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For readers of War Doctor and Educated, a doctor's story of grit and resilience, from the war torn streets of Kabul to saving lives around the world.Born in war-torn Afghanistan,...

The inspirational memoir from Australian singing sensation and Eurovision grand-finalist Dami ImFrom her very first appearance auditioning for The X Factor in 2013, Dami Im showed the power of her...

Phil Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent, raised in Malaysia, and then came of age in Bath - 'a spa town for people who find Cheltenham too ethnic'.Phil takes an incisive...

A Memoir in Conversations LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD A graphic memoir that grapples with tough conversations about family, race, love and identity and the ways they change us...

Girl Wash Your Face meets Milk and Honey in this inviting spiritual guide to self-care and self-love from celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra Elle.In this soulful collection, celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra...

The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense versus nonviolence, Black Power versus civil...

Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be HeardA collection of first-hand accounts from courageous Afghan women who refuse to be silenced in the face of the Taliban.After...

A hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable. Is being tall...

A memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.‘Hip hop and hymns — the two would always go hand in hand for me. My...

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting memoir of a young woman starting a new life in Australia under the shadow of violence A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about...

10 Years OnThe story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal...

A memoir of love and labourA young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labour and self-worth...

From the editor of This Bridge Called My Back, Cherríe Moraga charts her own coming-of-age alongside her mother's decline, and also tells the story of the Mexican American diasporaNative Country...

Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine Described by Anne Patchett as 'life-changing', with fans such as Elizabeth Gilbert and tipped by Oprah Magazine as 'formidable and...

Alive in the Wilderness Black Lion begins in rural South Africa where a deeply traumatic childhood experience — a cousin being dragged away by a crocodile — should have turned...

An Emmy-award winning writer's moving and inspirational memoir exploring what we can learn about life from a brush with death.We all face moments that bring us to our knees —...

My Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood OUTLAW STORIES FROM THE FRONTIERS OF PRISON, HOLLYWOOD AND LIFE. On screen, Danny Trejo is the most recognisable anti-hero in Hollywood — killed...

A Memoir of an Undocumented ChildhoodThe New York Times bestselling memoir a girl who learns to live — and then escape — an invisible lifeIn China she was the daughter...

From influential and iconic star Constance Wu, a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations that will resonate with readers everywhere. Growing up in the friendly suburbs...

An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's ChinaA unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the highest realms of power and money in...

A Lifelong Love Affair With The Most Subtle And Sophisticated Game Known To HumankindFrom one of India’s finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.As...

How We Grow the World We WantAn inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a timeLong before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing...

From the award-winning author of My Name is Leon comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic: stinging, warm-hearted, and true.Kit de Waal grew up in a household of...

A memoirFrom the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing.It's easy to be yourself when who and what you...

Notes on the British Empire, the Middle East and Where We MeetAre you not made of Suez silt? How do we know you won't shore our boats by making yourself...

The awe-inspiring true story of Yusra Mardini, Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer. The inspirational story behind the film The Swimmers on Netflix . It’s important the world understands what many...

The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the...

A Personal History of Japanese Food For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes felt lost in the...

A compelling, relatable and powerfully moving memoir of people-pleasing, family and what it means to love and be loved, from radio presenter and podcaster Linda Marigliano. Linda Marigliano has built...

Winner of the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader. Not many have...

A deeply personal, profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs.There is great pain in these pages, and anger at injustice, but also great love,...

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer...

A legendary transgender elder and activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle and the future of black, queer, and trans liberation. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous...

Finding my family’s stories The powerful story of a Bundjalung woman's journey to uncover her family history. The phone rang unexpectedly, late one night. 'Guess who our white ancestors were?'...

A father wrongly imprisoned. A daughter's quest to free him An incredible true tale of overcoming injustice and ode to the fierce love within one family, The Shape of Dust...

In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever. This is my...

A scintillatingly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman’s determined struggle for freedom We all know families that are poor but ‘respectable’. Mine, in contrast, was extremely rich...

A Walk in the HimalayasIn this acclaimed travel memoir Jamaica Kincaid chronicles a spectacular and exotic three-week trek through the Himalayan land of Nepal, where she and her companions are...

This book is a love letter to women longing to break free of the boxes their postcode, skin colour, gender and bank balance put them in. Its title is a...

Where do I belong? Who am I? The blood of my fathers links me to a much older place and time. I've walked in the footprints of my ancestors: I've...

It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG. How does a self-described ‘skinny Aboriginal kid’ overcome a legacy of family tragedy to become an AFL legend? One...

This is a story of belonging and not belonging, of not knowing if you exist and making sure that you do. This story is for ancestors and descendants, for the...

The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history. Emmanuel...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyA National Book Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookFrom the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think...

A memoir of queer motherhood and Black resistance A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides As a...

Comedian Oliver Twist was four years old when he and his family fled the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda for Malawi, their exile for the next fourteen years. Twist has...

The story of the Tamil family that captured our hearts It was dawn in the small rural town of Biloela. Loud thumps on the front door signalled the start of...

Memoir-essays from an award-winning writer, exploring race, sex, familial expectations, and identity. Raised by strict, religious, Malaysian Chinese parents in Brisbane's southern suburbs, Yen-Rong Wong internalised an idealised image of...

The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, which has now sold over one million copies worldwide With insight, humour, formal invention, and...

A memoir, penned with one good finger, about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful.Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting...