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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

(Paperback)

By: Jung Chang

ISBN: 9781784703967
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2020
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*

Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history;

Bill and Shirley: A memoir

(Hardback)

By: Keith Ovenden

ISBN: 9780995131835
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Massey University Press
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An exemplary memoir examining the complex, remarkable lives of two very famous New Zealanders

Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music

(Paperback, Main)

By: Philip Watson

ISBN: 9780571361694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th March 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The definitive biography of guitar icon and GrammyAward-winning artist, Bill Frisell, featuring exclusiveinterviews with Paul Simon, Bon Iver and more.

Bill's Secrets: Class War and Ambition

(Paperback)

By: Belinda Probert

ISBN: 9780645984040
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: Upswell Publishing
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Billie Holiday: The Last Interview

(Paperback)

By: Billie Holiday

ISBN: 9781612196749
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 25th July 2019
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
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The first-ever collection of interviews with the tortured but ground breaking singer.

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork: A Sunday Times Book of the Year

(Paperback)

By: Reeves Wiedeman

ISBN: 9781529385083
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2021
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND EXPLOSIVE FALL OF WEWORK

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World

(Paperback, Export/Airside)

By: Anupreeta Das

ISBN: 9781398536890
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Billy Slater Autobiography

(Paperback, Updated ed.)

By: Billy Slater

ISBN: 9780143782476
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th March 2019
Publisher: Random House Australia
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Billy Stead

(Paperback)

By: Lynn McConnell

ISBN: 9781776940288
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd
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Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Qing Period 1644-1911: The Chinese Edition

(Paperback)

By: Lily Xiao Hong Lee

ISBN: 9781920899516
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2010
Publisher: Sydney University Press
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This Chinese edition of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, edited by Lily Xiao Hong Lee and assisted by Ms Yuk Ping Chan, is published in full Chinese characters.

Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Twentieth Century 1912-2000: The Chinese Edition

(Paperback, Chinese language edition)

By: Lily Xiao Hong Lee

ISBN: 9781743325223
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: Sydney University Press
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Though many works on the achievements of Chinese people exist, women rarely feature. This volume contains over 300 biographies of Chinese women including foreigners with significance in China. The book features revolutionaries, activists, novelists, poets, scientists, lawyers and many other significant women of the twentieth century.

Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (Until I Did)

(Paperback)

By: Taylor Wolfe

ISBN: 9780063293823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 21st November 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

(Hardback)

By: Trish O'Kane

ISBN: 9780063223141
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Bit Of A Blur: The Autobiography

(Paperback)

By: Alex James

ISBN: 9780349119939
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
UK Publication Date: 3rd July 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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* The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation

Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

(Hardback, Main)

By: Paul Alexander

ISBN: 9781837262410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books
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A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

Bittersweet Journey

(Paperback)

By: Ruth Hegarty

ISBN: 9780702234149
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2003
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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A sequel to the award-winning memoir "Is That You Ruthie", which chronicled Ruth Hegarty's childhood story, this book begins with Ruth's courtship while she was an inmate of Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission, followed by her marriage and family life outside the mission and eventually in Brisbane.

Black Belt: A masterclass for start-ups and entrepreneurs

(Paperback)

By: Joseph Healy

ISBN: 9781922611567
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
Publisher: Major Street Publishing
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A masterclass in building a company from slide deck to 'unicorn' from the co-founders of the first commercial bank listed in Australia in 25 years.

Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe

(Paperback)

By: Mick Wall

ISBN: 9781409118466
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
UK Publication Date: 16th October 2014
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black Sabbath.
'An epic tale, told the way it should be' RECORD COLLECTOR

Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

(Paperback)

By: Sudhir Hazareesingh

ISBN: 9780141985060
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd September 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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"A biography of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture."--

Blackout: Remembering the things I drank to forget

(Paperback)

By: Sarah Hepola

ISBN: 9781473616103
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
UK Publication Date: 14th January 2016
Publisher: John Murray Press
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER. A raw, honest, vivid memoir of one woman's struggle with addiction and recovery, for fans of Bryony Gordon, Cheryl Strayed and Daisy Buchanan.

Blaise Cendrars: The Invention of Life

(Hardback)

By: Eric Robertson

ISBN: 9781789145205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 16th May 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new account of innovative French poet, novelist, essayist and film writer Blaise Cendrars.

Bleeding Internally Since 1971

(Paperback)

By: Jason Christopher

ISBN: 9781644280430
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Rare Bird Books
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Blood Sex Magic: Everyday Magic for the Modern Mystic

(Hardback)

By: Bri Luna

ISBN: 9780063081451
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 23rd November 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Bluebird & the Dead Lake

(Paperback)

By: John Pearson

ISBN: 9781877008153
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2002
Publisher: Text Publishing
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The definitive eyewitness account of Donald Campbell's 1964 land speed record attempt on Lake Eyre is not only a vibrant portrait of one of the world's most hostile and mesmeric landscapes, but also a compelling psychological drama driven by huge ambition, bitter rivalry, and death-defying courage.

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