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Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

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The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby 'There's no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES 'I love this book' DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life...
Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

Four Stars: A Life. Reviewed.

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
The second book from acclaimed writer and journalist Joel Golby 'There's no one funnier than Joel Golby' GREG JAMES 'I love this book' DOLLY ALDERTON How much of your life...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

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'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying - that very few international observers have encountered' -...
Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

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Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes...
Lifeform: from the bestselling author of Little Weirds

Lifeform: from the bestselling author of Little Weirds

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Praise for Jenny Slate and Little Weirds 'Magical' Mindy Kaling 'Delicious' Amy Sedaris 'This book is something new and wonderful. It made me remember I was alive' George Saunders From...
Gather and Grill

Gather and Grill

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Foreword by Steve Doocy Turn up the heat and crack open a cold one with this smokin' hot, flavor-packed cookbook from Fox News' favorite father-son duo, packed with more than...
Lessons In Liberty: Thirty Rules For Living From Ten Extraordinary

Lessons In Liberty: Thirty Rules For Living From Ten Extraordinary

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"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." - Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American Mind America is full...
Breaking Waves: Discovery, Healing and Inspiration in the Open Water

Breaking Waves: Discovery, Healing and Inspiration in the Open Water

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A warm, reflective, and uplifting memoir about healing wounds, reclaiming a voice and discovering freedom through the open water. The open water. To the uninitiated, it represents the unknown, an...
And Finally...: Weird and wonderful stories told at the end of the

And Finally...: Weird and wonderful stories told at the end of the

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And Finally ... is the injection of cheer we all need in these rather depressing times. This heart-warming book takes a look at the very best '...and finally' segments of...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

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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...
Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency

Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency

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Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, and a Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. On the night of 23 February 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in...
Brazen: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR FROM THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S

Brazen: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR FROM THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** From the star of Netflix's My Unorthodox Life, a riveting, inspiring memoir. Julia Haart tells the story of her extraordinary journey, from leaving an ultra-Orthodox...
Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science

Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science

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The first astronomer to publicize his subject on radio and television, Sir Fred Hoyle rose to national prominence in the 1950s as a result of his controversial ideas on the...
Touch And Go: A Memoir

Touch And Go: A Memoir

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At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. He now offers a memoir which - embodying the spirit of the man himself -...
The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York

The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York

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In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly...
Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time

Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time

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The author shares his observations on the New Age world, UFO conspiracies, the Internet, the apocalypse, commercialism, harmonic convergences, numerology, and other topics.
Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Redemption under

Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Redemption under

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The author journeys back into his own family's past to investigate the century-old murder of his great-great-grandfather, a revolutionary and legendary bandit known as the Monk, and the conspiracy of...
The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas

The Love Letters of Dylan Thomas

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Dylan Thomas's letters to the many women in his life most important among them his wife Caitlin are among the most beautiful and lyrical he wrote. Provoked on the most...
Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

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Instant New York Times Bestseller "A masterwork. ... O'Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we've had about the most controversial person in America's biggest game." -Peter King Four-time...
The Point of Distraction

The Point of Distraction

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A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces. 'A brief yet elegant excursion into the nature and execution of...
Beautiful Things: A Memoir

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" (...
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

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An uncannily brilliant evocation of the falconer's art and a moving story of a man's discovery of how to be a father. 'I was moved to tears by Ben Crane's...
No Filters: a mother and teenage daughter love story

No Filters: a mother and teenage daughter love story

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Honest, funny, moving conversations about mental health, identity and contemporary issues between bestselling author and her teenage daughter 'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMES How can we...
A Different Kind of Power: The internationally bestselling memoir

A Different Kind of Power: The internationally bestselling memoir

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#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,...
My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and

My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and

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A beautifully written, courageous memoir of a wartime childhood behind enemy lines.
Heretic

Heretic

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Writing in the Sand

Writing in the Sand

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The epic story of legendary band Yothu Yindi and 'Treaty', the song that gave voice to a movement WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY YALMAY YUNUPINGU & WITIYANA MARIKA Sometimes a musical revolution...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

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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...
Crooked

Crooked

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In a music and publishing industry first, acclaimed musician Kristin Hersh releases her new studio album, CROOKED, as a book. Kristin Hersh, lead singer of Throwing Muses and successful solo...
In Progress: Photographs By Catherine Dyhin

In Progress: Photographs By Catherine Dyhin

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Author: Catherine DyhinBinding: HardbackPublished: Catherine Dyhin., 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis is a photography collection by Catherine Dyhin, showcasing her distinctive artistic vision. The book presents a...
True Stories Of The SAS

True Stories Of The SAS

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Author: Robin HunterBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed DJ with tanning and foxing to page edges.True Stories of the SAS...
A Nice Night's Entertainment

A Nice Night's Entertainment

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Author: Barry HumphriesBinding: HardbackPublished: Currency Press., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents a vibrant and often satirical look at Australian...
Destroyer Squadron 23

Destroyer Squadron 23

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Author: Ken JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Chilton Company., 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis is a historical account detailing the operations of Destroyer Squadron 23 during World War...
Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920

Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920

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Author: Jacqueline HealyBinding: HardbackPublished: Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight tears in DJ.This scholarly work chronicles the Smith family's era at...
A Sparrow In The Snow

A Sparrow In The Snow

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Author: Sylva DarelBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some minor wear and a small tear on rear panel...
Mother of all the Behans: The story of Kathleen Behan as told to Brian Behan

Mother of all the Behans: The story of Kathleen Behan as told to Brian Behan

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Author: Kathleen Behan As Told To Brian BehanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning on reverse and price clipped, previous owner...
The Life Of Ian Fleming: Creator Of James Bond

The Life Of Ian Fleming: Creator Of James Bond

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Author: John PearsonBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Jonathan Cape, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded black cloth. Light foxing on...
What's To Become Of The Boy?: A Memoir

What's To Become Of The Boy?: A Memoir

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Author: Heinrich BöllBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHeinrich Böll’s What’s to Become of the Boy? A Memoir offers a candid and intimate...
Frédéric Joliot-Curie: A Biography

Frédéric Joliot-Curie: A Biography

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Author: Maurice GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFrederic Joliot-Curie, who died in 1958 in his fifty-eigth year, typified in a manner unique in his...
The Long Arm

The Long Arm

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Author: Hugh V. ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Roebuck , 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket spine has light tanningThis is the biography of a Northern Territory policeman...
Bring On The Empty Horses

Bring On The Empty Horses

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Author: David NivenBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn this captivating memoir, "Bring On The Empty Horses," David Niven, the celebrated British actor, offers a witty...
Julian Tenison Woods: Studies In The Christian Movement, Number Five

Julian Tenison Woods: Studies In The Christian Movement, Number Five

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Author: Margaret M. PressBinding: HardbackPublished: Catholic Theological Faculty, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic biography, "Julian Tenison Woods: Studies In The Christian Movement, Number Five," presents a...
Francis Ormond: Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist

Francis Ormond: Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist

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Author: C. Stuart RossBinding: HardbackPublished: Melville & Mullen Proprietary, Ltd., 1912Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Green cloth...
Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography

Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography

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Author: Joe SlovoBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling autobiography chronicles the extraordinary life of Joe Slovo, a pivotal figure in South...
Ellen Terry: Stars Of The Stage

Ellen Terry: Stars Of The Stage

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Author: Christopher St. JohnBinding: HardbackPublished: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged missing small parts of top edge, page edges...