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Australian Nurses Since Nightingale 1860-1990 (SIGNED)
$45.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum Melbourne, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis historical non-fiction work chronicles the significant contributions of...
The Autobiography Of Bertrand Russell; Volume One: 1872-1914
$12.00 AUD
Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: PaperbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, London, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical work chronicles the early life and...
Going It Alone: Mary Andrews - Missionary To China (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Author: Margaret Yarwood LambBinding: PaperbackPublished: Aquila Press, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical account chronicles the remarkable journey of Mary...
Men Were My Milestones: Australian Portraits And Sketches
$15.00 AUD
Author: A. R. ChisholmBinding: PaperbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis biographical collection, "Men Were My Milestones:...
I Must Belong Somewhere: An extraordinary family tale of survival
'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, fled the Russian threat in Ukraine for Vienna in 1914. Blinded in the First World War, he...
Four Waifs on our Doorstep
When no one cares, who will pick up the pieces of abused children's lives? At eleven o' clock one night in 1997, four hungry, damaged young children arrive on foster...
Throwing the Book
Wayne Barnes - one of the most-experienced international referees in history and criminal barrister to boot - uniquely lifts the lid on a lifetime of trying to keep the biggest...
Fifteen Percent Pregnant: A Man, a Woman and IVF
Tony Hardy is 43 and trying to become a dad for the first time. He is typical of those self-absorbed 40-somethings who live in the cashed-up inner suburbs. Delaying fatherhood...
Between Borders and Buses: A tale of mayhem and misadventure through
What happens when you take a clumsy Australian of Anglo Indian descent, a backpack, stick him on a bus in Europe and close the door? A good question, the answer...
Elizabeth And Her German Garden
May 7th -- There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it...
Michael Faraday and The Royal Institution: The Genius of Man and Place
A self-educated man who knew no mathematics, Michael Faraday rose from errand boy to become one of Britain's greatest scientists. Faraday made the discoveries upon which most of twentieth-century technology...
Andy Murray (A Life Story)
Andy Murray: tennis player, sports icon, Olympian. Get the inside track on one of history's most spectacular athletes! A Life Story: this thrilling series throws readers directly into the lives...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the
*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical vision for how we might do things better '...
Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front
A self-described "desert rat" who rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-two, Bill Mauldin used flashing black brush lines and sardonic captions to capture the world of the American...
Taking Back My Power: An explosive, inspiring and totally honest
Georgia Harrison's story as you've never heard it before. Explosive and inspiring, Georgia reveals the truth behind the headlines: the shocking truth of how she suffered revenge porn at the...
Birth Notes: A Memoir of Trauma, Motherhood and Recovery
'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.' After her twins were born, Jessica Cornwell stopped feeling. Plagued by memories of a traumatic...
Priceless
Charlie Daniels has experienced every level of the business of prostitution, been to the depths, risen to the heights and survived both. She started her career as a streetwalker when...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian
'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON 'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs...
Manic: A woman in pain. A life in chaos. The courage to fight a secret
A harrowing memoir of life with manic depression. All In My Head reveals the terrible reality of the condition and it's devastating impact on the life of a young woman....
Street Kid Fights On: She thought the nightmare was over
$10.00 AUD
How can you forget your past when it keeps coming back to haunt you? Judy Westwater, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Street Kid, was determined to turn her back...
Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and
"In her new book Why It's OK to Talk About Trauma , she forges a new path for all survivors of trauma, as well as breathing much-needed humour into a...
Kersten's Lists: A Saviour in the Depths of Hell
The astonishing true story of Heinrich Himmler's masseur who used his influence over the S.S. commander to save the lives of over a hundred thousand people, including sixty thousand Jews....
Electric Blue
The riveting, darkly funny stand-alone sequel to Loose Units. Paul Verhoeven's ex-cop dad, John, spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. One day John...
BORN TO FLY
"I will never forget my first flight, the feeling of being pushed back in the seat, the rumbling that suddenly turned into silence. It fascinated me then, it does now."...
All I Know: A memoir of love, loss and life
'Mary's book is lesson to all of us on how to live life to the fullest even in our most difficult moments. I loved it.' - Naomi Watts Starting with...
Fighter Pilot: Mis-Adventures Beyond the Sound Barrier with an
Mac Tucker, or 'Serge' to use his callsign name, is one of an elite group of men trained to fly F-18 jets. Now, for the first time, Serge takes you...
Out of the Blue: A City Girl's Tale of True Love and Romance with a
When Joanna Fincham appeared on a popular reality TV program in 2008 looking for love, little did the viewers know that Jo had been suffering from depression on and off...
The Exotic Rissole: A Memoir
'I put some rissoles in sandwiches for you two. Dig in.' Lynchy grabbed two and handed me one. We bit into them while sipping our SodaStream-manufactured soft drink. A rush...
Cameron Townsend: Good News in Every Language
In one decisive moment, Cameron Townsend understood that God had called him to translate the Bible into the language of his Guatemalan friends. For Cam, the obstacles were small in...
A Man of Two Faces: Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for
'A triumphant memoir' Cathy Park Hong, author of MINOR FEELINGS, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer...
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
Przemysl, Poland, 1939. Two-year-old Renata is woken by her Mamusia in the middle of the night and bundled into the basement. The peacock quilt she is wrapped in reminds her...
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): The Sunday Times Music Book
SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 MOJO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A...
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): The Sunday Times Music Book
SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 MOJO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A...
The Whole Shebang: Articles and Reflections
A new collection writings by Clare Boyd-Macrae. "Opening these pages, one is admitted into the world of a deeply intelligent, sensitive and sensual woman who loves her husband, her children...
Fr. Werenfried
Fr Werenfried van Straaten is almost a legend in the Catholic Church. A Dutch Norbertine priest, he has become known and loved throughout the world thanks to his powerful message...
No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport
In a good year aerobatics is one of the most beautiful sports imaginable. Pilots pull through impossibly elegant figures at hundreds of miles an hour. In a bad year no...
Busy Being Free: A Lifelong Romantic is Seduced by Solitude
'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of Managing Expectations 'The most delicious memoir that kept me in bed all day' Sophie Heawood,...
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption:
WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight...
Gielgud: A Theatrical Life, 1904-2000
This authoritative biography of John Gielgud deals in fascinating detail with the life and work of the greatest classical actor of the twentieth century. Drawing on recollections of more than...
Eden Renewed: Public and Private Life of John Milton
This is an account of the life and career of John Milton. The book traces the development of Milton's poetry from the Latin intimations of his boyhood through the lyrical...
Sharing the Climb
Sharing the Climb traces the development of the Anglican mission in Oro (Northern) Province in Papua New Guinea from 1948 to 1967 through the experiences of Sister Nancy White.
A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers
A masterfully atmospheric book of hidden lives and family secrets from the celebrated biographer A Book of Secrets is a masterfully atmospheric treasure-trove of hidden lives, uncelebrated achievements and family...