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By: Sue Ebury
ISBN: 9780522855463
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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When Kenneth Baillieu Myer's father fell dead on the footpath in 1934, Ken's life changed in that instant. Groomed by his mother to lead the Myer empire, Ken with his brother oversaw Myer's failure as a major retailing force and sold it to Coles. This biography is about money: making it, giving it and its responsibilities.
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By: Sarah Hoover
ISBN: 9781668010143
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2026
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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An unflinching look at the shame, secrecy, and desperation of failing at motherhood, and one woman's journey to reclaim her sense of self after childbirth.
(Hardback)
By: Steve Kemme
ISBN: 9784805317600
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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(Hardback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2023
Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
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By: Nadia Cohen
ISBN: 9781399077446
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A thrilling biographical study of the most prolific and controversial children's author in history.
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By: Jim Wright
ISBN: 9780764359026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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James Bond: author, ornithologist, marksman, and . . . identity-theft victim
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By: Nadia Cohen
ISBN: 9781526751768
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th July 2019
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Here, the author explores the life of beloved children's author Roald Dahl, revealing some of the little-known events that shaped his life and work.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew Norman
ISBN: 9781399042055
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th July 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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In this fascinating study of the life of the creator of one of the greatest detectives of all time, Dr Andrew Norman traces the origin of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's strange beliefs.
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By: Emer O'Sullivan
ISBN: 9781526606921
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Catherine Ostler
ISBN: 9781471172595
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2026
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A gripping and revelatory new history, by the author of The Duchess Countess.
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By: Meg Hafdahl
ISBN: 9781510779648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 18th December 2025
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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By: Dennis Patricia
ISBN: 9780473373573
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Emigrant Publishing
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1847. At 19 years old she partied with London society, struck gold in California, and fought tragedy, destitution and danger to carve a future in pioneer New Zealand. This book tells her story.
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By: Betty Gilderdale
ISBN: 9781877257810
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2010
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
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Lady Barker wrote 18 books, and is perhaps best known for "Station Life in New Zealand", which was republished by Vintage in 2000. The Seven Lives Of Lady Barker, published here for the first time in paperback, is a full account of the rich and turbulent life of this extraordinary woman.
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By: David Malsher
ISBN: 9781460751039
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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By: Mary Hobbs
ISBN: 9780473121969
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Publisher: Nationwide Books
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(Hardback)
By: Roy Thomas
ISBN: 9783836587587
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2025
UK Publication Date: 11th April 2025
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
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An unparalleled account of the life and times of Stan Lee, written and edited with the Godfather of comics himself. His tale is told by Roy Thomas, who brings "you are there" insights to Lee's journey alongside never-before-seen photographs, original comic art, and rare comicbook facsimiles-a tribute worthy of the Man.
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By: Alex Green
ISBN: 9780826417428
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
UK Publication Date: 15th May 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album.
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By: Alice Garner
ISBN: 9780522852783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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A memoir of the author's university years, which tells the story of share-house dramas, the entanglements and the debates which characterised her student years, and also describes the challenges of striking out alone.
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By: Olga Trujillo
ISBN: 9781572249912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2012
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
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The incredible true story of Olga Trujillo, whose childhood was devastated by sexual abuse and violence. This memoir follows Olga as she splits herself into "parts" and develops dissociative identity disorder to cope with the abuse, and then struggles to merge these parts and overcome the disorder in adulthood.
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By: Christopher Robbins
ISBN: 9781529379990
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 31st December 2030
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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By: Ben Lowings
ISBN: 9781907206511
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Lodestar Books
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Ben Lowings examines David Lewis's lifetime of adventure forensically yet sympathetically, to comprehend his determination. Lewiss achievements garnered him awards and honours, but their price had ultimately to be paid by the succession of families he created, then broke apart. We may legitimately ask 'was it really all worth it'
(Hardback)
By: Chris Joyner
ISBN: 9781419756368
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
Publisher: Abrams
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(Hardback)
By: Mike Anderson
ISBN: 9781398503274
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The remarkable true story behind Britain's only war crimes trial
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By: Diana Brown
ISBN: 9781988531304
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Otago University Press
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A compelling biography of NZs first state nutritionist and first woman MD who was a pioneer of school milk, iodised salt, and fluoridation, and a nutritional trailblazer.
