Memoir

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Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all by Noni Hazlehurst - 9781460759042
$39.99
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all
Noni Hazlehurst
An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling...
Second Hand
Shakespeare by Judi Dench - 9781405956420
$28.99
Shakespeare
Judi Dench
Discover the real Judi Dench through a series of intimate conversations about the love of...
We Are the Stars by Gina Chick - 9781761630248
$36.99
We Are the Stars
Gina Chick
Shortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Biography of the Year, The Matt Richell Award for...
A Promised Land by Barack Obama - 9781405974042
$39.99
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us...
Cher
$49.99
Cher
Cher
Part One of a Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor 'A rock...
Ootlin by Dr Jenni Fagan - 9781529153088
$36.99
Ootlin
Dr Jenni Fagan
'A phenomenal memoir. I am in awe' AMY LIPTROT WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE...
Recollections of My Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit (Y) - 9781803510484
$24.99
Recollections of My Non-Existence
Rebecca Solnit (Y)
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the...
Life, Camera, Action by Mitchell Burns - 9781761426452
$34.99
Life, Camera, Action
Mitchell Burns
It took ten years in the coal mines for Mitchell Burns to realise that no...
When Life Gives You Lemurs by Tim Husband - 9781761471520
$34.99
When Life Gives You Lemurs
Tim Husband
'A compelling story, beautifully told, about how animals can show you a way forward.' -...
Second Hand
Townsend of the Ranges by Peter Crowley - 9781922507693
$36.99
Townsend of the Ranges
Peter Crowley
**Highly Commended, NSW History Awards 2025, NSW Community and Regional History Prize** Surveyor Thomas Scott...
Jilya by Tracy Westerman - 9780702268694
$34.99
Jilya
Tracy Westerman
A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology From...
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - 9781784701994
$26.99
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and Henry Marsh's Do No Harm, an unforgettably...
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - 9780733609558
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - 9781788162258
$24.99
In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado
'Ravishingly beautiful' - Observer 'Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative' - Irish Times 'Provocative and...
In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park - 9780241973035
$26.99
In Order To Live
Yeonmi Park
The incredible autobiography of Yeonmi Park: a North Korean defector who escaped across the Gobi...
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton - 9780241982105
$26.99
Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton
The wildly funny Sunday Times bestseller about growing up and navigating all kinds of love...
A Promised Land by Barack Obama - 9780241491515
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A Promised Land
Barack Obama
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us...
Second Hand
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga
$36.99
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga
Lech Blaine
From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of...
All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot
$36.99
All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot
Lucinda 'Froomes' Price
'I have always known that a woman's greatest power is her looks. For most of...
We Love
John Berger and Me by Nikos Papastergiadis - 9781923106123
$32.95
John Berger and Me
Nikos Papastergiadis
The memoir of a deep friendship between two important intellectual figures bound by their interest...
Love's Work by Gillian Rose - 9780241645499
$26.99
Love's Work
Gillian Rose
An extraordinary, uncompromising and consoling celebration of a life - through childhood, faith, family, love,...
The Season
$34.99
The Season
Helen Garner
Garner's first new work in a decade is a tender portrayal of the relationship between...
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks - 9780733651076
$32.99
Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks
WINNER OF THE 2026 ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 STELLA...
Burn Book by Kara Swisher - 9780349442136
$34.99
Burn Book
Kara Swisher
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech...
The Secret Life of Flying by Jeremy Burfoot - 9781761269530
$36.99
The Secret Life of Flying
Jeremy Burfoot
How does a plane stay up in the air? Does the Mile-High Club actually exist?...
After the Worst has Happened by Richard Gosling - 9781923022379
$34.99
After the Worst has Happened
Richard Gosling
When Richard Gosling's young daughter faced emergency surgery, a colleague carelessly asked what would happen...
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux - 9781804270943
$24.99
A Woman's Story
Annie Ernaux
On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux's mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died...
The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada - 9781914240775
$36.99
The Bookshop Woman
Nanako Hanada
I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand...