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Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

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'A formidable free-style book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' Rolling Stone magazine...
High Rise: An action-packed suspense thriller from the bestselling

High Rise: An action-packed suspense thriller from the bestselling

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A heart-pounding, high-stakes, high-adrenalin relentless blast of an action-packed thriller, from Gabriel Bergmoser. the bestselling author of The Hunted and The Caretaker . After a year of searching, rogue ex-cop...
The Intruders

The Intruders

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'Pacey, twisty and with so many reveals I literally did have my jaw in the floor! I absolutely loved this book. If you're a fan of a thriller, great drama,...
Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit

Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit

$37.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
As David Cameron's Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver was in the room at every key moment during the EU referendum campaign - interacting with all the players including...
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
'A formidable freestyle book that isn't straight biography but a mix of history, street-level investigative reporting, hagiography, Deep South sociology, music criticism, memoir and some fiery preaching' ROLLING STONE The...
Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump, Brexit

Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump, Brexit

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In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our...
Packaged for Life: Beer, Wine & Spirits

Packaged for Life: Beer, Wine & Spirits

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In our haste to consume the things we love, we often disregard or discard packaging without a second thought. While many would argue that they bear no significance to our...
Urban Potters: Makers in the City

Urban Potters: Makers in the City

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Clay is back: the age-old craft of ceramics is being embraced by a new generation of urban makers and collectors. This book explores the contemporary revival of pottery, focusing on...
The Everyday and Everydayness: Two Works Series Vol. 3

The Everyday and Everydayness: Two Works Series Vol. 3

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'The character of the everyday has always been repetitive and veiled by obsession and fear', wrote Henri Lefebvre in 1987. Drawing on his mid-twentieth century 'critique of everyday life', a...
Andras Szanto: Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with

Andras Szanto: Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with

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Following on the widely-read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues , which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and...
Maritime Logos

Maritime Logos

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Maritime Logos is the second instalment in an ongoing series of pocket books dedicated to logo design. Following on from 'Architectural Logos' this title contains a wonderful selection of logos,...
Disorientation

Disorientation

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'The funniest, most poignant novel of the year' - Vogue For fans of Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang, Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire - alive with sharp edges,...
12 Strong Film Tie-in

12 Strong Film Tie-in

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Now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon! "A thrilling action ride of a book" ( The New York Times Book Review )--the New...
Deliver Me: A riveting, poignant portrayal of friendship, betrayal and

Deliver Me: A riveting, poignant portrayal of friendship, betrayal and

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PETRONA AWARD 2025, CELEBRATING THE BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand , a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends...
Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild

Island Wife: living on the edge of the wild

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My childhood socks were always white, my frocks ironed. Each day predictable, safe. I escaped. Aged 19, I was swept off my feet by a wild adventurer and married within...
1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

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Originally a self-published sensation by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, 1 Dead in Attic captures the heart and soul of New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 1 Dead...
Speculation

Speculation

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Engaging with the question of speculation in ways that encompass the artistic, the economic and the philosophical, with excursions into the literary and the scientific, this collection approaches the theme...
Protest Art

Protest Art

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An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter....
Goodbye, Dearest Holly: An unflinching memoir of surviving tragedy,

Goodbye, Dearest Holly: An unflinching memoir of surviving tragedy,

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Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared. For the next thirteen days their families, the police, and the local...
The Love We Found

The Love We Found

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TEN YEARS. TWO LOVES. ONE LAST CHANCE. 'Santopolo is a true master of matters of the heart' Taylor Jenkins Reid ' No one writes about love, in all its beautiful...
Into the Storm

Into the Storm

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One night can change your life. Forever. 'Such a brilliant writer and this was another 5 star book for me' Reader Review 'Hugely immersive and emotional' Reader Review 'An emotional...
Dayanita Singh: Book Building

Dayanita Singh: Book Building

$54.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Is it a book, an exhibition, a catalogue of the exhibition? Is it mass produced? Is it unique? Dayanita Singh is a book artist who stretches the imagination of what...
Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

$76.99 AUD$30.00 AUD
The first book to dive exclusively into Ai Weiwei's approach to design and collecting, shedding light on the value we ascribe to everyday objects. Artist, film-maker, architect, activist, collector -...
The Art of Ukraine

The Art of Ukraine

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An in-depth overview of Ukrainian art from the dawn of Modernism in the late nineteenth century to the start of the Russian invasion in Spring 2022. Ukraine is at a...
The Story of Contemporary Art

The Story of Contemporary Art

$65.99 AUD$32.50 AUD
A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present. What does it mean? Is it really art? Why does it cost so much? While...
Blood Debt (DS Rick Turner series, Book 2)

Blood Debt (DS Rick Turner series, Book 2)

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Praise for the DS Rick Turner series 'A compulsive thriller' Ann Cleeves 'A terrifically tense sequel!' Daniel Sellers Justice is served As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive...
Truth Or Date

Truth Or Date

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'Loved every page and it ended far too fast!' Reader review Don't miss this laugh-out-loud romcom from bestseller Portia MacIntosh, perfect for fans of forced proximity and opposites attract romance....
Trials of Hope: An Ethiopian memoir of heritage and heartache

Trials of Hope: An Ethiopian memoir of heritage and heartache

$35.99 AUD$30.59 AUD
Winner of the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Trials of Hope tells the story of a shepherd boy turned human-rights academic set against the backdrop of the author's beloved...
The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

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The international bestseller from the legendary oracle of technological change In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book, the legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species...
V13: Chronicle of a Trial

V13: Chronicle of a Trial

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A moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial by France's leading non-fiction writer On 13 November 2015, nine attackers wearing suicide bombs killed 130 people and left hundreds wounded...
People We Meet On Vacation

People We Meet On Vacation

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'The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER TWO FRIENDS. TEN SUMMER TRIPS. THEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE. 12 SUMMERS AGO- Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each...
A Month By The Sea: Encounters in Gaza

A Month By The Sea: Encounters in Gaza

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Over the summer of 2011, Dervla Murphy spent a month in the Gaza Strip. She developed an acute eye for the way in which isolation has shaped this society, meeting...
The Opportunist (Love Me with Lies, Book 1)

The Opportunist (Love Me with Lies, Book 1)

$22.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Never Never comes the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming, the first book in the Love Me with Lies trilogy!...
The Midnight Feast

The Midnight Feast

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*Lucy Foley's new thriller - Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel , the brand new Miss Marple novel - is available to pre-order now * ________ For starters, everyone here...
The Last Widow (The Will Trent Series, Book 9)

The Last Widow (The Will Trent Series, Book 9)

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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller! Watch Will Trent on Disney+! She might be the first victim, but she won't be the last. Three... A woman is abducted in front...
The Good Husband

The Good Husband

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'I was hooked from the start and finished this book in 1 day. I couldn't read it fast enough. It was a whirlwind with plenty of suspense, secrets and betrayal.'...
Nightfall

Nightfall

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Don't miss the next utterly gripping and emotional thriller from Amanda Brooke! 'Loaded with twists and dark turns you won't see coming' The Sun Every family has secrets... Following her...
Waiting for the Monsoon

Waiting for the Monsoon

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By the New York Times 's legendary war correspondent, written while battling terminal brain cancer: a life-affirming memoir of high adventure, deep wisdom, and finding true happiness amid the unlikeliest...
Whiteout

Whiteout

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Featured on THE TIMES 'best thrillers of 2025 so far' list 'Gripping debut ... Cracking' - The Times 'My favourite sort of thriller ... tons of fun' Guardian 'Chillingly atmospheric...
The World Since 1945: A History of International Relations

The World Since 1945: A History of International Relations

$54.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
Thoroughly updated throughout, this new edition of The World Since 1945 traces the major political, economic, and ideological patterns that have evolved in the global arena from the end of...
Dandelion is Dead

Dandelion is Dead

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Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead. ------------------------------------------------ PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 BY ELLE , VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN,...
A Voyage Around the Queen

A Voyage Around the Queen

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 ... 'GENIUS' A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the SPECTATOR , MAIL ON SUNDAY , NEW STATESMAN...
The Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Cabinet

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The follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal Coven All is not as it seems within the halls of Her Majesty's Royal Coven... Despite thinking they've...
The New Geography of Innovation: The global contest for breakthrough

The New Geography of Innovation: The global contest for breakthrough

$34.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
The US is the source of just about all the technologies that define modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones, e-commerce, web browsers, email, search engines, social networks, electric cars...
Kilted Lovers

Kilted Lovers

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The brilliant new novel from the Queen of royal-rom-coms 'Refreshingly vulnerable and timelessly romantic' BONNIE WOODS All Lady Alice Walpole wants is to be swept off her feet, but she...
War Diary

War Diary

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The young artist and writer Yevgenia Belorusets was in her hometown of Kyiv when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of February 24, 2022. For her and millions...
Long Shadows

Long Shadows

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Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge...
A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and

A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and

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"Scott Jennings is a Patriot from the Great State of Kentucky... A Revolution of Common Sense was directly inspired by my Inaugural Address and the many Common Sense actions we...