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Valiant for Truth: The Life of Chester Wilmot, War Correspondent

(Hardback)

By: Mr Peter Brune

ISBN: 9781742235172
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2016
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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Chester Wilmot brought the triumphs and tragedies of warfare into the homes of millions. He was a renowned Australian war correspondent, broadcaster, journalist and writer. Bestselling authors Neil McDonald and Peter Brune unite to tell the story in the first full biography of this enigmatic figure.

Victoria: A Life

(Paperback, Main)

By: A. N. Wilson

ISBN: 9781848879584
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman.

Victoria: The Woman Who Made the Modern World

(Paperback)

By: Julia Baird

ISBN: 9780732295707
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

(Paperback, Main)

By: Raja Shehadeh

ISBN: 9781788169981
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2023
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights

We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the worlds most powerful leader

(Paperback)

By: Michael Dillon

ISBN: 9781529914450
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th January 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Wednesdays with Bob

(Hardback)

By: Derek Rielly

ISBN: 9781760554262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
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At 87, beloved former PM Bob Hawke reflects on a colourful life.

What Happened to Beln: The Unjust Imprisonment That Sparked a Women's Rights Movement

(Hardback)

By: Ana Elena Correa

ISBN: 9780063316737
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

By: Kim Barker

ISBN: 9781925321524
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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A true-life Catch-22 set in the war-torn countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents.

White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port

(Paperback)

By: Kate Storey

ISBN: 9781982159191
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port

(Hardback)

By: Kate Storey

ISBN: 9781982159184
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 20th July 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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The intimate, multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Codthe iconic place where theyve celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bondsbased on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a respectedEsquirewriter.

Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir

(Hardback)

By: Mary L. Trump

ISBN: 9781250278470
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 14th October 2024
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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WHO COULD EVER LOVE YOU is an intimate, heartbreaking memoir of a father, a mother, and a familys exile.

Wild Love: The ambitions of Adelaide Ironside, the first Australian artist to astonish the world

(Paperback)

By: Kiera Lindsey

ISBN: 9781760296759
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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Kiera Lindsey uncovers the life of the talented and exuberant colonial painter Adelaide Ironside, following in her footsteps from the shores of Sydney harbour to the leading artistic circles of Europe.

Willie Apiata VC pbk

(Paperback)

By: Paul Little

ISBN: 9780143010944
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2012
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

(Paperback)

By: Jonny Steinberg

ISBN: 9780008353810
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th April 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Gripping and profoundly moving DAMON GALGUT Deft and operatic OBSERVER

Winning for Women: A Personal Story

(Paperback)

By: Iola Mathews

ISBN: 9781925835151
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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Winning for Women: A Personal Story

(Paperback, New edition)

By: Iola Mathews

ISBN: 9781922979520
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
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Winston Churchill: The Prime Ministers Series

(Hardback)

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

ISBN: 9781800753556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Swift Press
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Winston's Bandits: Churchill and His Maverick Friends

(Hardback)

By: Adrian Phillips

ISBN: 9781785907890
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2024
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
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Winston's Bandits provides, for the first time, a detailed account of Winston Churchill's greatest friendships.

World, the Flesh and the Devil

(Hardback)

By: Sharp Andrew

ISBN: 9781869408121
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Auckland University Press
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In this major biography spanning research, and the subject's life, across England, New South Wales and New Zealand, Andrew Sharp tells the story of Samuel Marsden's life from the inside. Sharp focuses on revealing to modern readers the powerful evangelical lens through which Marsden understood the world.

Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden

(Paperback)

By: Branko Marcetic

ISBN: 9781839760280
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: Verso Books
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A deep dive into Joe Biden's history and the origins of his political values.

You Shouldn't Have Joined ...: A memoir

(Paperback)

By: Peter Cosgrove

ISBN: 9781761065019
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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The warm, fascinating memoir of one of Australia's most popular and prominent public figures

Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen.

(Paperback)

By: Nicola Tallis

ISBN: 9781789295214
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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The first fully comprehensive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years, drawing on a rich variety of primary sources from both Elizabeth herself and those closest to her during her tumultuous youth.

Young Hawke: The biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY

(Hardback)

By: David Day

ISBN: 9781460765692
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 30th January 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Young Stalin

(Paperback)

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

ISBN: 9781474614825
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd September 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Vital prequel to the internationally bestselling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED TSAR

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