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As a child Beth was imprisoned within a Jehovah's Witness family, kept away from her mother, forbidden from wearing a school skirt above her knees by day, abused by her stepfather at night. Years later, she summons the courage to report her stepfather to the police. Will Beth's fight for justice be worth the suffering reawakened

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

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First published in 1985, "Being Pakeha" was a strong reply to Maori who were asserting their own identity and to Pakeha who thought they didn't have an identity of their own. "Being Pakeha Now" was updated in 1999 and is reprinted with a foreword by Kerry Howe.

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A frank and powerful memoir of the life of an Aboriginal woman, from her early years on the Lake Tyers mission to discovery of her talent as a painter.

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This biography of Thomas Arnold combines a study of his life with an examination of Arnold's influence as an educator, a theologian and a churchman. In conclusion, Copley explores the possible legacy that this great figure has left to our age.

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Blind since birth, Ron regards himself as fortunate to have been born at a time when ever improving technology has enabled him to live a rich and full life, and to become a professor of law at one of Australia's most prestigious universities.

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Bronte was the Melbourne teenager, whose battle with anorexia captured the hearts of Australians, in a series of stories and documentaries for the Nine Network. Bronte kept diaries from diagnosis to recovery. This book talks about her story.

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A fascinating and authoritative look at the enduring legacy of a singular philosopher.

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A woman of Indian-Jewish ancestry details growing up in Israel and New York City as a member of two distinctly different cultures, describing her awkward adolescence as she learned to combine ancient tradition and modern attitudes.

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The third volume in the story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s.

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The extraordinary life of 'Captain' Charles Gordon O'Neill - colonial engineer, inventor, parliamentarian, philanthropist, and principle co-founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia and New Zealand.

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Presents a true story of survival in what was arguably the most sinister prison in Europe: the Carabanchel. The story begins on the day Christopher Chance entered the jail and encountered the innate racism of the prison staff and inmates. It tells how he forged a band of international brothers from the chaotic human rubble in order to survive.

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Because she was black, Clare Malone was the talk of her Liverpool council estate. Her mother and her mother's husband were both white and from birth she was stigmatised for this proof of her mother's infidelity.

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Frank Abagnale wrote US$2.5 million in bad cheques, practised law without a licence, practised medicine with no medical training, co- piloted a Pan-Am jet with a fake licence and managed to outwit the police of 26 foreign countries and every US state before he turned 21. This is his story.

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This work uses parallel narratives to tell Catherine's story. Five chapters interweave quotes with comment and explanation. Between these chapters runs a twentieth century voice, offering reflections on themes such as 'madness' and 'landscape'.

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A personal story of the ways in which persistence, chance, and creativity interact in biomedical research.

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This book is a concise, interpretive account of the life of Clara Barton from her childhood in Massachusetts through her feats of heroism during the Civil War, her founding of the American Red Cross, which she led for 20 years, and her bitterly contested ejection from office which clouded her last decade.

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A radical civil rights activist traces his transition from felon to a self-educated Black leader, outlines a program for self-respect and progress for Black youth, and calls for a new generation of leaders.

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The author takes us on a lyrical journey to her heartland, travelling with her beloved cattle dog back into the Outback of her youth, seeking to lay to rest her father's ghost but finding herself faced with many of her own.

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After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey, Linda's life descended into poverty and chaos when her parents' marriage crumbled and her unstable mother's sanity declined.

She experienced a brief period of comfort in a caring foster home before being plunged into the dark, terrifying world of a 1960s institution.

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An account of the author's attempts to "cure" himself of his homosexuality through therapy, medical treatments and faith healers. For this new edition, Duberman has written a new preface chapter and an afterword, bringing his life (and, more broadly, the gay experience in America today) up to date.

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The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons.