Aussie Midwives by Fiona McArthur
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
'Being present as the midwife at a baby's birth is one of life's glorious adventures.'In a new edition, twenty Australian midwives reflect on their practice and its changes with passionate midwife and bestselling author Fiona McArthurMidwives play a vital role in supporting women through some of the mos ...Show more
The Flying Nurse: Saving lives and swaddling babies from outback Australia to Africa and beyond by Prudence Wheelwright
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Nurse and midwife Prue Wheelwright has worked in the most remote parts of Australia and around the world. In isolated, far-flung locations and on dangerous frontlines, this passionate and dedicated nurse has put her heart, and often her safety, on the line, day after day, year after year. Prue shares al ...Show more
Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowball is the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those ...Show more
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Senator Penny Wong is an extraordinary Australian politician. Resolute, self-possessed and a penetrating thinker on subjects from climate change to foreign affairs, she is admired by members of parliament and the public from across the political divide.In this first-ever biography of Wong, acclaimed jou ...Show more
The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings by Geoff Dyer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this endlessly stimulating investigation into 'things coming to an end, artists' last works, time running out', Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and musicians who've mattered to him throughout his life. ...Show more
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age by Daniel Klein
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Travels with Epicurus- A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Ageis a humorous, uplifting meditation on finding the pleasures of old age, by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. When philosopher, jokester and septuagenarian Daniel Klein goe ...Show more
Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty, and brutal humour. Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in 'An Open Letter to M ...Show more
Will by Mark Will Smith Manson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The 'Event' Autobiography of the Year now out in paperback - a brave, inspiring and wildly entertaining memoir full of self-help lessons for readers, from one of the world's most charismatic and much-loved actors The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller PRAISE FOR WIL ...Show more
Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan by Howard Sounes
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The acclaimed biography substantially updated and revised, Howard Sounes's Down the Highway broke news about Dylan's fiercely guarded personal life and set the standard as the most comprehensive and riveting biography on Bob Dylan. Now, on the occasion of Dylan's seventieth birthday, this edition contin ...Show more
Surrender - 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written a memoir; honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. "When I started to wri ...Show more
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to R ...Show more
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'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