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In 1973, Valerie Browning volunteered to go to Ethiopia to help the victims of a devastating famine. The continent and its people would become the guiding force of her life. Valerie and her husband, Ismael, have waged an incredible struggle, bringing health and education to a people who would otherwise have nothing.

(Hardback, Main)

ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life.

(Paperback, Country Special - ANZ)

ALAN RICKMAN was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen diaries - a twenty-five-year passion project - Rickman invites readers backstage and into his life.

(Paperback)

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today

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A biography of Australian basketball great, Brett Maher. The book contains stories and anecdotes about every major Australian basketballer of Brett's era - from Andrew Gaze to Andew Bogut.

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From the author of The Empathy Exams comes a profound meditation on isolation, longing and the conflicts faced by all those who choose to tell true stories about the lives of others.

(Hardback)

Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography reveals how Marilyn's childhood contributed to her struggle with bi-polar disorder, and impacted her career and personal life.

(Hardback)

The chilling true story of the man who survived decades of abuse at the hands of his ex-wife, culminating in her taking a hit out on his life, before she was finally imprisoned.

(Paperback)

A reissue of one of the classics of Scottish history.

(Paperback)

May Hunt, a Malyangapa woman from Milparinka, made a life for herself and her children when dust storms swirled off the Simpson Desert and gibber-covered plains shimmered in the midday heat. This title looks at the hardships of a nomadic family life, community relationships and the enduring struggle of a single mother with six children.

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Mick sheds new light on a man whose very name defines an era

(Hardback)

From a brilliant new talent, Milk is an astonishingly evocative, intimate and moving memoir charting one womans experience of pregnancy and motherhood in modern Ireland.

(Paperback)

As a result of a crash, Goodman was left with a broken neck and a mangled body. Within three months, the man doctors had written off was sitting up, talking and breathing. After two years he was hunting and fishing. His miracle was wrought from human faith, motivation and courage.

(Paperback)

Born in 1915, John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining 20th-century transformation, the dismantling of segregation. He has influenced with determination and dignity the nation's racial conscience, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom and more than 130 honorary degrees.

(Hardback, Main)

Miss Dior is about what a woman can be. Through the untold story of resistance hero, Catherine Dior, Picardie illuminates ideas of femininity, strength and beauty and the work of one of the world's most iconic designers.

(Hardback)

The beguiling story of one of Britain's most remarkable horticulturalists.

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Bestselling author Sinclair McKay gives a gripping account of a murder in the heart of Victorian London, which intrigued and scandalised Bloomsbury society.

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Compton Minster is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary in the year 1901 - a thousand years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main ceremonies, a high official of the cathedral, the chancellor, dies in mysterious circumstances, and no on except the doctor and the undertaker is allowed to view the corpse.

(Hardback)

Gerald Durrell's classic memoir of growing up on Corfu

(Paperback, Airside/Export ed)

An extraordinary friendship formed in the most unlikely of circumstances. When James Frey first meets Leonard in the rehabilitation centre where they are both recovering drug addicts. Despite their highly unreliable track records their shared grit and humour sparks a mutual admiration which transforms into loyalty.

(Paperback)

The memoir of a culinary hero who inspired generations of home cooks and chefs

(Paperback)

A rocket-paced thriller for fans of Mark Billingham and Luther. Can a group of true crime addicts take on a struggling police force to catch a serial killer

(Paperback, Export - Airside ed)

This memoir, told in gloriously comic vignettes, is an utterly joyful reflection on living - and sometimes thriving (sometimes not) - with anxiety.