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The Moon Seems Upside Down is a story of love and war told through the letters of Arthur Alan Mitchell, who served with the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and later suffered as a prisoner of war on the Burma Railroad. The letters provide a unique insight into what the Second World War was like for Australian soldiers, and for the people who waited for them back home.

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A reappraisal of Napoleon the man. Roger Williams' biographical study shows how medical evidence can be used as historical data to refine our view of the past. For an accurate picture, he examines the medical evidence of the case, the emperor's psychological make-up, and the external pressures on him: the Crimean and Franco-Prussian wars, governmen

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Tells the extraordinary story of how a dope-smoking beach bunny from Mudgee, Robyn Hutchinson, became Rabiah - a member of the jihadist elite. Known among her peers as 'the mother of Mohammed', and as 'the Elizabeth Taylor of the jihad' in CIA circles, Rabiah lived for twenty years on the frontlines of the global holy war.

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In this sequel to The Flame Trees of Thika, Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. Her family and friends, their home and their travels, the glorious wildlife and scenery, described in rich and loving detail.

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This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.

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From the first account of "Colter's Run," published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America's most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other legends of the era like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and K...

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Apart from the introduction by Fr Stuart, this title consists of passages from St John's own writings. It sets out in continuous and convenient form all the essential points in his teaching.

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An extraordinary and unique memoir from an international hostage negotiator.

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Fahy profiles an array of publiclyand internationallyprominent scientists, exploring how they captured popular imagination, achieved celebrity, and used their ideas to influence our understanding of the world.

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For today's readers, the great Italian philosopher of history Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) can be startlingly relevant to the social and educational divisiveness we confront at century's end: here Giuseppe Mazzotta, one of the leading Italianists in the United States, shows how much Vico, properly read, can bring to an understanding of contemporar

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Who are the new philanthropists And how is their philanthropy 'new' In this book, a management writer and his wife, a portrait photographer, have collaborated to portray a new generation of practical philanthropists, men and women who have made their own fortunes and decided to move on from financial success to try to help those in need.

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From top CNN anchor and special correspondent O'Brien comes a highly personal look at her biggest reporting moments from Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastating Haiti earthquake, the historic 2008 U.S.

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Over ten years since his death, Biggie Smalls, also known as The Notorious B.I.G., is considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, a credit continually given by numerous hip-hop artists.

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One wild read (Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated) about a unique city trying to find itselfand about three gamblers who win, lose, and risk everything during the college basketball season

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The official biography of the Abberton brothers, Sunny, Jai, Koby and Dakota. Their story from its humble beginnings on the sands of Maroubra to global surf stardom, big-wave heroics, and the fateful events of 5 August, 2003, when Jai shot dead underworld figure Anthony Hines.

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One family's quest to bring a farm back to life in the mountains of West Virginia. Abandoned for 50 years, the Old Barlow Place had returned to the wild.

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A charming, nostalgic memoir about a bygone way of life, growing up in the Essex countryside during the early part of the last century.

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From the author of Britons, the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history.

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"The final unpublished works of the late philosopher, cultural critic and media artist, Svetlana Boym, The Origins of Nostalgia comprises a series of autobiographical reflections which provide unique insights and background to Boym's existing body of work"--

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"To be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich and happy is surely going against nature." When Joe Orton (1933--1967) wrote those words in his diary in May 1967, he was being hailed as"