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Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER Winner of the New England Book Award for Nonfiction Winner of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book of the Year "The...
Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
Prisoner of the State is the first book to give readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao...
Luck: A Fresh Look At Fortune
For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Ed believed that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and...
Dissolve
'Every woman on Earth should read it' Caroline Overington, Weekend Australian Having lived through the humiliation and bewildering complexity of heartbreak in her twenties, Nikki Gemmell eventually resurfaced, reclaimed space...
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir
$15.00 AUD
When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010) - only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded and Stephen Field have...
Almost 5'4"
Confessions of an unconventional model Isobella Jade is no ordinary model - she is far too short for a start. At `almost five foot four' in heels she found herself...
Glittering a Turd: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller
"This honest and beautiful book is a story of resilience and doing life your way."- Fearne Cotton "Kris's story should make you feel grateful for every second you're alive. It's...
My Name Is Why
How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep it a secret? This story is how. At the age of seventeen, after a childhood...
Unbowed:: A Soldier's Journey Back from Paralysis
Unbowed: A Soldier's Journey Back from Paralysis is the story of a dramatic recovery from diagnosed quadriplegia to a level of functionality rarely seen. Billy Hedderman was body boarding on...
Stranger Country: A 30,000 kilometre solo road trip through the
WINNER, Non-fiction Award - Chief Minister's NT Book Awards 'Will I ever really belong to this country? As a Chinese Australian? As a non-Indigenous Australian? . . . I was...
The Cypress Tree
Kamin Mohammadi was nine years old when her family fled Iran during the 1979 Revolution. Bewildered by the seismic changes in her homeland, she turned her back on the past...
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and
'I'm convinced that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians would rather look to the future than be trapped in the past. We see that spirit in [Izzeldin Abuelaish]' Barack Obama,...
The Cancer Journals
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Moving between journal entry, memoir, and exposition, Audre Lorde fuses the personal and political as she reflects on her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. A Penguin...
Cheng Lei: The extraordinary memoir of surviving China's secret
The extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage. Journalist Cheng Lei spent more than...
One Day at a Time: An inspiring memoir about the power of hope and
A treasured son. A rare condition. A memoir of loss and joy and everything in between. My mind is racing. I'm trying to make sense of what the doctors have...
Rebel Doctor: From Baghdad to the Australian Bush
'We had no idea how my brother had been executed. Not until later when we saw the thick blue line scoured into his neck.' Jets screaming low over the roof...
New Wave Vision
Hayden Cox started his surfboard brand Haydenshapes at the age of 15 while still at school, taking on a fickle industry where few succeed beyond local reach. Today he is...
Out of the Blue: An Australian Story of Courage and Survival
Ryle Winn had never had it so good. Happily married with grown-up children, he'd just bought his own cattle property and owned the smartest working dog around. Equally at home...
Nala's World: One man, his rescue cat and a bike ride around the globe
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'As a chronicle of an extraordinary friendship between man and animal, and its unexpected consequences, it's entirely delightful' DAILY MAIL 'This uplifting retelling of their adventures...
The Divorce of Nations: A Diplomat's Inside View as the Global Order
An inside perspective to global diplomacy from one of the world's foremost diplomats. Today, we find ourselves in arguably the most dangerous geopolitical situations of modern time. Outlining key moments...
Lines of the Times: A Travel Scrapbook - The Journal Notes of Martin
"... destined to become a classic and a sought-after book in charity shops, long after you have dipped in and out of the twenty-six chapters." ... a literary critic Always...
Sorry Bro!
So recently my bro Elliot's been learning to read, and it gave me the idea that I should write up our story...also, that way, he can relive everything I've put...
Brunette Ambition
Filled with never-before-seen photos and revealing anecdotes, Brunette Ambition is the book Lea wishes she'd had when she was younger- a practical and inspirational guide to harnessing tenacity and passion...
The Raven's Nest
In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the strange landscape she found herself in, a place whose midwinter full moon...
The Twat Files
A hugely relatable, funny, honest and inspirational 'memoir of sorts' in which Dawn celebrates what it means to be gloriously, messily human When I was younger I wanted to be...
Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
Before long, and without intending it, I foundthat jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal. Former president George H. W. Bush had been known for saying "Read my...
Named: A Story of Names and Reclaiming Who We Are
A fascinating and beautiful mix of memoir, global naming trends and reclaiming who we are. 'Gutsy, entertaining and thought-provoking...A marvellous book.' Diana Evans What's in a name? Everything we carry,...
The Penguin Lessons
A unique, true story about a penguin living at a boarding school with the teacher who saves its life When schoolteacher Tom Michell pulls a penguin from an oil slick...
In Search of Mr Darcy: Lessons Learnt in the Pursuit of Happily Ever
A coming-of-middle-age memoir, about the search for love, friendship and the ever-elusive Mr Darcy. Prince Charming? Happily ever after? Childhood fairy tales are full of promises, but the reality -...
The Cow Book: A Story of Life on a Family Farm
'This is an important slice of living, breathing agricultural history written with absolute honesty by an insider who has the rare quality of being able to see it from the...
Robert Manne: A Political Memoir: Intellectual Combat in the Cold War
The recollections of Australia's leading public intellectual Robert Manne is one of Australia's most profound political analysts. His memoir traces his intellectual roots, revealing how his family background and early...
Pablo Escobar: My Father: My Father
$12.00 AUD
THE POPULAR SERIES NARCOS CAPTURES ONLY HALF THE TRUTH. HERE, AT LAST, IS THE FULL STORY. THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER! Until now, we believed that everything had been said about...
A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom
In 2002, the Swiss power company ABB appointed Felix Abt its country director for North Korea. The Swiss entrepreneur lived and worked in North Korea for seven years-one of the...
Women Like Us: Feeling Overwhelmed, Overworked, Overweight And Over
Stand-up comedians Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs have joined forces for the first time to write a very funny collection of stories that examines what it means to be a...
Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life
A Washington Post Book World Rave Harriet McBryde Johnson's witty and highly unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends with a bold and unsentimental sermon on...
Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds
Let Me Not Be Mad is an immersive, virtuosic and provocative investigation of madness, love and self-destruction that defies categorisation. A consulting room with two people in it. One of...
The Little Book Of Anxiety: Confessions From A Worried Life
Popular author and blogger Kerri Sackville's very funny take on her life with anxiety. This is an insight into anxiety that only Kerri could give! The Little Book Of Anxiety...
Vow: A Memoir of Marriage (and Other Affairs)
There are so many ways to find out. From a mobile phone. From a bank account. From some weird supermarket encounter. One morning in early January 2005, Wendy Plump's neighbour...
Graft: How to Smash Life
GET OUT THERE, GIVE IT 110% AND ABSOLUTELY SMASH IT! Tom Skinner is a grafter. Born and bred in Romford, he's spent a lifetime on market stalls and has always...
My Own Story (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Read the life story of the leader of the women's suffrage movement in an abridged, digestible form. Vintage Feminism- classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESS...
A Work In Progress: 'I'm not past my prime, and neither are you!'
'I'm not past my prime. And neither are you!' Engaging and wise, A Work in Progress will resonate with every middle-aged woman who feels newly invisible, silenced, underestimated or diminished....
Lost in Music: The classic laugh-out-loud memoir
A hilarious memoir and modern classic of trying to make it as a rock star, perfect for fans of High Fidelity and Daisy Jones & the Six 'In the Spring...
The Scent of Flowers at Night: a stunning new work of non-fiction from
International bestseller Leila Slimani's elegant meditation on life and death, art and beauty, translated by Sam Taylor 'A revelation - I have never felt more seen by a book, nor...
Underclass: A Memoir
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of...
In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh
In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the...
The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods
The inside story of legendary golfer Tiger Woods' magnificent run, when he won all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, becoming the greatest player of his generation-a show...
Fighting Fate
Justin Yerbury made a promise to his mother while she was dying of motor neurone disease (MND) that he would do everything he could to find a cure. MND had...
Outside, the Sky is Blue: The story of a family told with searing
'A bracing, heart-lifting read. Patterson is a superb writer' Observer OUTSIDE, THE SKY IS BLUE is a heart-breaking yet also truly joyful and wise memoir of growing up, of dealing...