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    Through Her Eyes
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    Through Her Eyes

    In Through Her Eyes Australian women correspondents tell their own stories from the frontline – covering the breaking news, the issues and the events that are changing the world. They tell of Russian tanks and Ukrainian mothers fleeing with...
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    Life and Death Decisions
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    Life and Death Decisions

    ’Just brilliant... The book of the Decade.' - Tim FlanneryI found Dad dead on the side of a dirt road. I was sixteen; he was forty-nine.   After Lachlan McIver’s father suffers a sudden, fatal heart attack it sends him into a spiral of grief and...
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    The Summertime of Our Dreams
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    The Summertime of Our Dreams

    The Summertime of Our Dreams is an unforgettable celebration of life, a hymn to the land, and a meditation on the memory and dreams of youth.To be invited to walk beside a dying man, a good man, to be asked into his mind as its existence is counted...
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    Frida: Style Icon
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    Frida: Style Icon

    From embroidered blouses and traditional Tehuana dresses to indigenous treasures and jewellery strung by Frida herself, this book showcases how Frida used her style as a means of personal and political expression. Her wardrobe includes examples of...
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    Deadly Quiet City

    From one of China's most celebrated and silenced literary authors, Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.On 23 January 2020,...
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  • Meghan
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    Meghan

    Andrew Morton’s highly acclaimed biography of Meghan Markle, first published just before her marriage to Prince Harry, reflected on the impact that Meghan had already had on the ridged traditions of the House of Windsor. However, little did anyone know...
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    Shoemaker of Dreams
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    Shoemaker of Dreams

    'Ladies and gentlemen, the least important part of this book is the life story of an Italian shoemaker. We can all write our autobiography, and if I dwell on the details of my career it is only because it makes it easier to explain my calling: the work...
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    Elizabeth II
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    Elizabeth II

    As a Getty Images royal photographer, Chris Jackson has been granted privileged access to the monarch and the British royal family. He has documented the Queen’s official engagements over the past two decades, during a period of seismic changes in the...
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    Not Just the Wife of the General Manager
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    Not Just the Wife of the General Manager

    Not Just the Wife of the General Manager is a rollicking memoir of one woman’s life on outback cattle stations, and an homage to the many unsung women like her.    It was the 1980s and Sally was in her mid 20s when she returned from a...
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    Elizabeth & Margaret
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    Elizabeth & Margaret

    They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more, Margaret would...
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    My Friend Fox
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    My Friend Fox

    ‘Tender, wise, and deeply true.’ – Andrew Denton‘Do not be deceived by the size of this book. It is big in all the ways that matter.’ – Sydney Morning Herald‘Blazingly beautiful and devastating. I wept but felt less alone as a human. I want everyone...
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    Lies, Damned Lies
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    Lies, Damned Lies

    Winner of the University Of Queensland Non-Fiction Book AwardA deeply personal exploration of Australia's colonisation past, present and future by one of Australia's finest contemporary authors.This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the...
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    Men Without Country
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    Men Without Country

    ‘What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.’ Dava Sobel, author of LongitudeA...
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    Peace in the Age of Chaos
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    Peace in the Age of Chaos

    While COVID-19 is reshaping our lives, this must-read book for 2021 provides some of the answers to our most pressing global challenges. Unless the world is basically peaceful, we will never get the trust, cooperation and inclusiveness to solve these...
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    Gurkha Brotherhood
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    Gurkha Brotherhood

    'Sometimes my mind reaches back beyond the fear and the arid landscapes of war, to memories of childhood that fill me with happiness and laughter.' So begins this searingly honest memoir by Kailash Limbu, a serving Gurka soldier who undertook five tours...
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    Archie Jackson
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    Archie Jackson

    David Frith’s acclaimed biography of Archie Jackson, Australian cricket’s doomed batting genius, still stands as the definitive account of a sporting life cut heartbreakingly short.When Frith’s first iteration of this classic biography was published in...
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    Fire Country
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    Fire Country

    Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of...
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    Lagerfeld
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    Lagerfeld

    Lagerfeld showcases in an oversize format ten years of Chanel's most influential fashion shows shot by English photographer Simon Procter. Over the past decade, fashion shows have evolved into monumental productions, requiring a level of sophistication...
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    Becoming By Cindy Crawford
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    Becoming By Cindy Crawford

    International supermodel Cindy Crawford presents her own personal visual autobiography, the first book to chronicle her life and career, featuring some of her most memorable images. Crawford began modeling as a teenager, first shot by Arthur Elgort,...
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    Life in Wine
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    Life in Wine

    There is no aspect of the Australian wine industry that remains untouched by the hand of James Halliday. In a much-lauded career in wine spanning over forty years and accumulating innumerable awards, James has seen it all.   Join James as...
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    Good Time Girl
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    Good Time Girl

    The instant New York Times bestselling author of Bad Mormon and breakout star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns with a hilarious, illustrative, and deeply reflective book about life and love as a former Mormon, mother, and reality TV star...
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    Murriyang
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    Murriyang

    Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra – deep...
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    We Are the Stars
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    We Are the Stars

    Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina Chick blazed her own...
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    Dinner for Vampires
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    Dinner for Vampires

    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, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz...
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    Tough is Not Enough
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    Tough is Not Enough

    My story is not just the story of my boxing career. In fact, boxing is only a very small part of it. I wrote my story to share my perspective of what it is like to be controlled by a need for perfection. I wanted to be a boxing world champion. I wanted...
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    Australia's Player King
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    Australia's Player King

    Exploring Peter Finch’s life as an abandoned, unloved child is a key in understanding his brilliant mesmerising style of acting. In his youth in Australia, he conquered all the fields in acting well before his discovery after the war in 1947 by Sir...
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    Dogland
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    Dogland

    “Delightful.” —Town & Country • “Extraordinary...Tomlinson’s book is a gem.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) • “Moving...Really broke me.” —The Washington Post • “This book wants to lick your face. Let it.” —Kirkus ReviewsPulitzer Prize finalist Tommy...
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    Fat Leonard
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    Fat Leonard

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption scandals in American history—exposing how a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor bribed scores of high-ranking military officers,...
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    Ambition Monster
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    Ambition Monster

    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 of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.After years of...
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    Sex with a Brain Injury
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    Sex with a Brain Injury

    For readers of Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom, Esmé Weijun Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias, and Melissa Febos’s Girlhood, a powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays that sheds light on the silent epidemic of head trauma.Annie Liontas...
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    Madam
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    Madam

    What would you do if your husband suddenly left you with two kids to support? Go back to school? Go into real estate?Or start a new career as a pimp?Upon discovering that sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, Antonia Murphy decides to build her own...
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    Armed with Good Intentions
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    Armed with Good Intentions

    Wallace “Wallo267” Peeples spent twenty years in and out of the prison system before restarting his life and catapulting himself to unforeseen levels of social impact, cultural influence, and success. Now he shares his story with the trademark honesty...
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    Walk Through Fire
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    Walk Through Fire

    The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal, “highly readable” (Kirkus Reviews) journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph—an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true...
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    Walt Disney Treasures
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    Walt Disney Treasures

    Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum chronicles the legacy of the legendary American artist, storyteller, filmmaker, and entrepreneur through iconic objects that represent his remarkable life and career...
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    Uncanny: The Origins of Fear
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    Uncanny: The Origins of Fear

    For the first time since his debut 35 years ago, horror master Junji Ito reveals exactly how he creates his unique worlds.Why are we drawn to fear?Horror manga legend Junji Ito has fascinated the world with his beautiful and strange tales, from his...
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    Madoff
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    Madoff

    Renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar delivers the definitive account of history’s largest—and longest-running—financial fraud, “the scale of the deception…beggars belief” (New York Post).Some $68 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoff’s epic...
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    Life, Camera, Action
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    Life, Camera, Action

    It took ten years in the coal mines for Mitchell Burns to realise that no pay cheque is worth sacrificing your dreams. Now he’s making up for lost time.Mitchell Burns never wanted to be a miner. Growing up in a Queensland coal mining town with parents in...
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    Ultimate Beatles Collection
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    Ultimate Beatles Collection

    Find out all you need to know about how John, Paul, George, and Ringo became the most influential band of all time. This book charts the Fab Four's musical evolution through the sixties and includes a fascinating biography of each member of the band and...
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    Don't Wait Till You're Dead
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    Don't Wait Till You're Dead

    New York Times bestselling author and America’s top psychic, Matt Fraser presents an immersive guide to intentional living and discovering what life is really all about before reaching the pearly gates.New York Times bestselling author Matt Fraser knows...
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    Say More
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    Say More

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFormer White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she’s learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator...
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    Surviving the Survivor
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    Surviving the Survivor

    Featured in the Times of IsraelHolocaust survivor and licensed therapist Karmela Waldman shares brutally honest advice about life and death—often deploying brutally sharp wit—with her son and podcast co-host, Joel Waldman.Karmela Waldman is an...
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    Time to Thank
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    Time to Thank

    After his father—the hero and strength of the family—is diagnosed with kidney failure, actor Steve Guttenberg dedicates himself to becoming a caregiver and reflects on their life together, from childhood through his Hollywood career, in his father’s...
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    I Fight, You Fight
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    I Fight, You Fight

    The inspiring story from 2025 NSW Young Australian of the Year Nominee, Alex Noble, whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us.Sixteen-year-old Alex Noble was a high school rugby star with a...
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    Jim Henson's Imagination Illustrated
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    Jim Henson's Imagination Illustrated

    Journey into the creative mind of the incomparable Jim Henson with this intriguing look in his daily life through the doodles and inspirations that would become some of the most beloved characters the world has ever known.The iconic characters and...
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    Married… With Children vs. the World
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    Married… With Children vs. the World

    A rollicking account of the groundbreaking show from one of the show’s producers, featuring the voices of the stars, creators, and executives involved with bringing it to life.“I had the pleasure of working with Richard Gurman for eleven years. When he...
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    Elvis Presley Treasures
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    Elvis Presley Treasures

    An intimate look at one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, through 100 personal and iconic objects from the archives of Elvis’s beloved home, Graceland—a never-before-seen collection, until now.For the first time,...
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    Nuff Said
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    Nuff Said

    The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Just Tyrus returns in his inimitable style with deeper reminiscences on the life that shaped him and how he views the world we’re living in."In this sequel, you'll delve into some of...
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