Autobiography from Lems Bookshop

The exraordinary life of an ordinary man who battled and won against impossible odds. 342 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover and birthday inscription prior to title page. Dust jacket in good+ condition with small tear bottom spine and ?water "damage". This is a big… Read more about this item

The author at age 20 is sent to be the only teacher in a remote country town. He has eighteen pupils ranging from 5 to 15 years old, few lesson plans and scant teaching materials - a very daunting task. 284 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

The author spent 40 years in secret service monitoring firstly Nazism then communism in Britain, Holland and Australia during the Cold War. Her appraisal of ASIO raises unanswered questions of great importance. 316 pages with black and white illustrations through the text. Book in very good+ condition.

At the age of sixteen the author lost a leg in a train accident but he overcame that and was accepted into the Air Force in World War 2, took up the sport of high diving, and then skin diving and was one of the pioneers of diving in Australia and became a world renowned diver. 253 pages with… Read more about this item

Alick Trafford was 22 when he left a remote New Zealand farm to join his brother fighting in World War One - he kept a secret diary throughout. The words are raw and authentic, revealing the emotions of an ordinary soldier with no punches pulled. 351 pages with 5 black and white photographs and 4 maps.

In 2013 the author fled Myanmar bound for Australia only to end up in the Manus Regional Processing Centre were he spent years, then taking matters into his own hands he escaped but was stateless without ID and while Manus was behind him his true escape was still ahead - it took six months. 347 pages with 16 pages of… Read more about this item

The account of the author's first voyage as an apprentice in the sailing ship Denbigh Castle is unique in the annuals of sail. The voyage to South America took thirteen months. 192 pages with 15 black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with presentation sticker om front endpaper, some foxing to leading edges and front endpaper, and light tanning.… Read more about this item

Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed - a long distance drover along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales. 232 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Book in good+ condition with minor water damage top of pages next to cover and light tanning.

China from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s was a tangle of contradictions and to grow up in Beijing was to become engulfed in the colossal struggle between ideologies and between nations. This is the authors memories of those times and a childhood in wartime China. 294 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

Life on the medical frontline in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan - a young Australian doctor thinks he is ready for his first posting in Africa to be confronted by reality. 344 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good condition with minor wear.

An Australian General, 300,000 troops, the bloodiest conflict of our time. In 2004 the author was deployed to Iraq and in the book he gives an insiders account of what modern warfare entails. 358 pages with 16 pages of mainly colour photographs. Book in very good+ condition.

Signed by the author, the triumph of an ordinary man in the Khmer Rouge genocide. 108 pages with 7 colour and 4 black and white illustrations. Book in as new condition.

A story about bombs, science, and the human psyche - how a bomb disposal expert survived the Afghan War. 326 pages with 8 pages of colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

Updated edition marking the death of Veronica Brodie. The author's story as told to Mary-Anne Gale - a recounting of the struggles of Aboriginal life told with humour and passion. 192 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition with booksellers stickers on back.

The events that influenced the authors view of life and which fueled his artistic vision and his decision to stake everything on becoming a writer. 299 pages. Book in near fine condition.

A pictorial history of the author's life and her career in theatre, television and film. 224 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition.

Published by Affirm Press. This unique and intimate illustrated autobiography recounts the thrills, heartbreaks and epic feats of an unparalleled racing career, on the track and behind the scenes of the master of motorsport - the most brilliant touring car racer in Australian motorsport history. 280 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in… Read more about this item

The early days and early struggles of the author. 285 pages with 9 black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with two booksellers sticker/stamp inside front cover, writing on spine, and some minor wear to cover.

An Australian woman who refused to give in and against the odds achieved her Olympic dream. 288 pages with 8 pages of photographs, most in colour. Book in as new condition.

The author's undercover war against the child sex trade in Asia. 276 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker inside back cover, spine and back cover.