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By: Brenda Niall
ISBN: 9781922458148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Text Publishing
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Australias leading biographer Brenda Niall, now in her nineties, turns the spotlight on her own story in this fascinating memoir of a remarkable life and career
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By: Hilde stby
ISBN: 9781778400001
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Greystone Books,Canada
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By: Stephen Hawking
ISBN: 9780857502636
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
UK Publication Date: 22nd March 2018
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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The author has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inwards for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. This book recounts his improbable journey.
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By: Gerald Durrell
ISBN: 9780241951460
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
UK Publication Date: 7th April 2011
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine... a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly.
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By: Gerald Durrell
ISBN: 9780241981696
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 25th February 1999
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Gerald Durrell
ISBN: 9780141374109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2016
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
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By: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9781435171954
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2021
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.
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By: Klara Kemp-Welch
ISBN: 9780262038300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The story of the experimental zeitgeist in Eastern European art, seen through personal encounters, pioneering dialogues, collaborative projects, and cultural exchanges.
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By: Peter Staley
ISBN: 9781641608442
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
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By: Sally Warriner
ISBN: 9781743797556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 21st July 2022
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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A celebration of a womans life on an outback station writ large.
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By: Lil O'Brien
ISBN: 9781988547589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2020
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
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'Not That I'd Kiss a Girl triumphantly joins the select few New Zealand examples of the autobiographical coming-out genre. Compulsively readable and very much aware of the world, O'Brien's memoir is suspenseful and engaging.' David Herkt, New Zealand Herald.
A heartbreaking and hilarious true story of coming out as gay in New Zealand.
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By: Betty Mahmoody
ISBN: 9780552152167
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
UK Publication Date: 5th July 2004
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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The author and her husband came to Iran from the USA to meet her husband's family. With them was their four-year-old daughter, Mahtob. Betty soon became desperate to return to the States but her husband and his family had other plans. This is the true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child
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By: Andrew Cotter
ISBN: 9781922330932
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Text Publishing
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Having reached over 40 million views online, Labradors Olive and Mabel are now the centre of a delightful book by sports commentator Andrew Cotter. A treat for dog lovers everywhere, and the perfect antidote to our times.
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By: Isak Dinesen
ISBN: 9780141183336
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2003
UK Publication Date: 27th September 2001
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm. This book presents her experiences and friendships with the people around her.
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By: Rabbi Israel Meir Lau
ISBN: 9781454942634
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2020
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
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Israel Meir Lau was eight at the time of liberation. This book is his harrowing but inspiring story, told in his own words.
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By: Gore Vidal
ISBN: 9780349108001
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1996
UK Publication Date: 1st August 1996
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talented friends and interesting enemies with a cast that includes Tennessee Williams, the Kennedys, Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer.
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By: Jayne Tuttle
ISBN: 9781743798300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 24th November 2022
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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By: Jenny Radcliffe
ISBN: 9781398519015
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A compelling insight into the world of the people hackers - those who are paid to find out the secrets we want to keep hidden.
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By: Marjane Satrapi
ISBN: 9780224064408
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2003
UK Publication Date: 22nd May 2003
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq.
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By: Adrian Gill
ISBN: 9781780226439
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
UK Publication Date: 17th November 2016
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Shortlisted for the 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, this is a compulsive memoir of addiction and recovery by A. A. Gill, 'by miles, the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber).
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By: Kurt Fearnley
ISBN: 9781921901898
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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By: Georgina Lawton
ISBN: 9780751584424
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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By: Geoffrey Robertson
ISBN: 9780143784081
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Random House Australia
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By: James Woodford
ISBN: 9781921351792
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
Publisher: Text Publishing
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The story of James Woodford's story, the story of how he came to find a piece of land to connect to, to live on and to regenerate, not just the land, but his life, too. And a story of how a house and a way of life could be built to be environmentally sustainable, comfortable, enriching, exciting - and real.
