Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: good-very good
In this instantand tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one o ...Show more
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: The powerful memoir from the beloved star of Friends by Matthew Perry
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir ... and it may just save lives' Daily Mail'Funny, fascinating, compelling ... also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The TimesThe beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funn ...Show more
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from the award-winning author of Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love. And then it occurred to me that nothing bad ever happens here. Every human life is perfect in its own way. We cannot understand that, because ...Show more
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon - and writing. As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thou ...Show more
Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking by Kerryn Phelps
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Medicine, media, politics, advocacy and activism – Dr Kerryn Phelps AM has led a remarkable life. Power of Balance is a landmark memoir that explores the events and ideas that have inspired and provoked her in working to create change. One of Australia's first 'TV doctors', Dr Kerryn Phelps served as pr ...Show more
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World. Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker—this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Ev ...Show more
Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir by Sam Neill
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good-near fine
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Ca ...Show more
Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family by Gabrielle Carey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Two literary lives defined by storytelling and secrets. As her mother Joan lies dying, Gabrielle Carey writes a letter to Joan's childhood friend, the reclusive novelist Randolph Stow. This letter sets in motion a literary pilgrimage that reveals long-buried family secrets. Like her mother, Stow had gro ...Show more
I am Autistic: An interactive and informative guide to autism (by someone diagnosed with it) by Chanelle Moriah
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
An essential guide to understanding autism- for autistic people and their families, friends and workmates. When Chanelle Moriah was diagnosed with autism at 21, life finally began to make sense. Hungry for information, Chanelle looked for a simple resource that could explain what autism is and how it ca ...Show more
Daughter of The River Country by Dianne O'Brien
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
From a victim of the 'stolen generations' comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival - and ultimately hope.Born in country NSW in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Aboriginal mother. Raised in the era of the White Australia policy, Dianne grows up believing her adoptive Irish mother ...Show more
Life of Brine: A Surfer's Journey by Phil Jarratt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
"In the not-so-small world of surfing, Phil Jarratt has seen it all. Luckily for us, he's a fearless, funny storyteller, with a reporter's unsentimental eye and an endearing modesty. But his memoir is, above all, a haunting self-portrait: the boy practising drop-knee cutbacks in his mother's full-length ...Show more
Mountain to Mountain by Shannon Galpin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some it's taking a weekend to volunteer, but for Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn country of Af ...Show more