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Memories of Maggie brings together personal reminiscenes and anecdotes from those who experienced close encounters with the Iron Lady, including Norman Tebbit, Cecil Parkinson, Kenneth Baker, George Bush, Helmut Kohl,...

The catalogue is arranged in three parts: firstly, a biographical section, incorporating portraits and records of events of both personal and national significance; secondly, a section drawn from Queen Elizabeth's...

In two World Wars, nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers, and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly...

Fifty tales from the annals of the 'Killing Times' when Bonnie Dundee carried out King Charles II's edict by hunting down and persecuting the Covenanters throughout Southern and Central Scotland....

Nigel Tranter's gift for bringing Scottish history to life is demonstrated in this lively book which details 45 of the nation's castles with associated tales and traditions. With a broad...

Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav...

What is a Dreamwalker? They are the rare few who, as Mary Summer Rain describes them, are "led by the spirit, ' have "shed the yoke of desire and self-want,"...

An extraordinarily warm and funny book about a big brother's courage and inventiveness when he discovers his parents have been run over by a truck - or have they? 'It's...

One day, when Baby Hippo woke up, he was in such a rush to go and play that he forgot to give his mum a kiss... The story that follows...

Janice Raymond offers a vision of female friendship that is as exhilarating as it is controversial. In this feminist classic, she explores the many manifestations of friendship between women, including...

For Mara, mother of four, and sole provider for her family, life has never been easy. In her community women carry a heavy burden as the world changes around them....

Five women - all HIV-positive - tell their diverse stories with honesty and determination. These powerful narratives reveal how each woman approached her predicament and the inner qualities she drew...

Have you ever wanted to join the circus? Wondered what goes on behind the scenes? What trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air? How fit you have...

Of interest to ages 15 years and up and especially appropriate for use in secondary and undergraduate studies, this unique book does not try to define leadership, but instead encourages...

Why do women become lesbians in later life? After interviewing almost a hundred women for an academic project, Dr. Tamsin Wilton realised their extraordinary stories should be shared with the...

Lisa Saffron is the acknowledged UK expert on self-insemination, runs parenting workshops and writes a column in "Diva" magazine about lesbian families. Now, in one unique volume, Saffron uses new...

Grampian Battlefields covers a time-span of 1,661 years. It forms an exercise in historical reasoning an d historical imagination. '

In a society of the future, the government restricts its citizens' rights and punishes people who disagree with its regime by sending them to work camps. Six years ago, Lorna's...

A month-by-month, easy-to-follow guide on what to do - and when - in your garden from the number one trusted name in gardening products, Yates. With clearly set out and...

I was walking down the road, and I saw a donkey ... hee-haw! And he only had three legs. He was a wonky donkey ... In this funny, cumulative song,...

Eat well, spend less is Sophie Gray's Destitiute Gourmet philosophy. And that's what the recipes in this book will help you do. Sophie has making gorgeous food and spending very...

The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships...

Coming Home To Crimson - Michelle Major Escaping from a cheating fiance in a 'borrowed' car, Sienna Pierce can't think of anywhere to go but Crimson, the hometown she swore...

Wanted: Outback Wife - Ally Blake When Jodie Simpson met her long-lost sister, Louise Valentine, she didn't realise the biggest adventure of her life was about to begin. With her...

The Shy Nurse's Rebel Doc - Alison Roberts ER nurse Samantha Braithwaite has learnt never to put limits on herself. But working with Dr Blake Cooper is her biggest challenge...

A Wedding In Warragurra - Fiona Lowe Single father Dr Baden Tremont moved to the Outback to focus on raising his young daughter. But then he meets kind-hearted flight nurse...

An unexpected and unusual inheritance sets a young woman on the road to discover her mother's deepest secret. A charming and heartfelt rural romance perfect for readers of Rachael Johns...

This political autobiography is a remarkable mix of the personal and the political as Dennis Altman writes his life. From growing up gay in Tasmania in the 1950's, to the...

InThe Best Australian Stories2015, Amanda Lohrey, winner of the Patrick White Award and author of the acclaimed novelA Short History of Richard Kline, curates twenty pieces of exceptional short fiction....

In The Best Australian Essays 2014, Robert Manne assembles his picks of contemporary non-fiction writing. In The Best Australian Essays 2014, Robert Manne assembles his picks of contemporary non-fiction writing....

Personal, poignant, and meticulously precise, Holt's writing evokes Chekhov, Maugham, and William Carlos Williams. Internal Medicine is an account of what it means to be a doctor, to be mortal,...

'I arrange some cushions on the rug and the professor lies across these as if trained. I kneel beside him, then straddle his buttocks, thinking I may as well be...

Finding Your Voice is an enlightening practical guide to personal development and communication: it is also much more. This is a book which offers a political and philosophical vision that...