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A lost artist...an obsessed collector...a true-life detective story set in the Australian art world, involving one of our most famous painters, Lloyd Rees. Both a fascinating and an immensely readable piece of art history and an insight into how works of art are evaluated.

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Paul West, a 27 year-old cross between Hugh Grant and David Beckham is hired to open an English tearoom in Paris. He gives a laugh-out- loud account of being a Brit in Paris, recounting everything from the perils of slippery dog poo to a deconstruction of extravagant lingerie.

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In her funny and disarmingly candid voice, Brisbane-born porn star Monica Mayhem reveals the ins and outs of making it big in Los Angeles, the pornography capital of the world. Absolute Mayhem lifts the lid on the sex, rock and mayhem of Monica's truly extraordinary professional life - and unveils the private person behind it all.

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At head of title: The national bestseller.

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Presents a collection of stories and memoirs based on dogs - dogs real, dogs dead, dogs imagined, and dogs desired.

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A title that is set in a modern industrialised city in the near future, where advertising is a constant stream of inescapable information, and corporations sponsor everything from music to schools.

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Greg Bearup and his partner survived three years living in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but life with the Taliban was nothing compared to taking a toddler to Caravanastan. Following the trail of the superannuated wildebeest, they wind up the jockey wheel, check the safety chains and hitch up the van for the great lap of Australia with their baby son.

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From one of Granta's New Voices of 2008: a stunningly accomplished debut novel, set in Australia, about the ineffable ties between fathers and sons - about the wars they fight between themselves and with others, and about the things they choose not to know about one another or about themselves.

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Tackling middle age with customary wit and practical advice, Joan Sauers now lights the way forward with this book. Embrace the freedom of being able to do what you want, when you want to, just because you can. The thinking woman's Agony Aunt painlessly takes you through the best years of your life.

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A series of disasters in her home town causes Australian actress Alice Evans to flee to Hollywood where she finds life is not the glittery stuff of dreams. It's the Hollywood nightmare. She is forced to navigate her way round the city in a cheap Japanese rental car lurching from one audition to the next.

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Aliki and Liza are friends as well as cousins. They share everything friends, ideas, dreams and school. More like sisters than anything else, till everything changes when Liza flies to Greece with her mother to bring her grandmother home to Five Dock. Ages 14+.

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In simple, no-nonsense language, Dr Suter gives a concise overview of the history and politics of terrorism, examining conflicts in the Middle East, Russia, Northern Ireland, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and other parts of the world.

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Salter, writing with engaging affection, good humour, and knowledge, describes the excitement of sailing - the characters, the adventures, the disasters, and the quiet little drink afterwards. No sport generates more anecdotes than ocean racing.

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Peter FitzSimons has collected the biggest, bestest, funniest, downright groan-inducing rib-ticklers, one-liners, knock-knocks, shaggy dog stories and limericks and collated them into the ultimate book of jokes.

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Shane isn't dreaming and, whatever the doctor and his parents think, he's not going crazy. His brother David is back - and, like any older brother, he's a bit of a pain. But Shane can't wait to talk to him and to have the family together for what almost turns out to be one last time!

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Visitors at a neighbourhood guesthouse have been complaining about spooky noises at night. The owners are worried. Is it ghosts It's starting to affect business, but what can they do to stop it Cassie and Ben decide to engage in a bit of late-night detective work to uncover the source of the ghostly disturbance.

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A group of vet students is spending a week at the RSPCA to learn all about the types of work that go on. So when Cassie and Ben decide to organise a dog-washing fundraiser, they enlist the help of the group. One of the quieter students, Lauren, is able to prove that her skills extend beyond dog washing by helping with a four-legged emergency.

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Cassie and Ben are rehearsing for a school band concert, but Ben seems to think he's more musical than others think he is! Band mate Sophie has finally been allowed to get the kitten she's always wanted, but there are a lot of choices that need to be made. Where to get him from What to look for Never fear, Cassie and Ben are there to lend a hand.