adam Ford is an archaeologist. Not only has he been on expeditions to unlock the mysteries of the past in the Caribbean, British Isles, Jordan, Syria, Israel, United Arab Emirates an ...Show more
Frank Lowy: A Second Life by Jill Margo
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The brand new second volume of the biography of one of Australia's richest, most active and most influential men, Frank Lowy - an extraordinary story of challenge and achievement. Depending on the day, Frank Lowy is either the richest or the second richest man in Australia and his story - of his journey ...Show more
The Short Long Book: A Portrait of Michael Long, the Man Who Changed the Australian Game by Martin Flanagan
$18.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A portrait of Michael Long, the man who changed the Australian game. In 1995, Aboriginal footballer Michael Long gave the AFL its 'Mandela moment'. He quietly revolutionised Australian sport by refusing to let a racial insult pass during the Anzac Day match between Essendon and Collingwood. When the ove ...Show more
True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction by Helen Garner
$23.95 AUD
Category: Australian
New format of this collection of personal essays by Helen Garner, which spans 25 years of work, by one of Australia's greatest writers. Readers will be fascinated by some of the events that shaped her life as a writer and as a person.
A Double Shot of Happiness by Judy Sharp
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Tim Sharp and his magnificent creation, Laser Beak Man, are now major names in the world of international art. But the journey to this point has been an extraordinary one. When Judy Sharp took her three-year-old son Tim to a paediatric specialist, he was diagnosed with autism so severe that she was told ...Show more
Maverick Mountaineer by Robert Wainwright
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The first full-length biography of George Ingle Finch - maverick Australian mountaineer, scientist, concert pianist and father of actor Peter Finch. George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 ...Show more
Schools of Fish Finch Memoir Prize Winner 2015 by Sampson, Alan
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian
What happens when a very strict principal of a state high school has to deal with one of the most troublesome students he has ever had...his own son? When the two unexpectedly find a common interest, the change to their relationship alters significantly. Both learn the hard way that the best education i ...Show more
Reg Saunders : An Indigenous War Hero by Hugh Dolan & Adrian Threlfall
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the Army, retold in action-packed graphic format. Reg Saunders MBE (1920u90) not only survived the World War II battlefields in the Middle East, North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelled as a m ...Show more
What I Would Do If I Were You by Mandy Nolan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Welcome to the wonderful, slightly-wacky world of Mandy Nolan. She is a stand-up comedian, an artist and a mother of five children ranging in age from toddler to teenager. Her on-stage accounts of everyday events of family life have entertained audiences for years. 'What I Would Do If I Were You' is a h ...Show more
Home Truths: Myth Dusting by the Lady of the House by Mandy Nolan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
In Home Truths, comedian and author Mandy Nolan explores the significance of place in relationship to self, specifically what it is about home that is so intrinsic to our sense of self and what is says about our place in the world and our emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. This is a book about w ...Show more
Boyfriends We've All Had (and Shouldn't Have) by Mandy Nolan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
In Boyfriends We've All Had (and Shouldn't Have) Mandy Nolan turns her ascerbic wit onto boyfriends past ...and no one escapes her observations. From the needy besotted drip to the brooding unavailable bad boy, from Mr New Age to Mr Emotional Retard, Mandy has seen them all come and go in her quest for ...Show more