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Fight Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here

Fight Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an era defined by staggering inequality and the unchecked consolidation of power, Bernie Sanders issues a thunderous...
A Year To Remember 1944: For Those Whose Hearts Belong To 1944

A Year To Remember 1944: For Those Whose Hearts Belong To 1944

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStep back into one of history's most pivotal years with A Year to Remember 1944, a richly...
Ali: Postcards

Ali: Postcards

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Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; in original plastic wrapperFew figures in the twentieth century captured the world's imagination quite like Muhammad Ali...
Caddie: The Autobiography Of A Sydney Barmaid

Caddie: The Autobiography Of A Sydney Barmaid

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew memoirs capture the raw resilience of working-class womanhood with the honesty and candour of Caddie: The Autobiography...
Mallee Roots To New Horizons

Mallee Roots To New Horizons

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded and creased cover; In the vast, scrubby heartland of Australia's Mallee region, where red...
One Man's Journey: The Memoirs Of Ewing C Stevens

One Man's Journey: The Memoirs Of Ewing C Stevens

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne Man's Journey is a candid and compelling memoir that chronicles the life of Ewing C Stevens, a...
Gandhi: A Memoir

Gandhi: A Memoir

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in modern history have commanded both the moral imagination and the political stage quite...
The Noel Coward Diaries

The Noel Coward Diaries

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in twentieth-century British culture burn as brightly as Noël Coward — playwright, actor, composer, wit, and...
Torn Lace Curtain

Torn Lace Curtain

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the polished doors of the White House lies a world of secrets, power, and startling human drama...
All The Queen's Men

All The Queen's Men

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the glittering yet treacherous world of the Elizabethan court, power was never inherited — it was seized,...
Patrick White: A Life

Patrick White: A Life

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly crushed spineFew literary lives in the twentieth century burn as fiercely or as contradictorily...
Double Time: Women In Victoria - 150 Years

Double Time: Women In Victoria - 150 Years

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark contribution to Australian social history, Double Time: Women in Victoria - 150 Years presents a richly...
Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews

Louis I. Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in twentieth-century architecture resonate with the philosophical depth and visionary power of Louis I. Kahn, and...
The Weekly

The Weekly

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor fifty years, the Australian Women's Weekly was more than a magazine — it was a mirror held...
Diary Of A Welsh Swagman: 1869-1894

Diary Of A Welsh Swagman: 1869-1894

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the rugged and unforgiving Australian bush of the late nineteenth century, one Welsh immigrant scratched...
The War Years 1: 1939 The Day War Broke Out

The War Years 1: 1939 The Day War Broke Out

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper includedThe world held its breath in September 1939 as the Nazi war machine...
Images Of War: The War Lords: Profiles Of Power

Images Of War: The War Lords: Profiles Of Power

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper includedIn the theatre of the Second World War, no figures cast longer shadows than the...
Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave

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Now the major motion picture that won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Picture, starringChiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, andLupita Nyong'o, and directed by Steve McQueen Perhaps the best written of...
Wayward Women: Sex, Friendship and the Midlife Reset. A Memoir of

Wayward Women: Sex, Friendship and the Midlife Reset. A Memoir of

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An insightful, honest and funny journey around the globe and into the heart. Eat Pray Love meets Want . Wayward Women is a unique, searingly honest, devastatingly raw two-person memoir...
The Sober Diaries: The brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is

The Sober Diaries: The brave and brilliantly funny memoir that is

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BY THE AUTHOR OF NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT, THE BRAVE AND FUNNY MEMOIR THAT IS CHANGING LIVES. How one mother gave up drinking and started living. This...
"Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back

"Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back

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Now a major motion picture! #1 New York Times bestseller! In this moving personal account of faith and fortitude, internationally ranked surfer Bethany Hamilton tells how she survived a shark...
The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the

The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the

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*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal...
The World According to Joan Didion

The World According to Joan Didion

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An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices...
Shahenshah: The Life of Aurangzeb

Shahenshah: The Life of Aurangzeb

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Aurangzeb must rebel against his father, and compete with his brothers, especially Darashikoh who is Emperor Shah Jahan's favoured son, to become the shahenshah of India and sit on the...
Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

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A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the world's fascination with witches from podcast host and practicing witch Pam Grossman ( The Witch Wave ), who delves deeply into why witches...
Peaking: One Hundred and Eleven Days on Two Wheels

Peaking: One Hundred and Eleven Days on Two Wheels

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We're sitting around a wood stove as she tells these stories. There's a gale force wind outside, forest heaving. Another woman in the group ran the New York marathon a...
Never Grow Up

Never Grow Up

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Everyone knows Jackie Chan . Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda , Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic...
Dogs and Their Humans: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's

Dogs and Their Humans: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's

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'A beautiful book' Greg James There's no love quite like that between a dog and their human. When people come to see Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick at his referral hospital, they...
Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and

Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and

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This lively collection of essays examines in witty detail the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument "to the table," and some of the pitfalls that...
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life

Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life

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The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn "This a...
The Chain

The Chain

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'Back in 2012, everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was. Everyone, that is, but me. Thirteen years after the summer that defined me, I have finally defined myself. The disguises have...
An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

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When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned. The baby is coming to her straight from hospital and will have...
The Last Daughter: A true story of love, loss and reconnection

The Last Daughter: A true story of love, loss and reconnection

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An unmissable First Nations memoir that tells of the shattering experience of being stolen, The Last Daughter is a story of heartbreak and healing that offers a path forward for...
Cuz

Cuz

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'Devastating' J. M. Coetzee, Winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN'S COMING OF AGE A TENDER TRIBUTE TO A...
The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a

The Flying Vet: The extraordinary inspiring true story of life as a

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My journey to the skies and the people and animals of the Australian outback 'Scott is devoted to bringing veterinarian services to the vast outback plains she calls home with...
Where Lies the Land: The Unsettled Life of William Knowles Miller

Where Lies the Land: The Unsettled Life of William Knowles Miller

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In 1852 the newly proclaimed colony of Victoria needed someone to set up schools across their domain. William Knowles Miller seemed the perfect choice. Son of a judge, a bright...
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood

Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood

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The New York Times bestselling memoir a girl who learns to live - and then escape - an invisible life In China she was the daughter of professors. In Brooklyn...
The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods

The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods

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The inside story of legendary golfer Tiger Woods' magnificent run, when he won all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, becoming the greatest player of his generation-a show...
Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback-from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable's highest-paid executive-in this unique...
From the Mountain's Edge

From the Mountain's Edge

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A True Story Of Risk, Resilience and Survival After a life-changing neck injury left him paralysed, Ed Jackson defied the odds to walk again. Driven by a renewed perspective on...
The Good, The Bad & The Rugby - Unleashed

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby - Unleashed

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'I want absolutely nothing to do with this book.' - Owen Farrell THREE RUGBY MEGASTARS. ONE EPIC BOOK. Welcome to the wild world of The Good, The Bad & The...
Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?: A memoir

Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?: A memoir

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The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. You might think you know Judi Dench. In...
Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in

Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in

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'This book is NUTS! - in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV 'Written with all the pace...
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go

The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go

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Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not...
Dad Stories (SIGNED)

Dad Stories (SIGNED)

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSome bonds defy simple description — they are felt in quiet moments, inherited lessons, and the...
A Foolish Passionate Man: A Biography Of Jim Cairns

A Foolish Passionate Man: A Biography Of Jim Cairns

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent theatre of Australian politics, few figures burned as brightly — or as controversially — as...
The Prophets Of Paris

The Prophets Of Paris

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the crucible of post-revolutionary France, a remarkable generation of visionary thinkers dared to imagine a...
The Public School Phenomenon

The Public School Phenomenon

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew institutions have shaped the British character — and by extension the British Empire — quite so profoundly...