| Author: | Megan Blandford |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
"I slept through my first labour. Eventually a midwife woke me. 'It's time to push,' she said, pointing to the machine that was monitoring my baby. It showed contraction after contraction, spiking and de... read more
| Author: | Craig Challen; Richard Harris |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
'I just want to warn you. You're going to dive to the end of the cave. You're going to see these kids. They're all looking healthy and happy and smiley. Then, you're going to swim ... read more
| Author: | Paul Kelly |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
| Reading Level: | 3 Biography |
Paul Kelly's songs are steeped in poetry. And now he has gathered from around the world the poems he loves - poems that have inspired and challenged him over the years, a number of which he has set to music. This wide-ranging and deeply... read more
| Author: | Heath Black & Lisa Holland-McNair |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
Heath Black is a retired AFL footballer who struggled with mental illness throughout his 12-year professional career. Originally from Victoria, he started as a 17-year old in 1997 with the Fremantle Dockers, moving to St Kilda for a stint and finishing his career at the Dockers in la... read more
| Author: | Gerald Stone |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
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| Author: | Sharon Ward |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
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| Author: | Billy Connolly |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
'Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don't even have punchlines. But you'll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and o... read more
| Author: | Behrouz Boochani ; Omid Tofighian (Translator) |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
| Awards: | Winner National Biography Award 2019 Winner ABIA Awards - General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019 Winner Victoria Premier's Literary Award Prize for Literature 2019 |
Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains...
In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been the... read more
| Author: | Benjamin Gilmour |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer- some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic John who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even John b... read more
| Author: | Derek Rielly |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
| Reading Level: | 3 Biography |
It's been almost fifty years since a teenage David Gulpilil illuminated screens worldwide with his breakout role in Walkabout. It was the first time we'd seen an Aboriginal cast in a significant role and only four years after Holt's referendum to alter the constitution and give... read more
| Author: | Andrew Robb |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
Andrew Robb's battle with the black dog has touched a chord with many Australians. His memoir explores the challenges of managing depression, political ambition and life in the Liberal Party. Andrew Robb's career has been devoted to the Liberal cause - as Federal Director of... read more
| Author: | Bart van Es |
| Category: |
Biographies & Memoirs |
| Awards: | Costa Book Awards Biography 2018 |
The last time Lien saw her parents was in the Hague when she was collected at the door by a stranger and taken to a city far away to be hidden from the Nazis. She was raised by her foster family as one of their own, but a falling out... read more
