Biographies & Memoirs

Sandra Pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses....

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris' cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong....

Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words....

Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands....

South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity....

Rules for being a man: don't cry. Love sport. Play rough. Drink beer. Don't talk about feelings....

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history....

Daring and Disruptive is an insightful and soulful account of the entrepreneur's roller-coaster ride for those who want to succeed almost as much as they want to breathe...who want to make the impossible possible and the ordinary extraordinary....

Robin by Dave Itzkoff shows how Robin Williams struggled mightily with addiction, depression and a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew....

The compelling, inspiring (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed....

Adam Kay was a junior doctor from 2004 until 2010, before a devastating experience on a ward caused him to reconsider his future....

Warren Buffett remains one of the most sought-after and watched figures in business today....

The laugh-out-loud, reach-for-your-hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians. Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia....

In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....

A true story of friendship, cocaine and South America's strangest jail....

Raw, gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Australian legend Jimmy Barnes' unforgettable childhood memoir....

In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding....

Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life....

On 2 September, 2008, in a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Trooper Mark Donaldson made a split-second decision that would change his life....

Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science....

From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs....

In this witty, engrossing and sometimes poignant memoir Australia’s inimitable Geoffrey Robertson charts his progress from pimply state schoolboy to top Old Bailey barrister and thence onwards and upwards....

Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges and incredible experiences of her earlier years....

A gripping blend of family mystery, contemporary stories and the beautiful and bloody Viking tales, set against the starkly stunning landscape of Iceland....

Actor, voice actor, and comedian H. Jon Benjamin helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own - despite his success starring on Archer and Bob's Burgers - in a hilarious, self-helpful memoir....

David Spiteri was a founding member and long-time president of one of Australia's first outlaw motorcycle clubs from its inception in the early 1960s through to the early 2000s. In this never-before-told inside story, Spiteri puts himself at risk to reveal everything....

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized....

In 1935 Evelyn Shillington started a diary, little knowing the years of turmoil it would cover. Eve joined her beloved husband, Captain Rex Shillington, whenever she could on his postings, giving her a unique view into army life. Through the abdication crisis to the turbulent years of the Second World War, Eve documented it all with an inimitable spirit and brave humour. The diaries lay forgotten in an attic for years until an enterprising antiques dealer discovered them by chance. Published 70 years later, they offer a new perspective into life on the home front, a firsthand account that was almost lost forever.

By Catherine Ryan Hyde, the best-selling author of Don't Let Me Go and Pay It Forward, this entertaining and life-affirming collection of autobiographical stories explores the rewards and challenges of building a happy life of self-knowledge and creative inspiration, from a writer who has been through it all.

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