I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"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
Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Maya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In the sequel to her best- ...Show more
Kindness: What Surviving on the Kindness of Strangers Taught Me About Perspective, Connection and Happiness by Kath Koschel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A moving story of hope, resilience and the life-changing power of kindness, from the founder of the global not-for-profit, Kindness Factory. Kath Koschel has faced almost unimaginable hurdles. In her mid-twenties, she broke her back and was told she may never walk again. Shortly afterwards, she lost he ...Show more
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J Fox
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' The TimesThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future. His two previous bestselling me ...Show more
Wild Women: A collection of first-hand accounts from female explorers by Mariella Frostrup
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A collection of the greatest women's travel writing selected by journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup. From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to the Andes. Throughout history adventurous women have made epic, record-breaking journeys under perilous circumstances. Whether escaping constricte ...Show more
The School: The Ups and Downs of One Year in the Classroom by Brendan James Murray
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A portrait of one teacher and his class as they journey through the ups and downs of a school year. Brendan James Murray has been a secondary school teacher for more than ten years. In that time he has seen hundreds of kids move through his classes - troubled, brilliant, funny, passionate, struggling: e ...Show more
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky: An extraordinary true story of resilience, courage, hope and finding lightness after the heaviest of landings by Emma Carey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An extraordinary true story of resilience, courage, hope and finding lightness after the heaviest of landings From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundreds of thousands online to live life to the fullest and remind us that if we can, we must. Ther ...Show more
Evergreen: The Botanical Life of a Plant Punk by Tim Entwisle
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this wildly rich memoir, a director at some of the world's finest botanic gardens - Sydney, Kew and Melbourne - suggests such places are a cure for the world's ills.Tim Entwisle believes these sanctuaries can address the key threats of our time, such as climate change and plant extinction, while simu ...Show more
While Time Remains - A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found ...Show more
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the grimmest of societies imaginable and givin ...Show more
Ready For Absolutely Nothing by Susannah Constantine
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Rock stars to royalty, society to sobriety, get to know the real Susannah Constantine in the most hotly anticipated memoir of 2022'Absolutely brilliant' ELTON JOHN'There is a lot we can't mention on this show - you have to buy the book to find out what we mean' STEVE WRIGHT, BBC RADIO 2'A rollicking rid ...Show more
Enough by Jana Pittman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Jana writes just as she speaks: with honesty, conviction and humour, making her path to self-acceptance relatable for all of us. It took oodles of self-reflection before I came to realise my quirks developed into my resilience, my emotion gave me my empathy and my drama fuelled my passion. Too often I t ...Show more