Survivor: Life in the SAS by Mark Wales
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'A powerful, honest story of courage, redemption and finding purpose' - Bear Grylls How do you rebuild your life when you've hit rock bottom? Mark Wales thought his life would end in a cornfield in Afghanistan. Mark and his SAS troops emerged from that scorched battlefield twelve hours later, his mento ...Show more
Brood by Jackie Polzin
$33.00 AUD
Category: General
Completely original, full of surprise, humor, grief, and wisdom and just the right amount of chickens.' Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'Darkly funny and poignant, Jackie Polzin's Brood, a novel about friendship, motherhood, grief and chickens, is a witty delight.' Pa ...Show more
The School: The Ups and Downs of One Year in the Classroom by Brendan James Murray
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A portrait of one teacher and his class as they journey through the ups and downs of a school year. Brendan James Murray has been a secondary school teacher for more than ten years. In that time he has seen hundreds of kids move through his classes - troubled, brilliant, funny, passionate, struggling: e ...Show more
Time Flies by Al Clark
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Time Flies is an idiosyncratic memoir with a distinctive voice and a sense of the absurd: a wistful, reflective, sometimes comic view of a childhood in a remote mining village in Southern Spain, the dislocating shock of a Scottish boarding school education, and a remarkable introduction to working life ...Show more
Good Indian Daughter by Ruhi Lee
$33.00 AUD
Category: General
Long before Ruhi fell pregnant, she knew she was never going to be the 'good Indian daughter' her parents demanded. But when the discovery that she is having a girl sends her into a slump of disappointment, it becomes clear she's getting weighed down by emotional baggage that needs to be unpacked, quick ...Show more
A Father's Plea by Kamalle Dabboussy
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
When Mariam married her childhood sweetheart in a fairytale Sydney wedding, her father Kamalle dreamed of a beautiful future for his family. When the young couple and their baby daughter went on an overseas holiday, he couldn't have been happier. But a dark secret was lurking on the horizon. They would ...Show more
In My Defence, I Have No Defence by Sinead Stubbins
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian
In My Defence, I Have No Defence raises the white flag on trying to live up to impossible standards. Wild and funny and wickedly relatable, it is one woman’s reckoning with her complete inability to self-improve and an hilarious reprieve for anyone who has ever struggled to be better. This is the comfor ...Show more
Malice in Wonderland - My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton by Hugo Vickers
$55.00 AUD
Category: Literary
The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorized biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary--often legendary--characters in his search for the real Cecil Beaton Hugo Vickers's life took a dramatic turn in 1979 when the legendary Sir Cecil Beaton invited him to ...Show more
Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies
$25.00 AUD
Category: General
'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away' Stephen Fry 'This hugely affecting book is brave, insightful and, at times, funny about things it is hard to be funny about' Jo Brand The story of a ...Show more
Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me - Her Life and Long Loves by John Sutherland
$33.00 AUD
Category: Literary
'A brilliant biography - John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.' Claire Tomalin'I couldn't put it down. Vivid and penetrating, it's a brilliant portrait of a confounding, complex woman.' Cressida ConnollyMonica Jones was Philip Larkin's partner for more than four decades, and ...Show more
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers - A Memoir by Jenn Shapland
$33.00 AUD
Category: Literary
How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered - an icon and idol - alongside your own? Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America's most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memo ...Show more