Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good by Aminata Conteh-Biger
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Rising Heart will never leave you; searing, powerful, disturbing, hopeful.' The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO The astonishing tale of a woman determined to turn her trauma into the power for good in the world. In 1999, Sierra Leone teenager Aminata Conteh-Biger was kidnapped from her father's ar ...Show more
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living by Glennon Doyle
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't ...Show more
The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir by John Cook; Jon Bauer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir
In Tasmania, John Cook is known as: 'The Keeper of the Flame'. John's renowned as one of the last of the "kerosene keepers": he spent a good part of his 26-year career in Tasmanian lighthouses tending kerosene, not electrical, lamps. He joined the lighthouse service in 1969, after a spell in the merchan ...Show more
Wild Thing - The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Celebrated as the most innovative guitarist ever to play, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is renowned for symphonic solos and virtuosic picking (sometimes, with his teeth). But, as Philip Norman describes, before Hendrix was setting guitars aflame onstage, he was a shy kid in Seattle, lucking at a broken ukul ...Show more
Bachar Houli by Bachar Houli
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Bachar Houli is as accomplished an AFL footballer as they come. He's been part of two Richmond Premiership sides, he was an All-Australian in 2019, and with over 200 games to his name he remains a key part of a champion team. Picked at number 42 in the 2006 National Draft by Essendon, Houli played 26 ga ...Show more
Crimmo: The Peter Crimmins Story by Dan Eddy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Peter Crimmins was small in stature, but his presence loomed large at Hawthorn during his 176 games (1966-75). A tenacious rover and popular captain who helped establish the Hawks as a powerhouse in the Victorian (now Australian) Football League, the cheeky, blond-headed Crimmins was widely acclaimed as ...Show more
From The Heart: The inspirational memoir of how a captain became a leader by Trent Cotchin
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sport
When Trent Cotchin was handed the reins of Richmond Football Club's team in 2013, he was a 22-year-old star, skilful and fearlessly hard at the ball. Coming off a Brownlow Medal-winning season, he embraced the captaincy and continued his quest to get the most out of himself for the benefit of the club. ...Show more
Lance Franklin: My Football Journey by Lance Franklin
$55.00 AUD
Category: Sport
Lance Franklin: My Football Journey is a stunning celebration and companion to the career of one of Australia’s most revered AFL players, Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin. Lance Franklin has held AFL fans in awe since his early days in the game – regardless of club allegiance. From his start, picked at no.5 in ...Show more
The Bright Side (HB) by Jack Riewoldt
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sport
In his gritty and inspirational memoir, Jack Riewoldt reveals all about his remarkable AFL career and his personal journey of growth off the field. Jack grew up in picturesque Tasmania, playing sport with his family and admiring his older cousin Nick. When Nick was drafted in the AFL, Jack’s focus shif ...Show more
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 19 ...Show more
Sing Your Name Out Loud: 15 Rules for Living Your Dream by Jason Derulo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music
In his page-turning and inspiring first book, legendary songwriter and recording artist Jason Derulo shares his 15 rules for finding success in any pursuit, and invites everyone--especially artists and creators--to start on their path to greatness.In 2009, an 18-year-old son of Haitian immigrants burst ...Show more
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes (HB) by Rob Wilkins
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.' Terry Pratchett, creator of the phenomenally bestselling Discworld series, knight of the realm, and holder of more honorary doctorates than he knew what to do with, was known and loved around the world for his wildly p ...Show more