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A timely re-examination of the life of Australia's best-loved poet and storyteller - the man whose works captured the essence of the Australian spirit.

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Distinguishing itself from the mass of political biographies of Barack Obama, this first interdisciplinary study of Obama's Indonesian and Hawai'ian years examines their effect on his adult character, political identity, and global world-view.

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Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Senate in 2004 is one of the most interesting and colorful political campaigns in recent history.

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From his upbringing in humble circumstances in Hawaii and Indonesia to becoming the fifth African American senator in U.S. history, and later, a presidential candidate, this well-researched volume highlights the hardships and successes, the people who most influenced his career, his personal life, and his meteoric rise to pop icon status.

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This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society.

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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon was a leader of the Victorian women's movement. She was a feminist, law-reformer, painter, journalist, the close friend of George Eliot and a cousin of Florence Nightingale. Pam Hirsch has written a biography that recreates the woman in all her moods, and places her in the context of women's struggle for equality.

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Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell.

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Andrea CorrsBarefoot Pilgrimageis a compelling and honest memoir.

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Labelled a 'rogue trader' after a mismarking scandal, Alexis Stenfors reveals the murky truth about banks and how the rigging of LIBOR - described as 'the biggest banking scandal in history' - and the more recent foreign exchange (FX) scandals are just the tip of the iceberg.

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Labelled a 'rogue trader' after a mismarking scandal, Alexis Stenfors reveals the murky truth about banks and how the rigging of LIBOR - described as 'the biggest banking scandal in history' - and the more recent foreign exchange (FX) scandals are just the tip of the iceberg.

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A heart-warming memoir about life as a nursery nurse and nanny in the 1960s, for fans of Call the Midwife.

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A couple of years ago, Martin Knight began a quest to delve into his family history.

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Tells the author's story of life among birds. This work shows how he became a card-carrying birdwatcher, observing his first skylark - peerless king of the summer sky - while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his drinking mate Danny in the ways of birding.

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A full biography of the man known as CEW Bean - war correspondent and official historian of World War I - that for the first time captures and portrays the essence of the man, his work, his influence on Australian history, and how Australians have seen themselves in the century since the Great War.

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When Dennis McIntosh takes a job as a roustabout he discovers what he really wants to be: a shearer. But it soon turns out this legendary occupation isn't everything it seems. The story of a boy crashing headlong into life - into work, drink, responsibilities he isn't ready for, which come closer to breaking his back than shearing ever did.

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Alan Tripp, a man some call a genius and others call a criminal, became the world's most successful private bookmaker. He was Australia's most convicted SP bookmaker and was the prime target of gaming and vice squads around the country in the 1980s. Nichola Garvey recounts the drama and intrigue of the life of Alan Tripp.

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And how much strength does a boxer take from his family, or the family figures that so many trainers and promoters become

Passionate, hard-hitting and with astonishing revelations about the world of boxing, Beautiful Brutality is written from the heart, by an author with a unique knowledge and experience of the fight game.

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At 9.30pm on 2nd October 2008, BBC2 will air the first in an 8-part adaptation of Beautiful People. Produced by Jon Plowman, the man behind The Office and Ab Fab, this is the charming and funny memoir of escaping a bonkers family and following your dreams

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A beautiful and touching memoir of Allison Glocks grandmother, this is both an extraordinary portrait of a truly remarkable woman and a engaging history of 20th century Appalachia.

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A debut memoir that explores one mans gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America.

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A biography of Jane Austen that gives an account of her falling in love with the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy, a relationship that was more serious and enduring than previously believed and one that had a profound effect upon her life and her art. It examines Austen's other emotional attachments.