A Man's World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
'I kill a man and most people forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this makes me an evil person.' On 24 March 1962, when Emile Griffith stepped into the ring in Madison Square Garden to defend his world title against Benny Paret, he was filled with rage. During their weigh-in, the Cuban chall ...Show more
A Man's World — The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
'I kill a man and most people forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this makes me an evil person.' On 24 March 1962, when Emile Griffith stepped into the ring in Madison Square Garden to defend his world title against Benny Paret, he was filled with rage. During their weigh-in, the Cuban chall ...Show more
A Mother's Disgrace by Robert Dessaix
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
Adopted as a baby towards the end of World War II, Robert Dessaix grew up haunted by 'a shaft of silence' surrounding the question of his natural mother's identity, and of his own identity and sexuality. In this touching memoir, he recounts the story of a most unusual childhood on Sydney's North Shore, ...Show more
A Novel Idea by Fiona McGregor
$29.95 AUD
Category: General Biography / Memoir
A unique, intimate portrait of writer's working life,as experienced by one of Australia's most highly regarded novelists and artists. A Novel Idea is a memoir in photoessay form that follows Fiona McGregor's life as she writes her award-winning novel Indelible Ink. It is a tongue-in-cheek rumination on ...Show more
A Private Life: Fragments, memories, friends by Michael Kirby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
Michael Kirby is one of Australia's most admired public figures. At a time of spin and obfuscation, he speaks out passionately and straightforwardly on the issues that are important to him. Even those who disagree with him have been moved by the courage required of him to come out as a high-profile gay ...Show more
A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today by Kate Bornstein
$32.95 AUD
Category: Trans & Gender Diverse Biography / Memoir
A stunningly original memoir of a nice Jewish boy who joined the Church of Scientology and left twelve years later, ultimately transitioning to a woman and becoming famous as a gender outlaw Kate Bornestein gender theorist, performance artist, author is set to change lives with her compelling memoir. W ...Show more
A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Biography / Memoir
A young woman gets ready to go to a party. She arrives, feels overwhelmed, leaves, and then returns. Minutely attuned to the people who come into her view, and alternating between alienation and profound connection, she is hilarious, self-aware, sometimes acerbic, and painfully honest. And by the end o ...Show more
A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford
$44.99 AUD
Category: Lesbian & Bi Biography / Memoir
Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One person was there by her side through it all.Since Whitney's death ...Show more
A Song for You - My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Biography / Memoir
The New York Times Bestseller After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story.Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next t ...Show more
A Spanner in the Works: The Extraordinary Story of Alice Anderson and Australia's All-Girl Garage by Loretta Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls meets Amelia Earhart. It's the real-life story of a daring Australian woman who did something extraordinary - then met an early, mysterious end. From the end of the Great War and into the 1920s, Alice Anderson was considered nothing less than a national treasur ...Show more
A Tale of Two Omars - A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring by Omar Sharif Jr.
$55.00 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
A powerful and essential memoir of self-discovery . . . Brimming with beautiful remembrances of his grandfather and terrifying stories of abuse and homophobia, this is an essential book that shines a much-needed light on the intersection of Arab and queer identity. --Abdi Nazemian, Lambda Literary Award ...Show more