Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from the award-winning author of Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love. And then it occurred to me that nothing bad ever happens here. Every human life is perfect in its own way. We cannot understand that, because ...Show more
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon; Shana Knizhnik
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG "The authors make this unassuming, most studious woman come pulsing to life. . . . Notorious RBG may be a playful project, but it asks to be read seriously. . . . That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to its] ...Show more
Nowhere Girls by Carla Ciccone
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"For Carla, the feeling of not knowing how to perform adult life was all too familiar. At 39 years old, she was diagnosed with ADHD after a lifetime of shame and self-blame. Yet while the diagnosis came as a relief, the knowledge that a significant brain disorder, historically framed as a condition for ...Show more
Obsession: A Journalist and Victim-Survivor’s Investigation Into Stalking by Nicole Madigan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the disturbing phenomenon of stalking. Journalist Nicole Madigan was stalked for over three years. The relentless and debilitating experience wreaked havoc in her personal and professional life, leaving her t ...Show more
Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
An exploration of the intersection of neurodivergence, obsession and disorder.
Of This Our Country - Acclaimed Nigerian Writers on the Home, Identity and Culture They Know by Various
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa's most populous nation through words or images. Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate picture comes ...Show more
Off the Charts by Georgie Carroll
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Showering in gumboots. Bomb threats. Tables of turds. Welcome to the life of a nurse. Nurses are our number-one unsung heroes. They're the ones in the trenches mopping up bodily fluids, holding hands, keeping things ticking - and always with a smile on their face. In Off The Charts, Australia's favour ...Show more
Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life by Miriam Margolyes
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes. 'My new book is called Oh Miriam! - something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discove ...Show more
Oh, What a Lovely Century: One man's marvellous adventures in love, war and high society by Roderic Fenwick Owen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'I would be most unhappy to think that any part of this memoir should be cut on grounds of 'decency', for those bits are essential...' So begins the lively true story of aristocrat and travel writer Roderic Fenwick-Owen. Born in 1920, Fenwick-Owen had an extraordinary life, which careered between some ...Show more
Old Boy by Georgia Tree
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Her whole life, Georgia's father has told her she will be the one to write his story. It's a story in which living is just a game of chance- why did Grant Tree survive when others didn't? Why did he find love and happiness, and a grown daughter to spill his story to so that she can record the whole beau ...Show more
Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography (HB) by Helen Ennis
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
A landmark biography of a singular and important Australian photographer, Olive Cotton, by an award-winning writer - beautifully written and deeply moving. Olive Cotton was one of Australia's pioneering modernist photographers, whose significant talent was recognised as equal to her first husband, the f ...Show more
On Chapel Sands - My Mother and Other Missing Persons by Laura Cumming
$26.99 AUD
Category: Biography
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**'A modern masterpiece' Guardian Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story. In the autumn of 1929, a small child w ...Show more