The Not ORDINARY LIVES Collection
Real People. Remarkable Stories.
Across more than 70 years, Peter J Snow OAM has met an extraordinary range of people — from Prime Ministers and pioneers to everyday Australians achieving the unexpected.
The Not ORDINARY LIVES series shares their journeys in short, semi-biographical stories — each a five-minute window into a life proving that courage, compassion, and purpose matter more than circumstance.
Each book features 15–16 stories, also available individually through 5-MinuteReads.com with one goal: to inspire, uplift, and remind us that ordinary beginnings can lead to extraordinary outcomes.
Series 1 – “The Tribe” celebrates the heroes on and off the field whose lives are bound by the spirit of a football club.
Series 2 – “Movers & Shakers” profiles those whose personal or professional paths have broken barriers and built legacies.
Aspirational. Inspirational. Motivational.
Available in paperback, eBook, audiobook, and single-story “mini-book” editions.
"The Tribe" (Volume 1)
What have the co-founder of one of Australia's great business success stories: a foster carer of 220 babies, the unluckiest AFL footballer in Australia (and the highest paid per minute), a lollipop Santa, an Alpaca breeder, Western Australia’s most decorated footballer, a casino gaming inspector, a disability carer, and a fire chief have in common?
A love of a football club!
They are just some of the backgrounds of 15 ordinary people doing extraordinary things whose tales are included in this series of memoirs introduced by the person who had the privilege of getting to know all of them.
They certainly are: Not Ordinary Lives!
"The Tribe" (Volume 2)
More Than a Club: 16 Ordinary People, One Extraordinary Passion
What do a 95-year-old club immortal, a triple premiership player, a Serbian rugby international, a father of 12, two football mums, a recycling sorter, a ball legend, small business owners and a school principal have in common?
A love of their football club!
This collection of 16 short, semi-biographical memoirs celebrates everyday people whose passion, dedication, and spirit from the heart of football club. From behind the scenes legends to on the field heroes, their stories are raw, real and inspiring.
"The Tribe" (Volume 3)
More Than a Club: 15 Ordinary People, One Extraordinary Passion
Volume 3 continues to explore another 15 remarkable yet diverse lives with the unique connection that binds them together.
A love of their football club!
This collection of 15 short, semi-biographical memoirs celebrates everyday people whose passion, dedication, and spirit from the heart of football club. From behind the scenes legends to on the field heroes, their stories are raw, real and inspiring.
"Movers & Shakers" (Volume 1)
Ordinary People. Extraordinary Impact. Timeless Lessons.
Movers & Shakers 1 is a compelling collection of semi-biographical stories about people the author has encountered who have achieved the remarkable. Meet the teacher with 1.6 million TikTok followers, Australia's first woman test pilot and runner up in the first Australian Survivor, an international film producer, an engineer who reinvented herself as an award-winning Nordic cracker baker- and many more.
Together, these stories reveal a simple truth: success isn't about where you start, but the courage to keep going. Inspiring, uplifting, and deeply human, this book shows how ordinary people can - and do - create extraordinary impact.
