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Moss Cass and the Greening of the Australian Labor Party
In 1972, Dr Moss Cass found himself minister responsible for Australia's first Department of Environment and Conservation in Gough Whitlam's newly elected Labor government. Long-haired, bearded, unapologetically a champion of...
Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847: The Journey of an Irish Coffin
Early on the morning of 20 May 1847, the "Bark Ajax" weighed anchor in Dublin harbour with 258 passengers on board facing a six-week crossing of the North Atlantic to...
Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11
One of the inspirations for the smash hit Broadway musical Come From Away , Channel of Peace is an unforgettable memoir of the extraordinary kindness afforded to passengers whose flights...
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness: A
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This book is my story about growing up in a Black girl's body. It's about...
It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine's Path to Peace
In 2000 Rye Barcott spent part of his summer living in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. He was a college student heading into the American Marines, and he sought...
Troublemaker: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Sixties
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The political memoir as rousing adventure story--a sizzling account of a life lived in the thick of every important struggle of the era. April 1973: snow falls thick and fast...
For the Record
'The political memoir of the decade' Sunday Times The referendum on Britain's membership of the EU is one of the most controversial political events of our times. For the first...
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" (Patrick Radden Keefe, author...
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard
An "extraordinarily brilliant" and "pleasurably naughty" (Andre Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy...and who the...
The Spy in the Archive: How one man tried to kill the KGB
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man - Vasili Mitrokhin - turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the...
Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq
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When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts...
True Compass: A Memoir
A landmark autobiography and the definite account from a member of America s most heralded family. As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential...
Letters of Note: Art
In Letters of Note: Art , Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about Art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising...
Long Shot: My Life As a Sniper in the Fight Against ISIS
In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG...
The Military Memoirs of General John Pope
Union general John Pope was among the most controversial and misunderstood figures to hold major command during the Civil War. Before being called east in June 1862 to lead the...
The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi
The extraordinary true story of the Holocaust survivor who endured six death camps before joining the hunt for the Nazis and bringing his tormentors to justice. **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**...
A Promised Land
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of...
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between
A breathtaking memoir and an extraordinary testament to the human spirit. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK...
NELSON LIFE & LETTERS OF HERO
Roger Morriss interweaves the story of Nelso n''s heroism at sea with the colourful and controversial even ts of his personal life, in particular his relations with Em ma Hamilton...
And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy
What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works. So much of...
Seychelles Global Citizen: The Autobiography of the Founding President
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This title offers an insightful and informative look at the remarkable life and times of Sir James Mancham - founding President of the Republic of the Seychelles. James Mancham (b....
The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. 'The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark 'Billy' Billingham. They are the backbone of the British military and I...
Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda
Between 1994 and 2000, Omar Nasiri worked as a secret agent for Europe's top foreign intelligence services-including France's DGSE (Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure), and Britain's MI5 and MI6....
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama...
Matters of the Heart: The inspirational and deeply moving memoir from
The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due...
A Warning
On September 5, 2018, the New York Times published a bombshell essay and took the rare step of granting its writer anonymity. Described only as "a senior official in the...
Autobiography
The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for: fair play, an unshakeable sense of...
I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House
The most frank and intimate portrait of the Trump White House yet Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top...
The Boy from Baghdad: My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster
'Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim's childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for politics' Rory Stewart 'From Baghdad to...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 3: 1662
Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period....
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661: V.2
Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period....
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War
The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat To The Craziest Campaign In American
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Compelling... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review From the Recipient of the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence...
Madam Secretary: A Memoir
Madeleine Albright was for eight years during the first and second Clinton terms privy to some of the most fascinating and controversial episodes in recent memory. Her refreshingly candid memoir...
Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for
In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. Instant New York Times Bestseller...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor J zsef Debreczeni A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first...
My Opposition: The Diary of Friedrich Kellner - A German against the
This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret...
Looking at Women, Looking at War
WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD 'This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a...
Beautiful Things: A Memoir
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love," Hunter Biden writes in this deeply moving and "unflinchingly honest" (...
Winning for Women: A Personal Story
'It is only with an understanding of the past we can create a better future. A must-read for anyone aspiring to make their own impactful change.'-Julia Gillard What was it...
A Different Kind of Power: The internationally bestselling memoir
#1 New Zealand bestseller #1 Amazon bestseller #2 Audible bestseller #3 New York Times bestseller #3 Sunday Times bestseller #4 Australian bestseller From the former prime minister of New Zealand,...
Pathfinder Pioneer: The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
In this engaging book we see how an 18-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the...
A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the
Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) ranked among the most important generals who fought with Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. A brigade and corps commander, he played principal roles...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War
The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100...
We Will Not Go to Tuapse: From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion
We Will Not Go to Tuapse: From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade 'Wallonien' 1942-45