Mad about Shakespeare: from Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room by Jonathan Bate
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. 'The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.' ...Show more
Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country by Billy Connolly
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Where do you come from? It's one of the most basic human questions of all. But there is another question, which might sound a wee bit similar but is actually very different: What do you come from? And, let me tell you, that question can take you all sorts of strange places." In Made in Scotland, Lege ...Show more
Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labour by Anna Qu
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
A young Chinese girl forced to work in a New York sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful memoir about labour and self-worth, economic revolution, and cultural dislocation. As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is ...Show more
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries by Alan Rickman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
"Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as Die Hard's villainous Hans Gruber to his heart-wrenching run as Professor Severus Snape, and beyond. His air of dignity, his sonorous voice and the knowing wit he brought to each role co ...Show more
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life. Introduced b ...Show more
Madness, Mayhem and Motherhood by Nikki McWatters
$29.95 AUD
Category: Biography
At 26, Nikki found herself knocking on her best friend's door with a suitcase, a jar of coins and two little boys - all she had in the world. Madness, Mayhem and Motherhoodis her funny, sad and brutally candid account of her life through poverty, homelessness, child-rearing, friendships, lust, love and ...Show more
Madness: a Memoir by Kate Richards
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Winner of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 nonfiction prize. Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2013 nonficiton prize. It's not every day you get to admit you're mad.The thing with psychosis is that when I'm sick I believe the delusional stuff to the same degree that you migh ...Show more
Magic by Jan Golembiewski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography
'I couldn't put it down.' Sofie LagunaThis is a true story. A young man heads off on a journey to find out if magic still exists in the world, to know its wonder, and to see if it might save him when his own life is unexpectedly at stake.In the Caribbean, he meets a Rastafarian Don Juan who teaches him ...Show more
Maid - Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter.' As a struggling single m ...Show more
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My d ...Show more
Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
From the author of The Empathy Exams comes a profound meditation on isolation, longing and the conflicts faced by all those who choose to tell true stories about the lives of others
Make it Meaningful: Finding Purpose in Life and Work by Debbie Haski-Leventhal
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Unorthodox meets Start with Why: how escaping a cult led Debbie Haski-Leventhal to become a ‘professor of purpose’ and master the art of finding personal meaning in life. When she was five, tragedy prompted her parents to join Kabbalah, a cult-like sect of Judaism. They immersed themselves in it unrese ...Show more