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Yet this woman, who at the age of 33, after 17 years of unhappy marriage, placed her deposed and murdered husband's crown on her own head, had begun life as an insignificant German princess.

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Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is one of the twentieth century's most captivating personalities and a defining figure in fashion history. This title explores various facets of Chanel's universe: her private life as well as the famous icons of her fashion empire the tweed jacket, the little black dress, N- 5 perfume, the pearls, and the camellia.

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Coco Chanel continues to beguile more than two decades after her death. The author describes Chanel's carefully crafted persona and then gradually elucidates each layer of intrigue that surrounded the great fashion designer to reveal the woman behind the enigma. She also includes photographs and new documents from the wartime period.

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'Tis the season to be jolly! One of Australia's favourite storytellers is back with a collection of stories about everyone's favourite family holiday.

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A charming autobiography from the president of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle.

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An unprecedented exploration of contemporary Tibet, one of the worlds most inaccessible places, geographically and politically, and one of its most misunderstood.

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From working-class Broadmeadows to the Collingwood boardroom - the fascinating biography of one of Australia's best-known businessmen, media personalities and footy club presidents.

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The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso.

Presents the record of the author's struggle to 'fashion his inner life for himself'.

Hugely anticipated biography of a New Zealand icon.

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The story of four remarkable women traversing the literary landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Australia, from one of our nation's most eminent historians.

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The definitive biography of George Michael, offering an expansive look at the troubled life of the legendary singer, songwriter, and pop superstar

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The huge success of Gossip Girl has seen these actors become two of the biggest pin-ups around, and favourites of magazines like Grazia and teen TV programming such as T4.

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From an early age Goya was anxious to preserve a record of his life, but few of his writings have survived and his most personal records appear in his letters. Goya's surviving letters reveal a highly emotional man, prepared to state his feelings as passionately to the authorities of a Cathedral as to a close friend.

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The fascinating story of Bert Hinkler - the pilot the world forgot.

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A world champion's blueprint for peak performance. From Australian Junior Champion to World Champion -- the inspiring story of what it takes to make it to the top.

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It s All Good is a true story about family, memories and friendship. In re-living a road trip across America, Andrew Daddo gives the daughter of his dead friend a precious gift memories of her dad she otherwise would not have had.

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The colourful, warts and all biography of the Australian musical icon.

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The heart-warming true story of Australia's Clown Doctors and the children who inspire them

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Lawrence was a brilliant propagandist, rhetorician and manipulator, who deliberately turned his life into a conundrum. But who was the real man behind the masks This work set out to solve this riddle and discovers a hero whose greatness owed as much to his weaknesses as to his strengths.

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Riley also explores Lennon in all his contradictions: the misogynist turned peace activist, the moralist who loved to outrage and the 'bigger than Christ' LSD enthusiast who settled down to become a house-husband.
A pre-eminent scholar of Beatles music, Riley has consulted some of the most important Beatles scholarship of the past two decades.

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The author describes how his autistic son, Owen, learned to cope with his handicap from a young age by memorizing the dialogue of Disney movies and having his family play the roles of the animated characters.