To Obama, With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair by Jeanne Marie Laskas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from constituents. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This is the story of the profound ways in which they shaped his presidency.Every evening for eight years, at his request, President Obama was given ten handpicked letters wri ...Show more
Fat, Fifty and F***ed: A Midlife Crisis Can be the Start of Something Explosive POD by Geoffrey McGeachin
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Martin Carter is having a crook day. His home life's a misery, he's been retrenched by the bank and everyone's forgotten his birthday. But a million-dollar payroll, a pistol, and a split-second decision change everything. Hurtling north on a motorcycle with the intriguing Faith, Martin encounters a myst ...Show more
The Writing On The Wall by Juliet Rieden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
In 1938, as Hitler's troops are marching on Prague, a Jewish couple makes a heartbreaking decision that will save their eight-year-old son's life but destroy their family. Australian journalist Juliet Rieden grew up in England in the 1960s and 70s wondering why she had so few relatives, why her family ...Show more
Richie Benaud: Those Summers of Cricket (HB) by Various
$43.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Collected together in words and pictures Those Summers of Cricket pays homage to Richie Benaud's life. The many contributions bring his life into sharp focus for the many generations who only know him as the 'voice' of cricket. And through each piece, often written by an ex-Australian cricket team membe ...Show more
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
$42.00 AUD
$49.99 (15% off)
Category: Biography and Memoir
"Writing about yourself is a funny business...But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." -Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's ...Show more
Wham, George and Me by Andrew Ridgeley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Wham! were the band that never underestimated the power of pop, nor the healing powers it possessed. In 1981, what started out as a boyhood friendship, catapulted two suburban adolescents to worldwide pop domination, becoming icons of their era. While Andrew Ridgeley may have appeared to have stood in G ...Show more
From the Inside: Chopper 1: TV Tie-In by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The book that inspired Channel Nine's Underbelly: ChopperFrom streetfighter to standover man, gunman to underworld executioner, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read was earmarked for death a dozen times but somehow lived to tell the tale. This is it. Chopper: From The Inside became a best-seller on its release i ...Show more
The Lost Boy: Tales of a Child Soldier by Ayik Chut Deng
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
In episode 1 of the Ray Martin fronted SBS series Look me in the eye two South Sudanese migrants now resident in Brisbane sat across from each other and looked into each other's eyes. One of them, Ayik, was once a ten-year-old boy soldier training in the junior forces of the SPLA and like many of the yo ...Show more
Not For You -Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Ronen Givony
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded 11 studio albums; sold 85 million records; played a 1,000 shows, in 50 countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is about much more than music. Through passion, integrity, and sheer force ...Show more
Greg Chappell: Not Out: From India to Ball Tampering to Australian Cricket's Future by Greg Chappell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
Greg Chappell: Selector, Commentator, Coach, Talent Scout, Mentor, Cricket Legend brings his many years of experience to the fore to discuss Australia's favourite sport from all angles, including scandals, mental skills, and the future of the game. Greg Chappell's retirement as a cricketer was the conve ...Show more
Adele by Sean Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: good
Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon. In Adele, bestselling biographer Sean Smith talks to those close to her as he follows her astonishing journey to fame ...Show more
Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: General Adult
One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautifully written, candid memoir. Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious, and controversial leading men. From his work in p ...Show more