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The Good Fight: Boxing, ballet and breaking stereotypes

The Good Fight: Boxing, ballet and breaking stereotypes

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The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

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True Spirit: The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World

True Spirit: The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World

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I Asked Cathleen to Dance

I Asked Cathleen to Dance

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The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy

The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy

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The Care Factor: A story of nursing and connection in the time of social distancing

The Care Factor: A story of nursing and connection in the time of social distancing

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Frank & Fearless

Frank & Fearless

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Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

Losing Young: How to Grieve When Your Life is Just Beginning

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'An incredibly useful take on facing grief as a young person' CARIAD LLOYD'Brilliantly, brilliantly written ... Packed with clarity, curiosity and courage' FELIX WHITE'It turned on so many lights for...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI

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She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be.'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending a lifeboat out.' 'The RNLI?' I said, surprised. 'They do...
Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life

Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life

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A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007 Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as...
The Woman I Am

The Woman I Am

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The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz

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'You are no longer a number' Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the breaks. It felt like we waited in the carriage for an eternity,...
The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives

The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives

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Author: Tim Vivian Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 390 Four translations of major accounts of the life of the fourth-century Egyptian desert father St. Bishoi, in one volume Saint Bishoi...
When the Ship Hits the Fan

When the Ship Hits the Fan

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537 Days of Winter: An Australian Antarctic Expedition Leader Stranded During the Pandemic

537 Days of Winter: An Australian Antarctic Expedition Leader Stranded During the Pandemic

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Einstein: A Life in Science

Einstein: A Life in Science

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The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain

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Four Seasons with a Grumpy Goat: How I learnt to stop worrying and love life on the farm

Four Seasons with a Grumpy Goat: How I learnt to stop worrying and love life on the farm

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Keep the River on Your Right

Keep the River on Your Right

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Author: Tobias SchneebaumBinding: SoftbackPublished: Grove Press, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating memoir takes readers on a journey through the Amazon jungle, where the author immerses...
Grandpa was a Methodist: The story of John Wesley

Grandpa was a Methodist: The story of John Wesley

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Author: Trevor ByardBinding: SoftbackPublished: Joint Board of Christian Education, 1994, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the story of John Wesley, exploring his impact on...
Journey with a Stranger: The Love Story of an Artist and a Writer [Signed]

Journey with a Stranger: The Love Story of an Artist and a Writer [Signed]

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Author: Hilde KnorrBinding: SoftbackPublished: Collins Dove, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book tells a poignant love story between an artist and a writer, exploring themes of...
A Soldier's View of Empire: The Reminiscences of James Bodell 1831-92

A Soldier's View of Empire: The Reminiscences of James Bodell 1831-92

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Author: Keith SinclairBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1982Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book is a collection of reminiscences from James Bodell, covering his experiences...
D. H. Lawrence in Australia

D. H. Lawrence in Australia

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Author: Robert DarrochBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan Australia, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores D. H. Lawrence's time in Australia and his experiences that influenced his novel...
Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir

Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir

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Author: Stewart AlsopBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir is a reflective work by Stewart Alsop,...
Because it is There

Because it is There

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Author: George LoweBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Co, 1959Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
The Boy Adeodatus

The Boy Adeodatus

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Author: Bernard SmithBinding: SoftbackPublished: Penguin, Australia, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
KNOCKING ABOUT - Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia

KNOCKING ABOUT - Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia

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Author: Augustus PeirceBinding: HardbackPublished: Shoestring Press, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is an autobiography of Augustus Baker Peirce, detailing his adventures in Australia. It...
Marie 1865-1909: A French Princess in Denmark

Marie 1865-1909: A French Princess in Denmark

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Author: Klausen, Inger-Lise; Rosvall, TedBinding: HardbackPublished: Rosvall Royal Books, 2012Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life of Marie of Orléans, a French princess who...
Letters Home 1939 - 1945 (SIGNED by both)

Letters Home 1939 - 1945 (SIGNED by both)

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Author: Lurline Stuart; Josie ArnoldBinding: HardbackPublished: William Collins / Collins Australia, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedThis book is a compilation of letters from the years 1939 to 1945,...
William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Political Biography 1874-1923 & 1923-1932 The Lonely Heights

William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Political Biography 1874-1923 & 1923-1932 The Lonely Heights

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Author: R. MacGregor Dawson; H. Blair NeatbyBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen, 1958; 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markings This two-volume official biography covers the life and political career of...
The Wintry Sea

The Wintry Sea

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Author: Rupert Croft-CookeBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1964, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Wintry Sea is a notable work by Rupert Croft-Cooke, who is celebrated...
The Letters of T.S. Eliot, 1898-1927 (Three-Volume Set)

The Letters of T.S. Eliot, 1898-1927 (Three-Volume Set)

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Author: T.S. Eliot; [Valerie Eliot, Hugh Haughton and John Haffenden]Binding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 2009; 2012Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection features the correspondence of T.S. Eliot...
In the Deep End (SIGNED)

In the Deep End (SIGNED)

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Author: Neil BrooksBinding: SoftbackPublished: Jacksons Publications, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis autobiography provides an in-depth look into the life of Neil Brooks, chronicling his...
Damaged: Jodie's parents were supposed to protect her...

Damaged: Jodie's parents were supposed to protect her...

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The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. At just eight years old, Jodie is violent, aggressive and extremely challenging. Five carers in four months have been unable to cope, but there...
Twentieth-Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard

Twentieth-Century Man: The Wild Life of Peter Beard

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An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination Peter Beard lived an astonishing life. The artist,...
The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

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A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated with exclusive new content exploring the personal and cultural forces that inspired the music, the author's...
Blood, Sweat and Steel

Blood, Sweat and Steel

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To Have and to Hold : a Modern Day Love Story Cut Short...: A Love Story Cut Short by the Port Arthur Massacre

To Have and to Hold : a Modern Day Love Story Cut Short...: A Love Story Cut Short by the Port Arthur Massacre

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Hockey: Not Your Average Joe

Hockey: Not Your Average Joe

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Steve Williams: Out of the Rough

Steve Williams: Out of the Rough

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The Sound of Summer: A Memoir

The Sound of Summer: A Memoir

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A Woman of Independence: A Story of Love and the Birth of a New Nation

A Woman of Independence: A Story of Love and the Birth of a New Nation

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Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS, THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBEY AND HUDSON FYSH

Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map

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  The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
Love Stories: Uplifting True Stories about Love from the Internationally Bestselling Author of Boy Swallows Universe

Love Stories: Uplifting True Stories about Love from the Internationally Bestselling Author of Boy Swallows Universe

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WINNER, INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2022 BOOK OF THE YEARTrent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct question: 'Can you please tell me a...
Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

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Caroline Chisholm: An Irresistible Force - How Caroline Chisholm Helped Shape a Nation

Caroline Chisholm: An Irresistible Force - How Caroline Chisholm Helped Shape a Nation

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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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