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BIOGRAPHY & TRUE STORIES
ALWAYS ANOTHER COUNTRY BEST FOOT FORWARD
Sisonke Msimang
RRP $32.99 Adam Hills
RRP $32.99
Sisonke Msimang was born in exile, the daughter of South
African freedom fighters. Always Another Country is the
story of a young girl’s path to womanhood - a journey that
took her from Africa to America and back again, then on
to a new home in Australia. In Best Foot Forward, Adam describes his early years on the
Australian comedy scene, his early-morning apprenticeship
in radio, touring the world’s comedy festivals and the magic
of Spicks and Specks. In this charming
Our Price
and witty memoir Adam Hills shows how
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hard work, talent and being proudly
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different can see you find your feet.
MADNESS, MAYHEM AND MOTHERHOOD WORKING CLASS BOY
Nikki McWatters
RRP $29.95 Jimmy Barnes
RRP $22.99
At 26, Nikki found herself knocking on her best friend’s
door with a suitcase, a jar of coins and two little boys - all
she had in the world. Madness, Mayhem and Motherhood
is her funny, sad and brutally candid account of her life
through poverty, homelessness, child-rearing, friendships,
lust, love and loss.
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Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic
and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and
recklessness that would define but almost destroy, the
rock ‘n’ roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan
became Jimmy Barnes.
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THE BAREFOOT SURGEON WORKING CLASS MAN
Ali Gripper
RRP $32.99 Jimmy Barnes
RRP $35.00
Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary story
of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows,
took on the world’s medical establishment to give the
life-changing gift of sight to hundreds of thousands of the
world’s poorest and most isolated people. In this sequel to Working Class Boy, Jimmy picks up
the story of his life as he leaves Adelaide with the then
unknown band called Cold Chisel. An honest reflection
on success, fame and addiction: this memoir reveals how
Jimmy Barnes used the fuel of childhood trauma to ignite
and propel Australia’s greatest rock’n’roll story.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DIRT TEACHER
Rick Morton
RRP $29.99 Gabbie Stroud
RRP $29.99
One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in
which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a
meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession
with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony
to the strength of familial love and endurance. In a powerful memoir inspired by her original essay,
Gabbie tells the full story: how she came to teaching,
what makes a great teacher, what our kids need from their
teachers, and what it was that finally broke her. Teacher
is a brilliant and heart-breaking memoir that cuts to the
heart of a vital matter of national importance.
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BUSH FUNERAL STORIES NINE LIVES
Bill Marsh
RRP $32.99 Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister
RRP $27.99
This memorable and eye-opening collection of real-
life accounts of passing away and saying goodbye
in the Australian bush is by turns poignant, bizarre,
heartbreaking and hilarious. As one of Al Qaeda's most respected scholars and
bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the
master mind of the 9/11 attacks and met Osama bin
Laden himself. His job was already one of the most
dangerous in the world. But what the others didn't know
was that he was working undercover for MI6.
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SMALL WRONGS SONGS OF A WAR BOY
Kate Rossmanith
RRP $32.99 Deng Thiak Adut, Ben McKelvey
RRP $22.99
Kate Rossmanith thought she understood human
nature well. But in the wake of her daughter’s birth,
the vulnerability and intensity of parenthood took her
completely by surprise. H is for Hawk meets Helen
Garner: this memoir brings insight to the huge topics of
justice, love and remorse.
Songs of a War Boy is the inspirational story of a young
man who has overcome adversity to become a lawyer,
refugee advocate and NSW Australian of the Year. Deng’s
memoir is a reminder of the power of compassion and the
benefit to us all when we open our doors and our hearts
to those fleeing war, persecution and pain.