Tonio by van der Heijden Adri
$39.99 AUD
Category: General Biography
Winner of the 2012 Libris Literature Prize - the Dutch equivalent of the Booker Prize - and a bestseller in Holland and Germany, On Pentecost 2010, Tonio - the only son of writer Adri van der Heijden - is hit by a car. He dies of his injuries that same day. Tonio is only 21. His parents are faced with t ...Show more
Tony Windsor by Ruth Rae
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
A revealing, in-depth look at the life of Tony Windsor, one of the most a widely admired, straight-talking and honourable men in Australian politics.
Truths from an Unreliable Witness: Finding laughter in the darkest of places by Fiona O'Loughlin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
A fiercely honest and wryly funny memoir from one of Australia's most loved comedians shows us that no matter how far down you get, there is always a way back. Fiona O'Loughlin was raised in the generation of children who were to be seen, but not heard ... unless there were guests in the house. Then she ...Show more
Unseen by Jacinta Parsons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
Broadcaster Jacinta Parsons was in her twenties when she first began to feel unwell – the kind of unwell that didn’t go away. Doctors couldn’t explain why, and Jacinta wondered if it might be in her head. She could barely function, was frequently unable to eat or get out of bed for days, and gradually t ...Show more
Untold Story of William Shum: Editor of Australian Home Beautiful 1926-1946 by SUE WALKER
$59.95 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
Sue Walker tells the story of her magazine editor grandfather against the larger backdrop of Australian history and cultural growth. William Shum was a pioneer in Australian magazines, as founding editor of (The) New Idea in 1902, and then Australian Home Beautiful in 1926. As founding editor of New Ide ...Show more
Weatherman Goes Bush by Graham Creed
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
A memoir about the unexpected joys and challenges of a tree-change from a television studio to a farm, from a beloved former ABC weather presenter. The expectations of a tree-change rarely meet the reality, but for TV weatherman-cum-farmer Graham Creed, being immersed in the weather every day, rather th ...Show more
When They Call You a Terrorist - A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors; Asha Bandele
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political Biography
"Narrating her own work, Patrisse Khan-Cullors shares the salient moments of her life that led her to become a founder of Black Lives Matter...pain, frustration, and joy emblazon] each word she utters." -- AudioFile MagazineThis program is read by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and includes a bonus conversationT ...Show more
Where There's a Will - Discovering Endurance in a Race Across Europe by Emily Chappell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sports Biography
'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - ObserverA London cycle courier with a taste for adventure, Emily Chappell entered an extraordinary new race - The Transcontinental - in which riders must find their own way, entirely unassisted, across Europe in the shortest time possible. On her second attempt, she ...Show more
Wicked But Virtuous: My Life by Mirka Mora
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
Few artists in Australia are held in such affectionate esteem as Mirka Mora. Even fewer have had such an amazing life. Narrowly avoiding Auschwitz during the Second World War, she and her husband Georges settled in Melbourne, where their landmark cafe-restaurants became a magnet for artists, writers and ...Show more
William Cooper: An Aboriginal Life Story by Bain Attwood
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
An important tribute to the work and life of an extraordinary Aboriginal activist William Cooper's passionate struggle against the dispossession of Aboriginal people and the denial of their rights and his heroic fight for them to become citizens in their own country has been widely commemorated and cel ...Show more
Windsor's Way (Updated Edition) by Tony Windsor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
Traitor or saviour? Tony Windsor has been called both in his 22-year political career, but never more often than when he supported Julia Gillard's government in 2010. And now he's back. After three years in retirement, Tony Windsor refuses to stand by and watch regional Australia relegated to being take ...Show more
Would that be funny?: Growing up with John Clarke by Lorin Clarke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Biography
A family memoir about the beloved comedian John Clarke by his daughter, writer Lorin Clarke. A warm, witty and uplifting book about how our families make us who we are. When satirist John Clarke died in April 2017, many people mourned his passing as if they had lost a friend or a member of the family. ...Show more