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Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted

Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted

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Andrew Mueller, an experienced media performer, couldn't decide between being a rock journalist, travel writer or foreign correspondent so he hit upon the novel, if time consuming, idea of trying...
All that Glitters

All that Glitters

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Pearl Lowe has been a singer in a hugely successful pop group, a fashion model and a friend to some of the most famous people in the country. In the...
Hidden In The Shadow Of Love: The Story Of Mother Theresa Mclaughlin And Our Lady's Nurses For The Poor

Hidden In The Shadow Of Love: The Story Of Mother Theresa Mclaughlin And Our Lady's Nurses For The Poor

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Author: Jocelyn HedleyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: St Pauls, 2019Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, Hidden In The Shadow Of...
The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison

The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison

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Author: Warren FellowsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2021Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis harrowing memoir, The Damage Done: Twelve...
The Poison Principle: A Memoir About Family Secrets And Literary Poisonings

The Poison Principle: A Memoir About Family Secrets And Literary Poisonings

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Author: Gail BellBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Picador, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe memoir The Poison...
The Mile Hi! Club: Memories Of A Stewardess

The Mile Hi! Club: Memories Of A Stewardess

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Author: Janet ChewBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PepperConn LLP, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis captivating memoir, The Mile Hi! Club: Memories...
Never Stop Believing: Heartache, Hope And Some Very High Heels

Never Stop Believing: Heartache, Hope And Some Very High Heels

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Author: Sally ObermederBinding: PaperbackPublisher: ALLEN&UNWIN, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir, Never Stop Believing: Heartache, Hope And...
Across The Years: Twentieth Century Memories

Across The Years: Twentieth Century Memories

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Author: Margaret Heathorn O.A.M., Shirley Stonham, And Cynthia Schultz Ph.D.Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Spectrum, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling...
Crackers: The Peter Keenan Story

Crackers: The Peter Keenan Story

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Author: Simon TownleyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: ABC Books, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the terraces to the touchline, this gripping...
Cry Of The Damaged Man: A Personal Journey Of Recovery

Cry Of The Damaged Man: A Personal Journey Of Recovery

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Author: Tony MooreBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PICADOR, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant memoir, Cry...
Lenin In Zürich

Lenin In Zürich

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Author: Alexander SolzhenitsynBinding: HardbackPublisher: The Bodley Head, 1976Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing of cover and...
Paul The Traveller

Paul The Traveller

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Author: Ernle BradfordBinding: HardbackPublisher: Allen Lane, 1974Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear to dust jacket; whiteout marks on first page; spine tanned;...
Turgenev: His Life And Times

Turgenev: His Life And Times

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Author: Leonard SchapiroBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Turgenev: His Life And Times, chronicles the intricate existence of the...
Jehudiana: Reliving The Menuhin Odyssey

Jehudiana: Reliving The Menuhin Odyssey

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Author: Philip BaileyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall Press, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageYehudiana: Reliving The Menuhin Odyssey presents a...
Rembrandt

Rembrandt

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Author: Emmanuel StarckyBinding: HardbackPublisher: STUDIO EDITIONS, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsEmmanuel Starcky's Rembrandt chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic evolution of one of the Dutch...
Melbourne: The Water's Edge

Melbourne: The Water's Edge

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Author: W.A.D. BrodieBinding: HardbackPublisher: RIGBY, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account chronicles the profound influence of water on the development of a...
Professor Of Democracy: The Life Of Charles Henry Pearson 1830-1894 Oxford Don And Australian Radical

Professor Of Democracy: The Life Of Charles Henry Pearson 1830-1894 Oxford Don And Australian Radical

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Author: John TregenzaBinding: HardbackPublisher: Melbourne University Press., 1968Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and...
From Corunna to Waterloo: The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic

From Corunna to Waterloo: The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic

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This is the story of two young Welsh cavalry officers who served for much of the Napoleonic Wars with the 15th (King's) Hussars. Major Edwin Griffith and his nephew, Captain...
I Must Belong Somewhere: Three men. Two migrations. One endless

I Must Belong Somewhere: Three men. Two migrations. One endless

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'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Human and curious . . . an admirable family memoir of migration' Guardian Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, lived a life of...
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...
Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present

Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present

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**Winner of the Gourmand Cookbook Award** Lebanon offers a unique variety of fragrant and refined dishes, enriched over centuries by new flavours and spices brought by traders from across the...
Cat Lady Chronicles

Cat Lady Chronicles

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Cat Lady Chronicles is the heartwarming true story of an art-book editor who finds her unexpected calling as a Cat Lady. Author Diane Lovejoy shares her private joy in rescuing...
PRIVATE WORLD OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER

PRIVATE WORLD OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER

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The first to indicate that Du Maurier had bi sexual tendencies, this book depicts a woman far removed fro m the ''Queen of Romance'' described in the tabloid obituaries ....
Walking into Hell 1st July 1916

Walking into Hell 1st July 1916

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The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when 60,000 unsuspecting men of the British 4th Army advanced into the teeth of a...
Henri Peyre: His Life in Letters

Henri Peyre: His Life in Letters

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Henri Peyre (1901-1988), a giant figure in French studies, did more to introduce Americans to the modern literature and culture of French than any other person. Sterling Professor and chair...
Clint: The Man and the Movies

Clint: The Man and the Movies

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New York Times "Editors Choice," Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book for Summer," and a New Yorker "Best Book of the Year So Far" "This is the biography of Clint...
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

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"Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still...
Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a

Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a

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ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN. OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING. THE STORY OF ONE CHILD SHE COULD NEVER FORGET. Seven-year-old Reece is the last of six siblings to be taken into foster...
This Is Your Own Time You're Wasting: Classroom Confessions,

This Is Your Own Time You're Wasting: Classroom Confessions,

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Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' - out 29/08/24 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo...
Onion Girl

Onion Girl

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A journey into the underworld of menopause and self-discovery. Peeling the layers one by one, shedding tears and letting go. This book is a letter to women around the world...
Split: True stories of leaving, loss and new beginnings

Split: True stories of leaving, loss and new beginnings

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In this compelling anthology of personal essays, curated by award-winning author Lee Kofman, some of Australia's most beloved writers reveal, for the first time, powerful, occasionally funny and often heartbreaking...
George: By George

George: By George

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Few people have packed as much into life as George Harris, who has experienced just about every challenge possible: a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi and on the Burma...
A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And

A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And

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'I thought my family was complicated until I read Chrysta Bilton's wonderful memoir about the unique collection of irresistible characters in her life. Bilton has a big heart, gentle wisdom,...
The Lucky One: A story of courage, hope and bright pink lipstick

The Lucky One: A story of courage, hope and bright pink lipstick

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'I feel lucky I was born with cancer in my DNA. Crazy as it sounds, I consider myself lucky that, when I was just twenty-two years old, I discovered I...
The Little Digger: A Biography Of Billy Hughes

The Little Digger: A Biography Of Billy Hughes

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Author: Donald HorneBinding: PaperbackPublished: SUN PAPERMAC, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, The Little Digger: A Biography Of Billy Hughes,...
The Twelfth Raven: A memoir of stroke, love and recovery

The Twelfth Raven: A memoir of stroke, love and recovery

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When poet Doris Brett's fit, healthy, 59-year-old husband had a massive stroke, losing the ability to speak, they were thrown into a journey of discovery. A golfball-sized blood clot in...
Love Is The Spur

Love Is The Spur

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Author: Geoffrey BinghamBinding: PaperbackPublished: Eyrie Books, a division of Redeemer Baptist Press, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLove Is The Spur presents...
Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life

Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life

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Author: Alexa JohnstonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Reader's Digest, 2013Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life chronicles the remarkable journey of...
Please Dont Make Me Go: How One Boys Courage Overcame A Brutal Childhood

Please Dont Make Me Go: How One Boys Courage Overcame A Brutal Childhood

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Author: John FentonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper element, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePlease Don't Make Me Go chronicles the harrowing journey of a...
The Winding Road: Secrets Of An Outback Entrepreneur

The Winding Road: Secrets Of An Outback Entrepreneur

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Author: Who The F*Ck Is Alice (Alive Malbin)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Self Published, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the dust-choked tracks of the...
Rosie Lets Herself Go: A Rosie Mileady Book 1

Rosie Lets Herself Go: A Rosie Mileady Book 1

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Author: Rosie MileadyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Envy Publishing, 2025Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis charming memoir chronicles one woman's transformative journey as she embraces...
City Lives: True Stories Of Changed Lives From The Workplace

City Lives: True Stories Of Changed Lives From The Workplace

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Author: Marcus NodderBinding: PaperbackPublished: 10 Publishing, 2018Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work, City Lives: True Stories Of Changed Lives...
Falling For A Lie: New Age Beliefs Nearly Killed Me

Falling For A Lie: New Age Beliefs Nearly Killed Me

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Author: Jay Christian As Told To Helen HeavirlandBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pacific Press® Publishing Association, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir, Falling...
From Hit Man To God's Man

From Hit Man To God's Man

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Author: David LuBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rapha Chinese Christian Communication Centre Inc., 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the shadows of a dangerous life,...
Lewd, Blasphemous & Obscene: Being The Trials And Tribulations Of Sundry Founding Fathers Of Today's Alternative Societies

Lewd, Blasphemous & Obscene: Being The Trials And Tribulations Of Sundry Founding Fathers Of Today's Alternative Societies

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Author: Arthur Calder-MarshallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Small marking on cover, otherwise internally sound. This compelling...
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

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Author: Bartolomé Esteban MurilloBinding: PaperbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBartolomé Esteban Murillo presents a comprehensive examination of the...
Acknowledgments: Stories of Friends, Enemies and Figuring Things Out

Acknowledgments: Stories of Friends, Enemies and Figuring Things Out

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From critically acclaimed comedian Becky Lucas comes a funny, consoling and very candid collection of stories and essays about friends, enemies and figuring it out that establishes her as one...