Raised by Wolves: A memoir with bite by Jess Ho
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Biography
Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs was hard enough for Jess Ho, but add in a dysfunctional family who only ever made peace over food (and then only until the bill arrived), and it was clear that a normal life was never on the menu. She emerged from her childhood with two important traits: ...Show more
Suburban Noir: Crime and Mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney - Shortlisted for The Age Nonfiction Book of the Year Awards 2023 by Peter Doyle
$34.99 AUD
Category: New True Crime
Nothing in the post-war decades reveals the underbelly of Australian life the way police records do.Small time heists. Failed robberies. Runs of bad luck. Payback. Love gone wrong. Drink, drugs and late-night assignations. Cops doing their job well. And badly. Plausible lies, unlikely truths. Murder and ...Show more
Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s First Female Filmmaking Team - Shortlisted for The Age Nonfiction Book of the Year Award 2023 by Mandy Sayer
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Biography
The trailblazing McDonagh sisters were the first women in Australia to form their own film production company. Between 1926 and 1933, this remarkable trio produced four feature films and a number of documentaries. The youngest, Paulette, was one of only five women film directors in the world. Phyllis pr ...Show more
The All of It: A Bogan Rhapsody
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Biography
The unforgettable memoir that redefines ‘she’ll be right’. What’s it like to grow up in an Aussie family that has a man of every flavour? A bank robber, an infamous sports umpire, several different breeds of drug addict (collect the whole set!), a roster of crafty swindlers, an attempted murderer and th ...Show more
Wandering with Intent: essays by Kim Mahood
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Travel
To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt -- and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life. In these finely observed and probing essays, award-winning artist and writer Kim Mahood invites us to accompany her on the road and into the remote places of Aust ...Show more
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