Australia's Sweetheart: The Life and Times of Mary Maguire, Our Forgotten Hollywood Star by Michael Adams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
This is the fascinating story of Mary Maguire, a 1930s Australian ingenue who sailed for Hollywood and a fabulous life, only to have her career cut short by scandal and tragedy. Packed with celebrity, history and gossip, AUSTRALIA'S SWEETHEART is perfect for readers of SHEILA and THE RIVIERA SET. Mary M ...Show more
Rolling With The Punchlines by Urzila Carlson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Chuckle, laugh and snigger along with Urzila in this fascinating memoir of a life in comedy. 'Effortlessly likeable ... stream of belly-laughs' - The Age, Melbourne
The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo by Alaa Aljaleel; Diana Darke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of war-torn Aleppo."I'll stay with them no matter what happens. Someone who has mercy in his heart for humans has mercy for every living thing." When war came to Alaa Aljaleel's hometown, he made a remark ...Show more
King of the Air: The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith by Ann Blainey
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing of the ...Show more
Back. After the Break by Osher Gunsberg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Osher Gunsberg, one of Australia's most loved celebrities, opens up in a powerful, dark, funny and heartwrenching memoir about life, love and living with mental illness. It's hard to remember a time when Osher Gunsberg (or Andrew G as he was then) wasn't on TV - he's just always been there, looking at e ...Show more
Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching by Gabbie Stroud
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A powerful and moving memoir about how the current system is letting down children and parents, and breaking dedicated teachers. Devastating, heart-breaking, enraging. 'Gabbie's story needs to be shouted from the rooftops. She very eloquently shows us why and how education needs to change... Teacher m ...Show more
On Leopard Rock: A Life of Adventures (Memoir) by Wilbur Smith
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
I've been writing novels for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to miss the big wars and not get shot, but lucky enough to grow up among the heroes who had served in them and learn from their example. I have lucked into things continuously. I have done things which have seemed appalling at the time, d ...Show more
Journeys to the Other Side of the World: Further Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Sir David Attenborough
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'a wondrous reminder of Attenborough's pioneering role . . . full of delightful tales' Daily Express'An adventure that sparked a lifetime's commitment to the planet' The LadyFollowing the success of the original Zoo Quest expeditions, in the late 1950s onwards the young David Attenborough embarked on fu ...Show more
Where Has Mummy Gone? When There Is Nothing Left but Memories... by Cathy Glass
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. When Cathy is told about Melody's terrible childhood, she is sure she's heard it all before. But it isn't long before she feels there is more going on than she or the soci ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; Otto Frank; Mirjam Pressler; Harry Brockway
$14.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Puffin Modern Classics Ser.
Anne Franks The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Annes thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends staye ...Show more
Everything to Live For: The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt by Turia Pitt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would change her life forever. Trapped by a fire in a gorge in the remote Kimberly region, Turia and five other competitors had nowhere ...Show more
Say Hello by Carly Findlay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A forthright, honest and rousingly brave memoir from a woman who has to live with a highly visible different appearancedue to a rare skin condition. What she has to live with, and what she confronts on a day to day basis will have you cheering for her and her courage. Say hello to Carly. 'In fairytal ...Show more