Paul Kelly: the Man, the Music & the Life in Between by Stuart Coupe
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Renowned music journalist Stuart Coupe examines the life of an Australian music icon - honest, revealing and a must-read for Paul Kelly fans and music lovers alike. He's been called Australia's Bob Dylan and likened to Springsteen and Neil Young, but Paul Kelly stands alone as a chronicler of his and ou ...Show more
The Last Paradise by Tom Cole
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Tom Cole hunted crocodiles and buffalo, was a horse-breaker, brumby runner and drover, owned and managed cattle stations and a coffee plantation. The Last Paradise is the sequel to Tom Cole's bestselling autobiography Hell West and Crooked and recounts his story of thirty years in New Guinea amongst "cr ...Show more
Outback Heart by Joanne Van Os
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Joanne van Os was just twenty-two when she met Rod Ansell. At twenty-three Rod was already a legend in Australia and around the world, having survived alone for two months without supplies in one of the harshest and most remote parts of northern Australia. To Joanne, Rod was a a genuine hero who could d ...Show more
Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller by Christine Courtenay
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay.Bryce Courtenay was a born storyteller. The success of his extraordinary debut The Power of One made publishing history, and in the years that followed Bryce continued to enter ...Show more
Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class B ...Show more
Woolloomooloo by Louis Nowra
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo’s biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful p ...Show more
What Are The Odds? The Bill Waterhouse Story by Bill Waterhouse
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
"The tell-all tale - on and off the track - of a legendary man and his extraordinary family.The Waterhouse name is synonymous with Australian horse racing and bookmaking. For the first time, the family s patriarch, Bill Waterhouse, tells the story of his remarkable life playing the odds . Bill Waterhous ...Show more
When the Dust Settles by R Cook
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
When third generation Northern Territory cattleman Rob Cook set out on a routine mustering job in a chopper it was a day in the outback like any other, but when the chopper suddenly fell out of the sky, smashing into the ground, it was the day that changed everything. This one-time professional bull-rid ...Show more
Daddy Cool: Finding my father, the singer who swapped Hollywood fame for home in Australia by Darleen Bungey
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
A captivating, generous and exquisitely written memoir of family and a daughter discovering her father's multi-layered life. 'Every family has secrets. Ours also has an award-winning biographer. My sister's discoveries astonished me.' Geraldine Brooks Who can ever truly know their parents? He was a gl ...Show more
Wife's Heart The Untold Story of Bertha and Henry Lawson by Kerrie Davies
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
Henry Lawson is a revered cultural icon, but despite his literary success he descended into poverty and an early death. While many blamed his wife for his decline, Bertha Lawson alleged in April 1903 that Henry was habitually drunk and cruel, leading her to demand a judicial separation. In A Wife’s Hear ...Show more
A Stolen Life: The Bruce Trevorrow Case by Antonio Buti
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
On Christmas Day 1957, Joe Trevorrow walked through the blistering heat to seek help for his sick baby boy. When relatives agreed to take Bruce to hospital, Joe was relieved - his son was in safe hands - but, within days, Bruce would be living with another family, and Joe would never see his son again. ...Show more
Adam's Empire by Adam Green
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography /Memoir
"It's a great country, but never trust it, son. It's beautiful but it's treacherous." Adam Ross had seen the way his country could destroy a man. Growing up in the Australian outback in the first half of the twentieth century with no formal education, no parents and no one to love him, he learned to fe ...Show more