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Tuesdays with Morrie  by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For...

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Finding hope in the lived experience of psychosis  by Patte Randal

Finding hope in the lived experience of psychosis

Patte Randal

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"This book offers first-person accounts of the experience of psychosis from the inside and the outside, through the eyes of two doctors, one of whom has experienced psychosis and both of whom have worked for decades in the field of psychiatry. Underpinned by...

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Island girl to airplane pilot  by Silva McLeod

Island girl to airplane pilot

Silva McLeod

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"This is the life story of Silva Mcleod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot. She's still one of only a handful. Told by Silva with frankness and wit, it's quite a story. Silva takes us on a journey of cultural change from her beginnings as a...

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John Haynes  by Ned Temko

John Haynes

Ned Temko

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"This fascinating and inspiring biography of John H Haynes - the man behind Haynes Manuals - looks 'under the bonnet' at his extraordinary life, and his legacy to the motoring world. This is the story of how one man's vision and enthusiasm gave a small...

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An enthusiastic layman's ascent of Mount Everest  by John Gluckman

An enthusiastic layman's ascent of Mount Everest

John Gluckman

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"Summiting Mt Everest takes a lot of commitment and a serious level of physical fitness. Never one to resist a challenge, back in the late 1980s Aucklander John Gluckman decided that he wanted to add this particular experience to his list of achievements and...

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Finding elevation  by Lisa (Mountaineer) Thompson

Finding elevation

Lisa (Mountaineer) Thompson

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"Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past her own limits and continue up the mountain's steep face....

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Putting on a show  by Rob Mills

Putting on a show

Rob Mills

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"What’s going on behind the bravado of the ‘average Aussie bloke’? Following the untimely deaths of two friends, Rob Mills began questioning who he is as a person and a man. Soon his self-reflection shifted outwards, and he got to wondering how he fits into...

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Dreamer  by Dami Im

Dreamer

Dami Im

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"The inspirational memoir from Australian singing sensation and Eurovision grand-finalist Dami Im. From her very first appearance auditioning for The X Factor in 2013, Dami Im showed the power of her unforgettable voice. As she made her way through the rounds,...

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Pain is weakness leaving the body  by Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Pain is weakness leaving the body

Lyle Jeremy Rubin

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"An honest reckoning with the war on terror, masculinity, and the violence of American hegemony abroad, at home, and on the psyche, from a veteran whose convictions came undone. When Lyle Jeremy Rubin first arrived at Marine Officer Candidates School, he was...

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Workhorse  by Kim Reed

Workhorse

Kim Reed

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"For years, Kim's day job was a social worker to the home-bound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. Then she'd scramble into Manhattan to make her hostess shifts at Babbo, where even the Pope would have trouble scoring a reservation, and Gwyneth Paltrow and Ryan...

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In her nature  by Rachel Hewitt

In her nature

Rachel Hewitt

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"A trail-blazing book about women's fights to access the great outdoors - and a very personal book about how running through the landscape helped the author in her journey from bereavement back to a sense of belonging. When Rachel loses five family members in...

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Party of one  by Chun Han Wong

Party of one

Chun Han Wong

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"Party of One shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward...

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Pelé  by Harry Harris

Pelé

Harry Harris

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"With exclusive access to Pelé, award-winning sports writer Harry Harris charts his meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Brazil to his first international at the age of sixteen. Superb athleticism, speed of thought and execution, and astonishing ball...

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The Rooster House  by Victoria. author. Belim

The Rooster House

Victoria. author. Belim

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"In the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House, an elegant mansion with two voluptuous red roosters flanking the door. It doesn't look horrifying. And yet, when Victoria was growing up, her great-grandmother would take pains to...

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Turning over the pebbles  by Mike Brearley

Turning over the pebbles

Mike Brearley

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"The long-awaited memoir from England's greatest cricket captain, Mike Brearley. 'If you carry on like this, you'll do nothing but play football and cricket all your life.' These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley's mother, as he once again trod mud...

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Definitely  by Joe Elliot

Definitely

Joe Elliot

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"Offering fans the most personal and comprehensive record of Def Leppard's history to date, Definitely: The Official Story of Def Leppard is narrated by the band in their own words, illustrated with photography and memorabilia from the Def Leppard archives....

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Gilded youth  by Tom Quinn

Gilded youth

Tom Quinn

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"A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem...

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The faith of Elvis  by Billy Stanley

The faith of Elvis

Billy Stanley

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"Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley's stepbrother, shares the untold story of the iconic singer's Christian faith--its deep influence on his music, films, relationships, commitment to his family and fans, and his love for the Gospel"--Publisher's description.

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My life in sea creatures  by Sabrina Imbler

My life in sea creatures

Sabrina Imbler

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"As a mixed Chinese and white non-binary writer working in a largely white, male field, science journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments. Each...

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Tears over Russia  by Lisa Brahin

Tears over Russia

Lisa Brahin

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"Between 1917 and 1921, twenty years before the Holocaust began, an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 Jews were murdered in anti-Jewish pogroms across Ukraine. Lisa grew up transfixed by her grandmother Channa’s stories about her family being forced to flee their...

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Queen Elizabeth II  by Philip Ziegler

Queen Elizabeth II

Philip Ziegler

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"This book is a photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, from her first official photograph as a baby in 1926 to her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Each of the book's chapters begins with a text by bestselling historian and biographer Philip Ziegler, covering...

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How to be a boss b*tch  by Christine Quinn

How to be a boss b*tch

Christine Quinn

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"'Let's get one thing straight right up front: If you're going to call me a bitch, I'm going to take it as a compliment.' Christine Quinn, the breakout star of Netflix's hit Selling Sunset, shows women how to unapologetically own their power in business and...

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Young Soeharto  by David Jenkins

Young Soeharto

David Jenkins

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"When a reluctant President Sukarno gave Lt Gen Soeharto full executive authority in March 1966, Indonesia was a deeply divided nation, fractured along ideological, class, religious and ethnic lines. Soeharto took a country in chaos, the largest in Southeast...

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He came in with it  by Miriam Feldman

He came in with it

Miriam Feldman

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"When Miriam and Craig O'Rourke's teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens permanently off the conventional course. This is the story of how mental illness unspools an entire family. It exposes...

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The ladies of art

The ladies of art

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"This volume spotlights the art and lives of 34 Italian women artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, beginning with Artemisia Gentileschi--the first woman artist to question gender prejudices--and followed by Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Fede...

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Jim Dine  by Jim Dine

Jim Dine

Jim Dine

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"With its fairy-tale yet matter-of-fact title, Grace and Beauty reveals Jim Dine's unquenchable enthusiasm for re-imagining his iconic personal motifs-here the Classical torso, hearts and tools-in experimental combinations of media. The book contains his most...

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Einstein  by Gary S. Berger

Einstein

Gary S. Berger

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"Albert Einstein is known by name and image throughout the world to people of all ages. He is probably the most well-known scientist of all time. Even though most people have only a vague idea of what he did, the attraction remains. The raison d'etre for this...

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Édouard Vuillard: im Louvre - Bilder für eine Basler Villa

Édouard Vuillard: im Louvre - Bilder für eine Basler Villa

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"In 1921/22 Édouard Vuillard created a cycle of six paintings for the entrance hall of the Villa Bauer in Basel. Four large-format pictures show exhibition rooms in the Louvre from Antiquity to French Rococo painting. Two sopraporte provide an intimate insight...

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Time of my life  by Myf Warhurst

Time of my life

Myf Warhurst

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"We all have a soundtrack to our lives, songs that as soon as we hear them we're transported to a moment in time. As the youngest child, and only girl, in a family of creative types, Myf Warhurst grew up with the music in her. Whether she was watching Daryl...

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Pop culture pioneers  by Cher Martinetti

Pop culture pioneers

Cher Martinetti

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"It's no secret that genres like science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more, have evolved from niche interest to mainstream staple in the last few decades. However, the countless women who have been instrumental in creating and shaping those genres for the...

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Everything left to remember  by Steph Jagger

Everything left to remember

Steph Jagger

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"In this heart wrenching and inspirational memoir a woman and her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, embark on a road trip through national parks, revisiting the memories, and the mountains, that made them who they are. Steph Jagger lost her mother...

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Wish I was here  by M. John (Michael John) Harrison

Wish I was here

M. John (Michael John) Harrison

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"One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation. Formally inventive, constantly surprising, M John Harrison has written an archaeology of fragments that shivers with wholeness. 'Late style...

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Books and islands in Ojibwe country  by Louise Erdrich

Books and islands in Ojibwe country

Louise Erdrich

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"In Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country she travels, with her 18-month-old daughter, to the terrain her ancestors inhabited for centuries: the lakes and is-lands of southern Ontario. Summoning to life the Ojibwe's sacred spirits and songs, their language and...

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34 years in hell  by Jamie Morgan Kane

34 years in hell

Jamie Morgan Kane

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"In July 1983 James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room. Fearing that he would be blamed, and sensing that his wife was somehow involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family. Jamie worked through...

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Elephant Company  by Vicki Croke

Elephant Company

Vicki Croke

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"In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle, he became a gifted "elephant wallah". In Elephant Company, Vicki...

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The watchmaker's daughter  by Larry Loftis

The watchmaker's daughter

Larry Loftis

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"The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That change in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout...

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Wise gals  by Nathalia Holt

Wise gals

Nathalia Holt

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"In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organisation now known as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the 'wise gals' by their male colleagues because of their sharp...

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Put your feet in the dirt, girl  by Sonia Henry

Put your feet in the dirt, girl

Sonia Henry

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"In 2020, lost and heartbroken, and with an unscratched travel itch thanks to international border closures, Sonia Henry accepted a job as a GP in remotest Western Australia. The plan was to stay for one month. But before she knew it, this dressed-to-the-nines...

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Hazard spectrum  by Nathan Gray

Hazard spectrum

Nathan Gray

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"On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength and...

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Fieldwork  by Iliana Regan

Fieldwork

Iliana Regan

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"On her family's farm in rural Indiana, Regan's father treated her like the son he never had, and together they foraged for mushrooms, berries, herbs, and other wild food in the surrounding countryside. Her parents shared family stories with her. Here she...

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Did ye hear mammy died?  by Séamas O'Reilly

Did ye hear mammy died?

Séamas O'Reilly

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"Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is Seamas O'Reilly's memoir of growing up as one of eleven children in rural Northern Ireland in the 1990s after the death of their mother when Seamas was five. He delves into his family - his pleasingly eccentric, reticent but deeply...

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Masquerade  by Oliver Soden

Masquerade

Oliver Soden

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"Coward wrote some fifty plays and nine musicals, as well as revues, screenplays, short stories, poetry, and a novel. He was both composer and lyricist for approximately 675 songs. So central was he to his age's theatre that any account of his career is also a...

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Eames  by Naomi Stungo

Eames

Naomi Stungo

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"Charles and Ray Eames were the golden couple of postwar American design. True multimedia pioneers, they worked in furniture design, architecture, print, photography and filmmaking. They imbued the modern twentieth-century aesthetic with originality, colour...

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Bypass  by Michael McGirr

Bypass

Michael McGirr

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"Forty and flabby, Michael McGirr hits the Hume Highway on a cheap bicycle. Having stopped working as a Jesuit priest, he is on a quest to find heaven knows what. Along the way, he is joined by Jenny. Bypass is the story of Australia's main street, the...

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Burn rate  by Andy (Entrepreneur) Dunn

Burn rate

Andy (Entrepreneur) Dunn

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"The co-founder of the menswear startup Bonobos opens up about the struggle with bipolar disorder that nearly cost him everything in this gripping, radically honest memoir of mental illness and entrepreneurship. At twenty-eight, fresh from Stanford's MBA...

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Logan Martin  by Logan Martin

Logan Martin

Logan Martin

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"Olympic gold medalist, X-Games legend and world champion Logan Martin shares his inspiring journey to the top of the BMX freestyle podium the art of flight and the lessons of gravity, the pursuit of perfection and the pull of family, the sacrifices required...

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Second life  by David Hoysted

Second life

David Hoysted

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"From husband to carer, what it's like to look after the love of your life in palliative care. Nanette and David Hoysted had been married twenty-seven years when Nanette suddenly suffered a massive, life-threatening brain haemorrhage that left her in a coma....

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Fair game  by Alex Blackwell

Fair game

Alex Blackwell

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"Alex Blackwell lived and breathed our national sport of cricket for thirty years. Starting as a kid, she spent her childhood and teen years on the field with her identical twin, Kate, who was equally devoted to the bat and ball. While both sisters went on to...

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Beyoncé  by Tshepo Mokoena

Beyoncé

Tshepo Mokoena

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"Beyoncé Knowles was a shy child. But that has not stopped her from becoming one of the most famous women in the world across the past few decades. In this new biography Tshepo Mokoena charts the life behind the hit songs, from the scrutiny Beyoncé faced...

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Prince  by Jason Draper

Prince

Jason Draper

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"His name was Prince, and he was funky. He was also inspiring, infuriating, visionary and otherworldly. Channelling contradictions in search of his own unique truth, he eventually changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph that merged the male and female...

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Walking with Sam  by Andrew McCarthy

Walking with Sam

Andrew McCarthy

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"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering...

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Got your number  by Mike Greenberg

Got your number

Mike Greenberg

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"Not all numbers are created equal. Some are accomplishments. Others are identity. Cheering on, agonising over, and being in plain awe of your favourite players has left you with a deep and intricate memory of their greatness, not to mention well-honed...

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A daughter of the samurai  by Etsuko Sugimoto

A daughter of the samurai

Etsuko Sugimoto

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"A bestseller when it was first published in 1925, A Daughter of the Samurai is the memoir of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto: the youngest daughter of a renowned samurai, born durign Japan's last days of feudalism. Originally destined to be a Buddhist priestess, Etsu...

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Why Beethoven  by Norman Lebrecht

Why Beethoven

Norman Lebrecht

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"Lebrecht has immersed himself in the rich catalogue of Beethoven recordings and presents a unique picture of the man through his music. He selects the best recordings of one hundred key pieces, showing the composer as we've never seen him before. Unruly,...

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The school that hope built  by Madeleine Kelly

The school that hope built

Madeleine Kelly

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"From a country town in Australia to a small village in Tanzania, Gemma Sisia has built a truly remarkable legacy. In 2002, Gemma founded The School of St Jude in her husband's home country of Tanzania, with the goal of empowering local Tanzanians to build a...

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Pageboy  by Elliot Page

Pageboy

Elliot Page

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"The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy...

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Love language  by Linda Marigliano

Love language

Linda Marigliano

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"Linda Marigliano has built a career out of performing for other people. In her day-job as an on-air presenter or in her family home, she contorted herself into 'the cool girl' or 'the good girl', and struggled to ever truly switch off. As she repeatedly...

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Gangbuster  by Alan Prendergast

Gangbuster

Alan Prendergast

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"At the height of the roaring 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver, Colorado, emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the slick façade of progress and opportunity masked a murky stew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and...

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The man with miraculous hands  by Joseph Kessel

The man with miraculous hands

Joseph Kessel

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"This book chronicles the career of Dr. Felix Kersten, a gifted physician whose most infamous patient was Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler. Kersten, an alternative-medicine specialist, could alleviate Himmler's severe and chronic abdominal pain using massage and...

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Stranger in my own land  by Fidá Jurays

Stranger in my own land

Fidá Jurays

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"After the 1993 Oslo Accords, a handful of Palestinians were allowed to return to their hometowns in Israel. Fida Jiryis and her family were among them. This beautifully written memoir tells the story of their journey, which is also the story of Palestine,...

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A man of the world  by Gilbert M. Grosvenor

A man of the world

Gilbert M. Grosvenor

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"The captivating inside story of the man who helmed National Geographic over the course of six decades is a front-row seat to iconic feats of exploration, from the successful hunt for the Titanic to Jane Goodall's field studies. Offering a rare portrait of one...

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Searching for 'Waratah'  by Jo Wynne

Searching for 'Waratah'

Jo Wynne

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"Who was the enigmatic 'Waratah', author of the Tales of the Golden West, first published in book form in 1906? This collection of stories, each a cultural gem, filled with remarkable characters and memorable anecdotes, captures early West Coast history and...

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Bernini and his world  by Livio Pestilli

Bernini and his world

Livio Pestilli

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"Bernini and His World' is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights into the artist including discussions of his stylistic innovations and the ways he approached sculpture. Placing his life and work within a social,...

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Formation  by Brad Mehldau

Formation

Brad Mehldau

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"As an innovative and constantly inventive jazz pianist, Brad Mehldau has attracted a sizable following over the years, one that has grown to expect a singular, intense experience from his performances. With Formation, Brad seeks to extend that experience to...

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Miracle in the Andes  by Nando Parrado

Miracle in the Andes

Nando Parrado

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"In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence. Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an...

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Edison's ghosts  by Katie Spalding

Edison's ghosts

Katie Spalding

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"Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known. As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a...

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Choosing to run  by Des Linden

Choosing to run

Des Linden

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"April 16, 2018: the Boston Marathon. Linden was recovering from illness and questioning her running future. But as she ticked off the miles, opportunity presented itself. She tapped into her inner strength and remembered all the reasons she loved to race....

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Gardens under big skies  by Noël Kingsbury

Gardens under big skies

Noël Kingsbury

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"The Netherlands is steeped in horticultural history and its gardens have long been a place for innovation and progressive thinking, exemplified by iconic figures such as the landscape architect Mien Ruys and naturalistic plant pioneer Piet Oudolf. In this...

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Ninu grandmothers' law  by Nura Nungalka Ward

Ninu grandmothers' law

Nura Nungalka Ward

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"Nura Nungalka Ward was a Yankunytjatjara woman from the Central Desert. Nura was born during a time when Central Desert people were leaving their homelands and entering a society they did not know. She was born at Katjikatji and spent her early years living...

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My own magic  by Anna Kloots

My own magic

Anna Kloots

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"Despite what appeared to be a glamorous existence full of globetrotting adventures, behind the scenes, Anna Kloots felt invisible in her own life. Consumed by a marriage that left no space for her own desires, she chose to reframe the failure of her marriage...

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A mile at a time  by Travis Macy

A mile at a time

Travis Macy

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"An inspiring memoir about a father and son entering World's Toughest Race- Eco-Challenge Fiji despite one of them battling Alzheimer's. "Travis and Mace have touched a generation of families around the world with their courage, resilience and kindness."...

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A fever in the heartland  by Timothy Egan

A fever in the heartland

Timothy Egan

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"The Roaring Twenties - the Jazz Age - has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated...

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Satellite boy  by Andrew Amelinckx

Satellite boy

Andrew Amelinckx

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"Spanning the hemisphere from the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the other Space Race that gave birth to the modern...

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The collaborators  by Ian Buruma

The collaborators

Ian Buruma

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"On the face of it, the three characters in this book seem to have little in common - aside from the facts that each committed wartime acts that led some to see them as national heroes, and others as villains. All three were mythmakers, larger-than-life...

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Reckoning  by 1953- author. V

Reckoning

1953- author. V

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"The newest book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), Reckoning invites you to travel the journey of a writer's and activist's life and process over forty years, representing both the core of ideas that have become global movements and the methods through which V...

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Checkmate!  by Ben Graff

Checkmate!

Ben Graff

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"This volume begins by retracing the history of the chess through 16 players who have been officially recognized as the greatest world champions -- looking at their lives and contributions to the game. The following section describes the most iconic matches,...

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Inventory  by Darran Anderson

Inventory

Darran Anderson

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"A smuggler and a deserter, Darran Anderson's grandfathers skirted the Second World War on the fringes of legality. His father survived the height of the political violence in Northern Ireland and Darran himself came of age during the final years of the...

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How to live, or, A life of Montaigne  by Sarah Bakewell

How to live, or, A life of Montaigne

Sarah Bakewell

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"How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love--such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more...

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True west  by Robert Greenfield

True west

Robert Greenfield

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"An intimate portrait of the iconic playwright, actor, and director Sam Shepard, whose wide-ranging and enduring body of work places him at the center of the American canon, from an award-winning biographer. True West is the story of an American icon, a...

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From there to here  by Joe Bennett

From there to here

Joe Bennett

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"The first 30 years - the informative ones - of one of New Zealand most popular columnists and commentators. A childhood of fishing, cricket, dogs, games, friends, school, mild molestation, the odd death. The usual stuff. Then the long-haired gloom and...

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Eagles  by Mick Wall

Eagles

Mick Wall

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"'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond recognition. The band that...

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Charlie's good tonight  by Paul Sexton

Charlie's good tonight

Paul Sexton

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"Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world's most revered and celebrated drummer. Mid-1962. The newly formed Rolling Stones are on the hunt for a permanent drummer. Their...

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Born to fight  by Mark Hunt

Born to fight

Mark Hunt

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Raw, confronting and honest, UFC champion Mark Hunt's inspiring autobiography shows it is possible to defy the odds and carve a better life. Born into a Mormon Samoan family, Hunt details his harrowing early life, his troubled teen years, and his angry youth...

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Sicker in the head  by Judd Apatow

Sicker in the head

Judd Apatow

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""No one knows comedy like Judd Apatow. From interviewing the biggest comics of the day for his high school radio show to performing stand-up in L.A. dive bars with his roommate Adam Sandler, to writing and directing Knocked Up and producing Freaks and Geeks,...

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'A bloody difficult subject'  by Bain Attwood

'A bloody difficult subject'

Bain Attwood

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"Ruth Ross is hardly a household name, yet most New Zealanders today owe the way they understand the Treaty of Waitangi - or te Tiriti o Waitangi as Ross called it - to this remarkable woman's path-breaking historical research. Taking us on a journey from...

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By your side  by Scott Mitchell

By your side

Scott Mitchell

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"In December 2020, while the world was gripped with news of an imminent third lockdown, Scott Mitchell was visiting the care home where his wife and partner of 27 years - Dame Barbara Windsor - was being looked after. At the age of 83, after a career spanning...

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Hungry to be happy  by Harry (author of Hungry to be happy) author. Averill

Hungry to be happy

Harry (author of Hungry to be happy)...

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"As a fourteen-year-old psych ward patient, Harry realised he had a choice: let anorexia keep ruining his life or fight back against everything his mind told him was true. Now twenty-two years old, Harry delicately pieces together how his mind derailed to that...

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The first ten years : two sides of the same love story  by Joseph (Fiction writer) Fink

The first ten years : two sides of the same love story

Joseph (Fiction writer) Fink

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"The First Ten Years' is a sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir by Joseph Fink, co-creator of 'Welcome to Night Vale', and his wife, writer and performer Meg Bashwiner, chronicling the first ten years of their...

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The perfect sound  by Garrett Kaoru Hongo

The perfect sound

Garrett Kaoru Hongo

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"Garrett Hongo's passion for audio dates back to the Empire 98 turntable his father paired with a tube amplifier in their modest tract home in L.A. in the early 60s. But his adult quest begins in the CD-changer era, as he seeks out speakers and amps beefy...

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Voyager  by Nona Fernández

Voyager

Nona Fernández

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"The memory of the stars. The memory of a mother. And his daughter's. The memory of a people. How we remember. Why. For what. An exciting essay. Accompanying her mother in her neurological examinations, the narrator of this book notices that the brain activity...

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The Times lives less ordinary

The Times lives less ordinary

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"Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 80 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive. Be they dons, pop stars, vicars, MPs, rugby players or aristocrats, each has marched to the beat of...

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Fat girl dancing  by Krissy Kneen

Fat girl dancing

Krissy Kneen

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"How does a person come to know that they are different from the children around them? To measure themselves against a set normal and find themselves lacking? When did I know that I was plump, and then fat? Fat child, self-denying adolescent, hungry young...

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Stakeknife  by Greg Harkin

Stakeknife

Greg Harkin

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"This book highlights the stories of the two most notorious agents used by British intelligence forces in Northern Ireland: Stakeknife and Brian Nelson. It is based on the insider experience of former Force Research Unit (FRU) handler Martin Ingram, who in the...

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Byron  by David Ellis

Byron

David Ellis

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"In this new book, David Ellis traces Byron's life from rented lodgings in Aberdeen to the crumbling splendours of Newstead Abbey and then on to his grand tour of the East. Describing his exile from England after a disastrous marriage, and subsequent travels...

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How Kyoto breaks your heart  by Florentyna Leow

How Kyoto breaks your heart

Florentyna Leow

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"20-something and uncertain about her future, Florentyna Leow is exhilarated when an old acquaintance offers her an opportunity for work and cohabitation in a little house in the hills of Kyoto. Florentyna begins a new job as a tour guide, taking tourists on...

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Metamorphosis  by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Metamorphosis

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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"A darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford professor. We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off just in time ... But sometimes we are unlucky. My own...

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American prometheus  by Kai Bird

American prometheus

Kai Bird

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"The first full-scale biography of the "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the fire of the sun for his country in time of war. After Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his...

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Winnie and Nelson  by Jonny Steinberg

Winnie and Nelson

Jonny Steinberg

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"From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at...

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Tell me everything  by Minka Kelly

Tell me everything

Minka Kelly

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"Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly's life has been anything but easy. Raised by...

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A life of grace  by Mark (Author of A life of grace) Greene

A life of grace

Mark (Author of A life of grace) Gr...

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"What made Queen Elizabeth II so admired, respected, and loved by so many across the globe? This movingtribute explores Elizabeth's own answer to that question, highlighting how her dynamic Christian faith shapedher vision for her role, and empowered her to be...

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