Autobiography / Memoir from leura books

Make-Do Publishing, Hong Kong, 2012. Softcover. Very Good Condition. A charming true story of a witty and eccentric Sinophile Englishman and his Chinese tree-change. In booming Shanghai in the 1990s, Mark Kitto hits the big time. As a publisher, he creates the most successful English language magazines in China. But on the verge of signing… Read more about this item

Bantam Books, Australia, 2000. Softcover. Good Condition. This is the gutsy true story of a woman's remarkable journey from a hopeless young heroin addict facing a prison sentence with a newborn baby to a successful psychologist and mother and best friend to Ali - the daughter who gave her the courage and determination to survive.… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson, Australia, 1981. Softcover. Good Condition/Good. Patricia Jean Smith and her sister, Miss Mickie, grew up as railway children, their parents a station-mistress and a fettler. The catalogue of towns they lived in reverberates with the once-familiar clatter of metal and steam, but it was the tiny one-pub town of Waaia, in the centre… Read more about this item

Jervis Sparks, Australia, 1992. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Fold-out family tree. endpaper maps. 202 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; Australian::Australian History. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0646070320. ISBN/EAN: 9780646070322. Inventory No: 269229.. 9780646070322

New Holland, Australia, 2003. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Offering a unique insight into Pakistan's superb scenery, fascinating history and hospitable and passionate people, this book is a richly textured and vivid account of Jill Worrall's extensive travels in a country often badly misunderstood in the West, especially since September 11. Almost always in the company… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, Great Britain, 2014. Softcover. Good Condition. At eighteen, Amanda Lindhout moved from her Canadian hometown to the big city, saving tips as a waitress to travel the globe. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a reporter. In August 2008, she traveled to Somalia to report on the… Read more about this item

Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Australia, 1986. Softcover. Good Condition. Professor Dame Ida Mann - Opthalmic scientist. 217 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; ISBN: 0949206172. ISBN/EAN: 9780949206176. Inventory No: 269128.. 9780949206176

Flamingo, Australia, 2003. Softcover. Good Condition. Why would a city boy from England with a serious distrust of the country move to rural Western Australia? Australia's best-loved tV chef, Ian Parmenter, shares his experiences, starting with culture shock as the London journalist arrives in Perth in 1971, then moving on to the discovery of his… Read more about this item

Umbria Press / Birlinn, 2012. Softcover. Good Condition. Margaret Rhodes was born into the Scottish aristocracy, into a now almost-vanished world of privilege. Her aunt was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth is her first cousin. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. Three years… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, Australia, 1992. Softcover. Good Condition. Patricia Jean Smith and her sister, Miss Mickie, grew up as railway children, their parents a station-mistress and a fettler. The catalogue of towns they lived in reverberates with the once-familiar clatter of metal and steam, but it was the tiny one-pub town of Waaia, in the centre… Read more about this item

ABC Books, Australia, 2005. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Finding Meaning and Spirituality in Everyday Life An Authentic Life is a sequel to The Search for Meaning and it takes their sustaining insights a step further, by inviting readers more personally into both Caroline Jones' search and their own. The book encourages the individual reader to… Read more about this item

Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd, London, England, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 504 pages. James Herriot's own selection from his original books, with additional material by Reader's Digest editors. 504 pages. Cover has fading to spine edge. Fully Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; Animals & Nature::Animals. ISBN:… Read more about this item

Hutchinson, Australia, 2008. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Attenborough is the octogenarian celebrity peer, happily married since 1945, describing a lifetime of ceaseless activity as film star, director, producer, company chairman and indefatigable campaigner. Hawkins, 70, a twice divorced author and single parent who lived for a time on benefits, went on to become Attenborough s… Read more about this item

Random House, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This is a book about the excitement of sailing. The characters, the adventures, the disasters - and the quiet little drink afterwards. No sport generates more anecdotes than ocean racing. It's a world rich in bizarre incidents, outrageous behaviour, intense camaraderie and engaging humour. The author, David… Read more about this item

Fourth Estate, Australia, 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Oppenheim's grandson, the philosopher Peter Singer, never knew his grandfather, for Oppenheim died as a victim of the Nazis before Singer was born. Fifty years after Oppenheim's death, Singer set out to get to know his grandfather. He found a wealth of written materials, including intimate… Read more about this item

John Murray, Great Britain, 2013. Softcover. Good Condition. In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the reader with him as… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Life Without Limits is the story of gutsy Nick Vujicic, an amazing 28-year-old Aussie born without arms or legs who is now an internationally successful inspirational speaker. Packed full of wisdom, testimonials of his faith and laugh-out-loud humour, Nick tells of life in his 'Chesty… Read more about this item

Winidmill Books, Australia, 2018. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Tara Westover grew up preparing for the end of the world. She was never put in school, never taken to the doctor. She did not even have a birth certificate until she was nine years old. At sixteen, to escape her father's radicalism and a violent older… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, Great Britain, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and essentially harmless. I… Read more about this item

The Miegunyah Press, Australia, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. As Australia's first female Governor-General, Quentin Bryce handwrote more than fifty letters each week. She wrote to those she had met and connected with as her role took her from palaces to outback schools, from war zones to memorials, from intimate audiences to… Read more about this item