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This is the true story of a six-year-old girl named Elena and her battle against cancer. Written through the eyes of her parents as a remembrance for her younger sister, her daily story tells of humility and inspiration as she lives each day, one at a time.

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Greg Page will always be synonomous with the children's supergroup The Wiggles and is forever imprinted in our memory as the yellow Wiggle.

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A surfing diary of the year 2000 by World Champion Mark Occhilupo's as he travels the world: Fiji, South Africa, the tournament at Bells, and more.

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A story about human endeavour, testing the limits of physical and mental endurance and team cohesion. This is an account of the Volvo Ocean Race; a competition in which the participants must cover more than 32,000 miles in nine months and conquer the world's oceans.

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It started with some missing cobblestones and a bump on the head of one of Rodent City's youngest police rats. But this time it's not the mice who are to blame... and even botching the investigation and losing his job can't stop Rodent City's finest detective (self-confessed) from pursuing the case. Ages 9-13.

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A year has passed since the curious incident of the exploding cheese almost destroyed Rodent City, and Octavius O'Malley is enjoying life as the new Chief of Police. But one day the leader of the notorious River Road Mouse Gang bursts into Octavius' office with the news that Patrick the Magnificent is missing ... Ages 9+.

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Queenslander Olive Weston was fifteen when she lied about her age and joined the American Army during World War II. Four years later, after working in many army hospitals and doing a stint in New Guinea, she was repatriated. Later married, her only child was disabled, and Olive set about improving conditions for the disabled.

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A chronicle of life in a small French town. This book describes how an apprenticeship as a cook evolved into a lifelong immersion in French cuisine and culture. It also contains over 50 recipes.

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Third in the exciting adventure series set in an all-action Rugby League world. Sam and Vinny start the new term at St Helens, a private school with a proud sporting tradition but not all is smooth sailing. The is considerable rivalry between the two football codes - and soccer is gaining the upper hand. Australian author. Ages 10-13 years.

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At the Hug, a research centre for the neurosciences, parts of a body are discovered. Soon, Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico learns of a string of horrifying disappearances throughout Connecticut. Then another body is found. It is the case of Delmonico's career, and he is determined to solve it. But how do you find a monster who leaves no clues

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In 1980, Jacqueline Gillespie married Prince Raja Bahrin and was transported to Malaysia, where she was forced to suppress her intellect and endure physical brutality. She escaped to Australia with her children, only for them to be abducted by their father. This is her story. Australian author.

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Written by Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book sets out to make sense of the horror that was China's Cultural Revolution.

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Sean is in Nepal on atrek through some of the most beautiful, and dangerous country in the world. His path takes him into territory held by Maoist guerillas determined to overthrow the Nepalese government. Author is 2006 Australian Idol winner.

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Nikko lives in a small farming village in Greece near the stronghold of Mycenae in 1200 BC. When his sister Thetis is born, Nikko rescues her from the hillside where she has been abandoned, setting off an unforeseen chain of events.

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Samiha was put on trial on charges of grand heresy and thrown off the docks in Argos city, into the mists of the World Below. Still grieving for the loss of his love, Tymon is exiled by the priests and condemned to a life of slavery in a southern Tree-mine. Flogged for his insubordination, he is helped in his recovery by a worker named Zero.

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Peter Alander, a flawed copy, and Caryl Hatzis, an original, were on a space survey mission that ended in disaster. A fleet of space vehicles, the Spinners, arrived with gifts of amazing technology and information, but the whole colony was destroyed by alien species, the Starfish... This is the second book in the "Orphan" trilogy.

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Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern tow town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her and they quickly become lovers. Love can take you to the drakest places.

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Sets out the sorry story of HIH's failure, the Royal Commission which followed, and the spending sprees HIH's directors embarked on. This book takes in the developments since Adler's guilty plea, and the consequent sentencing of Adler and Williams.