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Why I Love My Sister

Why I Love My Sister

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Author: Daniel Howarth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Featuring children's own words and heart-warming pictures, this book is the perfect gift for a sister, or for children expecting a...
The Cancer Journals

The Cancer Journals

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Author: Audre Lorde Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer Jackie...
Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism...
Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Originally published in 1933 George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris,...
American Scoundrel

American Scoundrel

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Author: Tom Keneally Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Murder, Love and politics in Civil War America. Murder, Love and politics in Civil War America. On the last,...
The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City

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Author: Iris Origo Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Iris Origo's most famous book, her classic study of the life and times of a medieval Italian merchant. In...
The Life of a Spy; An Education in Truth, Lies and Power

The Life of a Spy; An Education in Truth, Lies and Power

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Author: Rod Barton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The remarkable true story of an extraordinary Australian intelligence officer, whose work took him across the world ... and...
The Boy Behind the Curtain

The Boy Behind the Curtain

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Author: Tim Winton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton's most intimate and revealing work yet. Along with Island Home and...
The Very Busy Spider

The Very Busy Spider

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Author: Eric Carle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 24 A book to feel as well as to read, this bestselling companion title to The Very Hungry Caterpillar appears...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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Author: Jung Chang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao- The Unknown Story, the extraordinary story of the woman who...
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape

Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape

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Author: Laurie Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's...
Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London

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Author: George Orwell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute, in a stunning new cover look for...
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

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Author: Anita Heiss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, attempts...
Island Home

Island Home

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Author: Tim Winton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'This country leans in on you. Like family. To my way of thinking, it is family.' The natural world,...
How to Make Gravy

How to Make Gravy

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Author: Paul Kelly Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 A memoir in a hundred songs - classy storytelling from Australia's most prodigious singer-songwriter. Paul Kelly is a uniquely...
Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood

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Author: Roald Dahl Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! As a boy, all sorts of unusual...
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

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Author: Edmund de Waal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century - from an acclaimed...
Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living: THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living: THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Author: Glennon Doyle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Who were you before the world told you who to be? When women learn to please they forget who...
Attila The Hun

Attila The Hun

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Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun. The name Attila the Hun has become a...
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

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Author: Ashlee Vance Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 'I would like to die on Mars, just not on impact.' - Elon Musk South African born Elon Musk...
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire

Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire

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Author: John Man Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The definitive biography of Saladin. Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man...
The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia

The Forgotten Children: Fairbridge Farm School and its Betrayal of Britain's Child Migrants to Australia

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Author: David Hill Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 B-format of one of 2007's Australian non-fiction bestsellers. In 1959 David Hill's mother - a poor single parent living...
One Way Road: The Autobiography of Robbie McEwen

One Way Road: The Autobiography of Robbie McEwen

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Author: Ed Pickering Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The autobiography of three time Tour de France Green Jersey winner. The autobiography of three time Tour de France...
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood

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Author: Bill Bryson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet- into his own childhood in America's Mid-West. Bill Bryson's first travel...
In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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Author: Yeonmi Park Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The incredible autobiography of Yeonmi Park- a North Korean defector who escaped across the Gobi desert and is now...
The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage

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Author: Paulo Coelho Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes...
Let Me Go: Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for

Let Me Go: Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live for

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Author: Casey Watson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Harley...
Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon

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Author: Jay Jayamohan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave the hair,...
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

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Author: Tommy Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 Now a Netflix original movie starring Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth, and Iwan Rheon, directed by Jeff...
The Buddhist on Death Row

The Buddhist on Death Row

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Author: David Sheff Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places. Jarvis...
Finding Stevie: A dark secret. A child in crisis.

Finding Stevie: A dark secret. A child in crisis.

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. When Stevie's social worker...
A Long Way from Home

A Long Way from Home

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage. Elaine...
Inside Out: A Memoir

Inside Out: A Memoir

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Author: Demi Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the...
Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography

Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography

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Author: Usain Bolt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The autobiography of the fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and charisma have made him...
How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

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Author: Joshua Mezrich (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery. Leading transplant surgeon...
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk

The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk

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Author: Adam Plowright Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 300 39-year old Emmanuel Macron is the youngest-ever inhabitant of the Elysee Palace. A surprise candidate from the start, Macron...
Making an Elephant: Writing from Within

Making an Elephant: Writing from Within

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Author: Graham Swift Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 From the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, Waterland and England. As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the...
Red Sea Spies: The True Story of Mossad's Fake Diving Resort

Red Sea Spies: The True Story of Mossad's Fake Diving Resort

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Author: Raffi Berg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE NETFLIX FILM THE RED SEA DIVING RESORT. In the early 1980s on a...
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist

Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist

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Author: Niall Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1008 From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, the definitive biography of...
Letters of Note: Mothers

Letters of Note: Mothers

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Author: Shaun Usher Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and...
Good Company: How to Build a Business without Losing Your Values

Good Company: How to Build a Business without Losing Your Values

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Author: Julietta Dexter Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 In a highly competitive world, many think business success means being ruthless: maximising short-term return for shareholders, cutting overheads,...
Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man

Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man

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Author: Dr Jonathan Conlin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 When Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the...
The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

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Author: Marcus Chown Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one...
Too Scared to Tell: Abused and alone, Oskar has no one. A true story.

Too Scared to Tell: Abused and alone, Oskar has no one. A true story.

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Author: Cathy Glass Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother...
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman

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Author: Ben Hubbard Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020...
A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III

A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III

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Author: Janice Hadlow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 The Times Best Books of the Year - The Sunday Times Best Books of the Year The New Statesman Book of...
Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal

Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal

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Author: Michael Mewshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A generous, entertaining, intimate look at Gore Vidal, a man who prided himself on being difficult to know Detached and ironic;...
Benjamin Britten: A Life for Music

Benjamin Britten: A Life for Music

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Author: Neil Powell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: This spellbinding centenary biography by Neil Powell looks at the music, the life, and the legacy of the greatest British composer of...