Trouble - Evolution of a Radical: Selected Writings 1970-2010 by Kate Jennings
$32.95 AUD
Category: Essays, Language & Writing
In 1970 Kate Jennings, twenty-one, stunned a Sydney anti-war rally into silence with a pull-no-punches speech calling for women's empowerment. Brave, impassioned and searingly funny, it set the tone for an unconventional life. A few years later she was on her way to New York, where she would make her na ...Show more
A Waiter in Paris - Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City by Edward Chisholm
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'This astonishing book describes a cruel, feral existence and is worthy of standing on the shelf next to George Orwell's Down And Out In Paris And London (1933) as another classic about human exploitation.' - Daily Mail'Chisholm's story is immersive and often thrilling ... He's a fine writer.' - WSJ'Kit ...Show more
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023"Brave and nuanced...an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph." --The New York Times"Immensely emotional and unforgettably haunting." --Wall Street JournalOne of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of NonfictionAcclaimed author Jonathan Rosen's haunt ...Show more
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ...Show more
How to Focus by Thich Nhat Hanh
$12.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeIn this enlightening series world-renowned spiritual leader Thich Nhat Hanh shares the essential foundations of mindful practice and meditation.
Philosophy in 40 Ideas (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$22.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together 40 of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.We are invited to sample the distincti ...Show more
Money Diaries With She’s on the Money: The Power in Rewriting Your Money Story by Victoria Devine
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Victoria Devine is transforming the way millennials think about money. With a background in behavioural psychology and two chart-topping podcasts, She's on the Money and The Property Playbook, Victoria understands what makes her generation tick and knows how to make hard-to-understand concepts fun, fres ...Show more
Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink by Ariane Beeston
$36.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'How strange to be the observed and not the observer.' Ariane Beeston is a child protection worker and newly registered psychologist when she gives birth to her first child - and very quickly begins to experience scary breaks with reality. Out of fear and shame, she keeps her delusions and hallucinatio ...Show more
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
'A beautiful memoir in which Oliver Sacks comes wonderfully to life ... Exquisitely wrought, heartrending and joyous' Joyce Carol OatesBill Hayes came to New York in 2009 with a one-way ticket and only the vaguest idea of how he would get by. But, at forty-eight years old, having spent decades in San Fr ...Show more
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series by Dolly Alderton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting du ...Show more
The Cost of Living: Living Autobiography 2 by Deborah Levy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Living Autobiography Ser.
Longlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction From the twice-Booker-shortlisted author comes a witty and audacious examination of writing and womanhood "Life falls apart. We try to get a grip. We try to hold it together. And then we realize that we don't want to hold it toge ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$22.99 AUD
Category: Theory | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman ...Show more