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Secondhand Literary Criticism Bargain Book Box Dive into the minds of literary giants and the critical interpretations of their works with our Secondhand Literary Criticism Bargain Book Box. Each book...

Following on from A Fence around the Cuckoo, this is the second volume of autobiography by one of Australia's best storytellers, Ruth Park, author of The Harp in the South...

Everything you need to know about how to grow, harvest and cook fruit from the authority on how to get the best results. Whether you want to know how to...

Set amidst South Australia's beautiful but isolated mid-north, The Railway Dog tells the true story of Bob, a scruffy brown stray, bought on impulse by a local railway man as...

Until very recently, it was frowned upon for women to run long distances. Running was deemed unladylike - and probably dangerous. How did women's running go from being suspect to...

Athol Gill sought to show that participation in community was integral to Christian descipleship. He recognized that individuals do not have the spiritual or material resources to maintain a lifestyle...

This is a dark, raw and uncompromising tale of the human condition in extremis, drawing on the many lives of Ben Timberlake: as an archaeologist, Special Forces soldier, combat medic...

"I live with a price on my head ...The kind of people that I spend my time engaging with are not usually very nice. On the whole nice people do...

I haven't tasted chocolate for over ten years and now I'm walking down the street unwrapping a Kit-Kat. It tastes amazing. Remember when Kate Moss said: 'Nothing tastes as good...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio...

A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power...

The bestseller optioned for a major film and adapted to the stage, Fourteen is this generation's Holding the Man - a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man's search for...

This is a semi-stream-of-consciousness written tapestry, squeezed out by a profoundly apprehensive overthinker who's doing their best to unapologetically stop apologising. (It's funnier than it sounds.) 'This Dish is served...

The powerful account of how one man escaped the prison of Manus Island. A true story of bravery and resilience. The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape...

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An " intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the 'addictive nature of ambition'" ( Harper's Bazaar ), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers...

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Chasing the Scream , offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety. There was a mystery haunting award-winning...

As seen on This Morning ! 'A magical memoir.' - Daily Mail Weekend Our Yorkshire Vet embarks on this newest adventure treating the animals and their assorted owners across the...

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 'Deliverance is an intriguing , strangely comforting book that shines a light into a world that's little talked about' - The Mail on Sunday ___________________________________________________________________________________ I turned towards the...

The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah Carey. It took...

From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town , comes a memoir that tells us all to seek out the good in life, celebrate...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy,...

Marathon Man is a truly remarkable book that will inspire all who read it to know that they can take on the biggest challenges in their lives and overcome them....

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* Could you leave behind all that you know and live in solitude for three decades? This is the extraordinary story of the last true hermit...

A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. In the early 2000s,...

'Engaging and engrossing, frank and frankly troubling, Seventeen is a book not easily forgotten' - Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'So compelling and shocking...

A searing memoir of American racism from a Somali-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Black people in his adopted land, the...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An eye-opening, no-holds-barred memoir about life in the Church of Scientology, now with a new afterword by the author-the outspoken actress and star of...

Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, a lavishly illustrated account of how the Second World War impacted on the lives of children. This book is published to accompany...

From Cairo to Canberra -- the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman 'Anne Aly's ... influence will be felt for years to come ... It sinks in how significant she...

The first full memoir from one of the world's most famous singers In a career that has spanned six decades, Sir Tom Jones has performed with almost every major recording...

For over fifty years, Bob Payne has watched with dismay and alarm the continuing deterioration of standards and morals. A 'true-blue Aussie', he has identified with such morally renowned figures...

Susan Varga's memoir covers a varied life across seven decades, circling between Australia and Europe, activism and seclusion, everyday life and the writing life. This compelling memoir of Susan Varga's...

RISE ABOVE - beyond ordinary This collection of stories shows the might and power of 8 women who refuse to be beaten. Together, they have endured hardship, broken marriages, health...

National Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs's most provocative collection of true stories yet. From nicotine gum addiction to lesbian...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'A meditation on sense-making when there's no sense to be made, on letting go when we can't hold on, and on being unafraid even when...

"A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived." - Kirkus Reviews "A bighearted new memoir . . . Uptown Girl tells the story of a glamorous, resilient, and...

'I've never read a book like it. It's as if they tore their own hearts out and asked the other to hold it for them while they wrote.' Phoebe Waller-Bridge...

Collection of 5 short stories - The Little Princess, No Place for Nathan, Daddy's Boy, The Wild Child and Scarlett's Secret - previously available as individual e-shorts. A collection of...

In 1839 Miss Anne Drysdale sailed from Scotland to Port Philip. She was 47 years old, had a small inheritance, and was determined to be a sheep farmer. Soon after...

This meticulously researched book offers an illuminating insight into the formation of the Australian women's movement. Pioneer feminist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale holds an important place in Australian history. Her witty,...

If he hadn't gone to prison, Terry Jenner believes he would be dead today. Sentenced to six-and-a-half years jail for embezzlement, Jenner was so addicted to gambling, he had lost...