Biography

JAMIESON, Dean

by Jessica | Jul 8, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Autobiography, South Australia

They called me Lightning is the story of Dean Jamieson. Born in Adelaide in 1940, Dean left school at sixteen to chase a childhood dream of becoming a real-life cowboy.

JOHNS, Andrea

by Jessica | Jun 23, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Autobiography, Memoir, South Australia

Andrea endured many hardships in her life… Her limited education would not deter her from documenting her life’s journey. These are her own words, based on her memories.

GRAHAM, Felicity

by Jessica | Jun 10, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Autobiography, Self-help \ Personal Development

The long and hard, but meaningful, journey of writing Not Held Down started because Felicity Graham wanted to share her experience in the foster care system.

This is her story.

BAKER, Joanne

by Jessica | Jun 10, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Biography, Family History, Western Australia

Growing up in the Northwest of Western Australia in the 1900s was a tough life. It was a place where one was wise to pay respect to the harsh, uncompromising climate in this rough area of the coastal towns of Port Hedland and Carnarvon.

JOHNSTON, Martin

by Jessica | May 8, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Melbourne, Memoir, Victoria

A memoir of combat, love, fatherhood, and the mysterious toxic burn pits

RYAN, Debbie

by Jessica | Apr 29, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Biography, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology \ Mental Health, South Australia

This is Maddy’s story.

BALMFORTH, Judy

by Jessica | Mar 23, 2020 | *listed, Autobiography, Tasmania

A story about one mummy, a seed and an egg.

GUBBINS, Frank

by Jessica | Mar 23, 2020 | *listed, Adelaide, Biography, Military, South Australia

An autobiographical account of Frank Gubbins’ life, 1924 – 2016.

FARQUHAR, Bruce

by Jessica | Mar 16, 2020 | *listed, Memoir

The rantings of an ordinary bloke.

KELLY, Rob

by Jessica | Mar 16, 2020 | *listed, Memoir

I have always worked hard and tried to achieve and to accumulate an asset that my children could make use of and that they would be proud of also.

NONYANE, Lyndal

by Jessica | Mar 12, 2020 | *listed, Biography, Memoir, South Australia

Lyndal will take you on her journey of growing up, discovery and wonder.

D, Leslie

by Bookseller 1 | Mar 7, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Biography, Christian, Memoir

Life is full of loss, gut wrenching grief and abject poverty of soul. Homelife is bitter, grievous and cruel. Age 12 she is evicted by her abusive father.

Our heroine is a child yearning for protection and genuine love, instead she’s afflicted with cruel, callous nurture from dysfunctional parents. Left to her own resources and free from any decent guidance she lives a tragic tale roaming haphazardly and hitch-hiking up and down the country.