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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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The View From Connor's Hill

The View From Connor's Hill

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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,...
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 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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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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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...
KING O'MALLEY-The American Bounder

KING O'MALLEY-The American Bounder

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Author: A.R. HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, Australia, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book tells the story of King O'Malley, an American-born Australian politician known for his role in developing...
Lee: The Last Years

Lee: The Last Years

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Author: Charles Bracelen FloodBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin , 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book covers a range of topics including the military and general history...
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-
The World of Henry Lawson

The World of Henry Lawson

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Author: Walter Stone (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980, Fifth Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe World of Henry Lawson, edited by Walter Stone, is a non-fiction...
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...
The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies commonly called Mother Ross

The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies commonly called Mother Ross

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Author: Daniel DefoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Peter Davies Limited, 1929, Second Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography recounts the life of Christian Davies, also known as Mother...
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...
Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide Scandal

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide Scandal

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Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-FictionThe shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She...
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...
Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

Little Girl Lost: Amelia just wants a home she feels safe in...

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The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down...
Blood, Sweat and Steel

Blood, Sweat and Steel

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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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Outback Heroes: Australia's Greatest Bush Stories

Outback Heroes: Australia's Greatest Bush Stories

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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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Venomous Life: The Autobiography of Professor Struan Sutherland

Venomous Life: The Autobiography of Professor Struan Sutherland

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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...
Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all

Dropping the Mask: The long-awaited inspiring new memoir from the legendary Australian screen icon beloved by all

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An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own. A fourth-generation performer, Noni Hazlehurst has storytelling in her blood....
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round from Australian rock legend & bestselling author of WORKING CLASS BOY, WORKING CLASS MAN & KILLING TIME

Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round from Australian rock legend & bestselling author of WORKING CLASS BOY, WORKING CLASS MAN & KILLING TIME

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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...
Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries

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