100 Things by Sebastian Terry
$34.95 AUD
Category: True Stories
Have you ever allowed yourself time to think about what's really important to you? Something you have always dreamed of doing? In a moment of reflection after the loss of a friend, Sebastian Terry's answer is a list of 100 things, the things he's always wanted to do. Sebastian embarks on an incredible a ...Show more
A Bite-Sized History of France - Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment by Stéphane Hénaut; Jeni Mitchell
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)--as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of France's] . . . most iconic dishes and culinar ...Show more
ANZAC: The Unauthorised Biography by Carolyn Holbrook
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
Raise a glass for an Anzac. Run for an Anzac. Camp under the stars for an Anzac. Is there anything Australians won't do to keep the Anzac legend at the centre of our national story? But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that the appetite for Anzac i ...Show more
Across Great Divides: True Stories of Life at Sydney Cove by Susan E Boyer
$26.95 AUD
Category: True Stories
Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney Cove will appeal to all readers, young, old and in-between, who love to be immersed in a good read, while learning new things. The stories will no doubt make you wonder, what would I have done? Across Great Divides, true stories of life at Sydney ...Show more
Ainsley de Jong Could Dance by Aaron de Jong
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
'Ainsley de Jong could dance ... this little girl with the face of a cherub.' Aaron and Amanda de Jong naturally cherished Ainsley from the moment she entered their lives. After rounds of IVF and the loss of another baby, Ainsley made them a mum and a dad. They could move forward after all the sadness w ...Show more
Anne Frank by Anne Frank
$32.95 AUD
Category: True Stories
Born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany, Anne frank lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. By nationality, she was officially considered a German until 1941, when she lost her nationality owing to the anti-Semitic policies of Nazi Germany. She gained internation ...Show more
Australian Code Breakers: Our Top-Secret War with the Kaiser's Reich by James Phelps
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret ...Show more
Australian Women at War by Patsy Adam-Smith
$39.95 AUD
Category: True Stories
When Patsy Adam-Smith wrote Australian Women at War in 1984, her aim was to tap into the memories of all the 'brave, modest, forgotten women' while they were still alive, in order to honour them. Now, for the first time, this iconic volume is republished for an entirely new generation of readers. This m ...Show more
Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers by Michelle Obama
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . . Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love ...Show more
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
$35.00 AUD
Category: True Stories
They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage door, having 'a breath of fresh air', as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore h ...Show more
Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara With Susan McClelland
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
Mariatu Kamara grew up in a small village in Sierra Leone, surrounded by family and friends. At first, rumours of the civil war were no more than a distant worry. But then the rebels attacked. Heavily armed soldiers, some no older than 12-year-old Mariatu herself, attacked her village, torturing her bru ...Show more
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
"This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too." (Robin Ince). Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong gravitational wave will briefly change that distance by less than the thickness of a human hair. We have perhaps less ...Show more