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The Use of Photography

The Use of Photography

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The Use of Photographyrecounts a passionate love affair between Annie Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie, after the two met in January 2003. Ernaux had been receiving intensive...
Alphabetical Diaries

Alphabetical Diaries

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Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. In the vein of Joe Brainard's I Remember and Edouard...
I Will Write To Avenge My People - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: The Nobel Lecture

I Will Write To Avenge My People - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: The Nobel Lecture

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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 'I will write to avenge my people.' It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her...
Shame - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Shame - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

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'My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June,in the early afternoon.' Thus begins Shame , the probingstory of the twelve-year-old girl who will become AnnieErnaux, and the...
A Very Easy Death

A Very Easy Death

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A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother's death 'shows the power of compassion when it...
I Will Come Back for You: The undercover Jewish commando who helped defeat the Nazis

I Will Come Back for You: The undercover Jewish commando who helped defeat the Nazis

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'Extraordinary ... one of the most moving and uplifting stories of the war' Keith Lowe 'A remarkable book' - The Telegraph A gripping account of hidden identity, military courage, and...
I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: By the daughter of Gisele Pelicot: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight

I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: By the daughter of Gisele Pelicot: Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight

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The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother and daughter who...
Maggie: In her own words

Maggie: In her own words

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'Delving into the pages of Maggie is rather like straying into her boudoir.' -Jane Fraser, Weekend Australian 'She has been role model, taste guru, and surrogate media guardian for many...
Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me: Two women's journeys from war-torn Europe to a new life in Australia

Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me: Two women's journeys from war-torn Europe to a new life in Australia

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Winner of the Canberra Critics' Circle Memoir/History Award 2024 As children, we'd sneak into Grandma's bedroom on secret missions. Her cupboard was filled with old fur coats, strange woven folk...
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an all-night runner

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an all-night runner

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'[Karnazes'] spirited memoir . . . can help mere mortals who want to push past their perceived limits or simply jump-start their sedentary lives.' - Chicago Tribune In this updated...
I Don't

I Don't

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I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women are allowed to aspire to more than what we've been told we should...
Bush School

Bush School

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There was a bed, a timber floor, thin tar paper on one side for privacy from the nearby road but nothing else. The flimsiest of 'walls', no pegs or nails...
Drugs, Guns & Lies: My life as an undercover cop

Drugs, Guns & Lies: My life as an undercover cop

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'Banks has told his story in a raw and honest autobiography. It is the best true crime book published in Australia in a decade.' -John Silvester, Crime Reporter for The...
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas

The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas

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'The underwater worlds of past and present collide in the depths of the ocean in this gripping and suspenseful narrative by David Mearns, a true expert on the mysteries of...
The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer

The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer

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Winner of the 2014 National Biography Award 'An engrossing biography of a fascinating and fearless modern woman.' - Professor Marilyn Lake, La Trobe University In a period when most ladies...
Great Australian Horse Stories

Great Australian Horse Stories

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Great Australian Horse Stories brings to life the exploits--funny, poignant and sometimes dramatic--of horses from all over the nation. Outback legends, loyal carthorses, spectacular high jumpers and trusty stock horses....
My Roman Year: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name

My Roman Year: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name

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**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'There is a warmth and a humanity in Aciman's prose that enraptures with its slow, easy embrace.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Aciman's evocation...
Unlikely: The surprising personal story behind the garage startup that became a $100m national health brand

Unlikely: The surprising personal story behind the garage startup that became a $100m national health brand

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Nene: The Queen of the Magazine Wars

Nene: The Queen of the Magazine Wars

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Patsy Adam-Smith Collection: "Goodbye Girlie", "Hear the Train Blow", " There Was a Ship"

Patsy Adam-Smith Collection: "Goodbye Girlie", "Hear the Train Blow", " There Was a Ship"

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The Legend from Bruce Rock: The Wally Foreman Story

The Legend from Bruce Rock: The Wally Foreman Story

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Walking With The Wounded: The Incredible Story of Britain's Bravest Warriors and the Challenge of a Lifetime

Walking With The Wounded: The Incredible Story of Britain's Bravest Warriors and the Challenge of a Lifetime

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Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back

Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back

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Beyond Endurance: One Man's Quest to Swim Australia's Greatest River

Beyond Endurance: One Man's Quest to Swim Australia's Greatest River

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Unbosoming: A Disclosure of Thoughts and Secrets

Unbosoming: A Disclosure of Thoughts and Secrets

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Broken Open

Broken Open

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El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman

El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman

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Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman

Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman

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Asylum by Boat: Origins of Australia's refugee policy

Asylum by Boat: Origins of Australia's refugee policy

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Milkshakes for Marleigh: Extraordinary Stories of survival thanks to Australian Blood Donors

Milkshakes for Marleigh: Extraordinary Stories of survival thanks to Australian Blood Donors

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Exploring the A.C.T. and South-east N.S.W.

Exploring the A.C.T. and South-east N.S.W.

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Lost Boy No More

Lost Boy No More

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Daddy's Little Girl

Daddy's Little Girl

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My family and other animus

My family and other animus

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About Time

About Time

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Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts

Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts

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A Father's Plea

A Father's Plea

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Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine

Fifty Miles Wide: Cycling Through Israel and Palestine

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BY THE AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR"Sayarer's thoughtful, meditative travelogue feels very important . . . [An] exploration of how people persevere...
Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity

Coconut: A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her

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'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. 'What do you mean?' A tender finger brushed against my cheek. 'Well,...
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China

The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the

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As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started...
Where Did I Go Right?: Memoirs of a Working Class Voter

Where Did I Go Right?: Memoirs of a Working Class Voter

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***'Brave and vividly evoked, should haunt Kier Starmer et al.' - The Telegraph'Where Did I Go Right? is sharp, considered, insightful, and helped me make sense of "the other side"....
Confessions of a Bookseller: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Confessions of a Bookseller: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Irreverently funny ... kept me giggling all week.' - Scotland on Sunday"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at...
The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

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For fifteen years, the recalcitrant Miss Shepherd lived in her broken-down van on Alan Bennett's driveway in Camden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an...
Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State

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From the detective who helped catch the Golden State Killer, a memoir about investigating America's toughest cold cases, and the rewards - and toll - of a life spent solving...
By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor

By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor

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'I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life! You haven't wasted a minute of it...'In December 2020,...
Slug: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Slug: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction,...
Memoirs and Reflections

Memoirs and Reflections

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Evgeny Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations, and his extraordinary virtuosity have earned him the veneration and admiration deserved only by one of the most gifted...
Arthur Sch _ller: Founder of Neuroradiology: A Life On Two Continents

Arthur Sch _ller: Founder of Neuroradiology: A Life On Two Continents

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