On Robyn Davidson: Writers on Writers by Richard Cooke
17.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Writers on Writing
Robyn Davidson, author of the classic memoir Tracks, has led a remarkable life of writing and nomadic travel. In this crisp, erudite essay, acclaimed critic and journalist Richard Cooke explores Davidson's relationship with place and freedom, and her singular presence in Australian letters.In the Writer ...Show more
Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A New York Times bestselling author's sparkling memoir of changing genders whilst remaining a feminist. Reasons for Transitioning: Want to impress good-looking ex; Want to upset good-looking ex; Bored of existing wardrobe, looking for excuse to buy all-new clothes that don't fit in a new way; Younger s ...Show more
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Raynor Winn's magical and life-affirming new book, The Wild Silence - the follow-up to the uplifting, Sunday Times, internationally bestselling, Wainwright prize shortlisted, and Costa shortlisted, The Salt Path. In The Salt Path, Raynor and Moth go out to find the sea, the windswept and wild coastline, ...Show more
Stephen Hawking A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow
35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific figure held such a position in popular consciousness. In this enthralling memoir, writer and physicist Leonard Mlodinow tells the story of his friend and their friendship, offering an ...Show more
The Only Way Home: One woman, two donkeys and an extraordinary outback journey of healing and renewal by Liz Byron
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Jessie Trail: A Biography by Jo Oliver
49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
Jessie Traill was one of Australia's most outstanding etchers, working in a field uncommon for women of her time. This biography explores her remarkable life - as artist, traveler, humanitarian and independent spirit. From the ten-year-old who first met Tom Roberts painting on the shores of Port Phillip ...Show more
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A rediscovered classic of American nature writing: the poetic account of a solitary year observing the wild beauty of Cape Cod.
The Anti-Cool Girl by Rosie Waterland
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near-perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget while Rosie was still struggling with various toilet mishaps. She soon realised that she was the Doug Pitt to her ...Show more
Gods and Demons by Deborah Cassrels; Deborah Cassrels
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Behind the tourist veneer of Bali and greater Indonesia: a foreign correspondent's memoirA year after the 2005 Bali bomb atrocities, journalist Deborah Cassrels found herself on an odyssey to the Indonesian resort island grappling with her own existential crisis. Instead, she catapulted into a posting a ...Show more
Merle Thornton: Bringing the Fight by Merle Thornton
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An engaging, lively, provocative and, above all, inspiring memoir from one of our home-grown, unsung feminist heroes, Merle Thornton, who has lived a life full of daring, defiance and activism. Merle Thornton is one of Australia's most delightful, formidable and game-changing pioneering feminists - ...Show more
Loud by Tana Douglas
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
What goes on tour stays on tour - unless you're the the first woman roadie in the world At just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, taking a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a teenager she headed to the UK and later the US to wor ...Show more
I Want You To Know We're Still Here - My family, the holocaust and my search for truth by Esther Safran Foer
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory. Mine is a family of readers and writers. Our house is filled with books. There are contemporary design books on the coffee table in the living room, legal books in my husband's home office, and piles of children's books for when my ...Show more