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I Remain in Darkness - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A powerful meditation on ageing and familial love, I Remain in Darkness recounts Annie Ernaux's attempts to help her mother recover from Alzheimer's disease, and then, when that proves futile,...
The Art of Not Eating: A Doubtful History of Appetite and Desire
A luminously original exploration of the deep roots of diet culture by an award-winning historian'A courageous and beautifully written exploration of a vitally important subject' The Herald'Fascinating' Katherine May'These books...
The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days
A gripping portrait of the man considered the last universal genius that takes us on a mind-expanding journey through the history of ideas 'The Leibniz biography for our time. It...
The Use of Photography
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...
A Woman's Story - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux's mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer's disease, died in a retirement home in the suburbs of Paris. Shocked by this loss which, despite...
Alphabetical Diaries
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
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
'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 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
'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
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
'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...
Forged in Fire: An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline
'Prepare to be riveted by this extraordinary account from one of Australia's elite warriors. His firsthand experiences vividly recounted offer an unparalleled glimpse into the courage, strategy, and sacrifice required...
Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me: Two women's journeys from war-torn Europe to a new life in Australia
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
'[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...
The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer
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...
Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady: The true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward and Mary Ann Bugg
He was the gentleman bushranger . she was the woman who rode with him. This is the true story of Captain Thunderbolt and his lady. 'Bail up!' demanded Captain Thunderbolt...
My Roman Year: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name
**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...
Birthday Letters
'To read [ Birthday Letters ] is to experience the psychic equivalent of the bends'. It takes you down to levels of pressure where the undertruths of sadness and endurance...
Scourge and Fire: Savonarola and Renaissance Italy
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Unlikely: The surprising personal story behind the garage startup that became a $100m national health brand
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Lawsie: Well, You Wanted to Know
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Records of the Castlemaine Pioneers
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Nene: The Queen of the Magazine Wars
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Sir Peter Blake: An Amazing Life
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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
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Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary
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Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion
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Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II
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Sharon: The Life of a Leader
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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
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Top Guns: America's Fighter Aces Tell Their Stories
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Walking With The Wounded: The Incredible Story of Britain's Bravest Warriors and the Challenge of a Lifetime
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Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China
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Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back
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Another Day, Another Town
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The Cogwheel Brain
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Peter Lawford: Hollywood, the Kennedys, the Rat Pack and the Whole Damn Thing
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Beyond Endurance: One Man's Quest to Swim Australia's Greatest River
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Unbosoming: A Disclosure of Thoughts and Secrets
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The Thinking Man's Guide to Life: How to Network, De-stress, Make Friends and Everything In-between
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El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman
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Waging Peace: Reflections on Peace and War From an Unconventional Woman
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Chappelli: Life, Larrikins & Cricket
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Asylum by Boat: Origins of Australia's refugee policy
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Chasing Normal: Taking the C out of Cancer A Memoir
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Exploring the A.C.T. and South-east N.S.W.
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