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Home Before The Leaves Fall

Home Before The Leaves Fall

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Author: Leigh HayBinding: SoftbackPublished: Tales from the Treehouse, 2017Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis narrative follows a man in uniform, his experiences likely shaped by the...
Science, Race & Faith: A Life Of John Mathew

Science, Race & Faith: A Life Of John Mathew

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Author: Malcolm PrentisBinding: SoftbackPublished: Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity, 1998Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography follows the life of John Mathew, a figure...
Yours Sincerely, G L Cramer, Headmaster

Yours Sincerely, G L Cramer, Headmaster

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Author: D E and L V HansenBinding: HardbackPublished: Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew, Australia, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the life and experiences of...
Heralds And Angels: The House Of Fairfax 1841-1990

Heralds And Angels: The House Of Fairfax 1841-1990

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Author: Gavin SouterBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history of the Fairfax family and their influence. The narrative spans...
Light Beneath The Cross: The Story Of Billy Graham's Crusade In Australia

Light Beneath The Cross: The Story Of Billy Graham's Crusade In Australia

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Author: S. Barton Babbage And Ian SigginsBinding: HardbackPublished: The World's Work, 1960Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts Billy Graham's crusade in Australia. It...
The Autobiography Of John Shaw Neilson

The Autobiography Of John Shaw Neilson

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Author: John Shaw Neilson; Introduced by Nancy KeesingBinding: SoftbackPublished: National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis autobiography follows the life of John Shaw...
Tides & Eddies (SIGNED)

Tides & Eddies (SIGNED)

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Author: Maie CaseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book immerses readers in the ebb and flow of coastal life, portraying the...
Mathew Blagden Hale: The Life Of An Australian Pioneer Bishop

Mathew Blagden Hale: The Life Of An Australian Pioneer Bishop

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Author: A.De Q. RobinBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography recounts the life and work of Mathew Blagden Hale, an Australian...
William James Farrer: A Biography

William James Farrer: A Biography

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Author: Archer RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, F.W. Cheshire, 1949Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis biography recounts the life of William James Farrer. Farrer was a key figure in...
The Gay Provider: The Myer Story

The Gay Provider: The Myer Story

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Author: Alan MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the story of The MYER store. It is a biography about the...
The Needs Of Time: The Life Of Sir Macfarlane Burnet

The Needs Of Time: The Life Of Sir Macfarlane Burnet

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Author: Christopher SextonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography follows the life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet, a prominent Australian virologist best...
Jim's Story: With The 37Th Battalion - A.I.F.

Jim's Story: With The 37Th Battalion - A.I.F.

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Author: Mary ReddropBinding: HardbackPublished: Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1982Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis narrative recounts Jim's experiences with the 37th Battalion A.I.F. The pages contain stories...
They Came In The Brilliant: A History Of The Melaurin, Memeekin And Paton Families

They Came In The Brilliant: A History Of The Melaurin, Memeekin And Paton Families

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Author: J. O. RandellBinding: HardbackPublished: Brown Prior Anderson, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history of the McLaurin, McMeekin, and Paton families. It traces...
Yaldwyn Of The Golden Spurs

Yaldwyn Of The Golden Spurs

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Author: J. O. RandellBinding: HardbackPublished: Mast Gully Press Melbourne, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWilliam Henry Yaldwyn, a Sussex Squire and Australian Squatter, lived from 1800 to...
Clementine Churchill

Clementine Churchill

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Author: Mary SoamesBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsClementine Churchill remains an enigmatic figure in history. She stood by Winston Churchill through the tumultuous years...
Churchill: The Struggle For Survival 1940/65

Churchill: The Struggle For Survival 1940/65

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Author: Lord MoranBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, London, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the life and career of Winston Churchill, focusing on his leadership...
George Iii And The Historians

George Iii And The Historians

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Author: Herbert ButterfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: London : Collins, 1957Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the historiography surrounding King George III of Great Britain. It analyzes how...
As We Are

As We Are

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Author: E. F. BensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green and Co, 1934Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsE. F. Benson reflects upon his life and the people he has encountered....
The Art Of The Possible: The Memoirs Of The Late

The Art Of The Possible: The Memoirs Of The Late

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Author: Lord ButlerBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts a life in British politics. A prominent figure in the Conservative Party...
The Tyrannous Reign Of Mary Stewart: George Buchanan's Account

The Tyrannous Reign Of Mary Stewart: George Buchanan's Account

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Author: Buchanan, George (Author) & Gatherer, W.A. (Editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Edinburgh University Press, 1958Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGeorge Buchanan presents a compelling account of Mary Stewart's reign....
Reminiscences Of My Life And Times: Both In Church And State In Australia, For Upwards Of Fifty Years

Reminiscences Of My Life And Times: Both In Church And State In Australia, For Upwards Of Fifty Years

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Author: John Dunmore LangBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the author's experiences and observations in both religious and political spheres within Australia,...
Alexander Carlyle: Anecdotes And Characters Of The Times

Alexander Carlyle: Anecdotes And Characters Of The Times

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Author: Alexander Carlyle; Edited James KinsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book recounts anecdotes and observations, offering insights into the lives and...
A Short Life Of Shakespeare With The Sources

A Short Life Of Shakespeare With The Sources

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Author: Charles WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1933Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis abridged edition presents a concise biography of William Shakespeare. It incorporates insights...
The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

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Written in spare, elegant prose, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. is the autobiography of a well-known Parisian art critic who likes to spend nights in the singles clubs of...
A Silent Tsunami: Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia

A Silent Tsunami: Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia

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Combining personal and professional experience, A Silent Tsunami is a moving exploration of the development of Dementia and its impacts on a mother-daughter relationship. A Silent Tsunami is a unique...
The Tears of Strangers

The Tears of Strangers

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Stan Grant was born in 1963 into the Wiradjuri people - a tribe of warriors who occupied the vast territory of central and south-western New South Wales. For 100 years...
Do You Hear What I Hear?: Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Religious Calling, the Priesthood, and My

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When Minna Proctor's father, a university professor and musicologist, tells her he has decided to pursue the priesthood, all she can say is, "oh." Having grown up the child of...
Heretic: A Memoir

Heretic: A Memoir

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A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community. Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful--in her marriage to a...
When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable

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"Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn't miss this for the world."-Leslie Jones When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode...
'What's Wrong With Me?': From Unravelling to Reinvention: A Midlife

'What's Wrong With Me?': From Unravelling to Reinvention: A Midlife

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'This comforting memoir will help us all feel less alone as we navigate the emotional turmoil of midlife' Davina McCall, author of Menopausing From the bestselling author of 'Mum, What's...
Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio

Dancing in my Dreams: Confronting the spectre of polio

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Acrossmost of the world, an entire generation has lived free from the spectre ofpolio, but for fifty years during the twentieth century that fear wasoverwhelming. Dancing in My Dreams investigatesthe...
The Man Who Returned From The Dead

The Man Who Returned From The Dead

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Hugh Glass was left to die. Attacked Whilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear....
Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that

Punished: A mother's cruelty. A daughter's survival. A secret that

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The inspiring true story of Vanessa Steel, whose childhood was overshadowed by a terrible secret. Plagued by torture and abuse by both her mother and grandfather, little Vanessa was nearly...
What I Would Do If I Were You

What I Would Do If I Were You

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Re-issued with new jacket to coincide with the publication of Mandy's new title, BOYFRIENDS. Welcome to the wonderful, slightly-wacky world of Mandy Nolan. She is a stand-up comedian, an artist...
Is it Just Me?: Confessions of an Over-sharer

Is it Just Me?: Confessions of an Over-sharer

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"You know what I want? I want to be able to have fun wherever I am. I want to laugh. All. The. Time. I want to have one holiday every...
A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca

A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca

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A merger in Anna's PR agency gives her more time to explore the culture and history of the island that she calls home (along with her 40 hens and cockerels,...
India Uniform Nine: Secrets From Inside a Covert Customs Unit

India Uniform Nine: Secrets From Inside a Covert Customs Unit

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Mark Perlstrom is no stranger to money laundering, drug smuggling and crooked firms. In the early 1980s he started working for HM Customs and was quickly thrown in the deep...
Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's

Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's

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Me: 'Are you going to be a good boy this year?'Boomer: 'Uh huh. I have no interest in toilet humour.'Me: 'You don't?'Boomer: 'No. No interest at all. I mean, I...
Everest, Guns and Money

Everest, Guns and Money

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In the autumn of 1973, Chris Dewhirst was living and working in Yosemite National Park, and part of a counterculture group of rock climbers tackling some of the most difficult...
Dad's Maybe Book

Dad's Maybe Book

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Best-selling author Tim O'Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humour, and rewards of raising two sons. "We are all writing our...
A Backpack, A Bear, And Eight Crates Of Vodka, A

A Backpack, A Bear, And Eight Crates Of Vodka, A

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Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the...
A la Mod: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France

A la Mod: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France

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Three weeks into our hen ownership and there wasn't a single egg, there was nothing. Natalie's theory for this was that they were bored. Can hens be bored? Really? They're...
Scoop-Wallah: Life on a Delhi Daily

Scoop-Wallah: Life on a Delhi Daily

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You are a journalist. You should be writing on one of our great Indian papers, then you will really be starting to understand us.A chance conversation with her greengrocer about...
Second Chances: Facing my demons and finding a better me

Second Chances: Facing my demons and finding a better me

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A raw and honest story of alcoholism, recovery and courage in the face of loss Hayley Holt grew up in the public eye. Now it's time to share her side...