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List view record 1: Memorial daysList view anchor tag for record 1: Memorial days
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Memorial days

Brooks, Geraldine2025
After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, and living in Sydney, Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz settled down to raise two boys on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The life they built was one of meaningful work, good humour, and tenderness, as they s...
List view record 2: All I ever wanted was to be hotList view anchor tag for record 2: All I ever wanted was to be hot
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All I ever wanted was to be hot

Price, Lucinda2024
For her entire life, Lucinda's mission was to look as hot as possible. She nipped, tucked, bleached, cut, plucked, plumped, shaved, lasered, tanned, crunched, squatted and starved. Then, she broke. This is a funny, provocative retrospective on the last thirty years of Western beauty standards. Fr...
List view record 3: Macca : my story so farList view anchor tag for record 3: Macca : my story so far
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Macca : my story so far

Arnold, Mackenzie2024
Australia's own 'Minister of Defence', Mackenzie Arnold, shares the inspiring story of the winding road that led to her becoming the Matildas' top goalkeeper, including the magical World Cup run that captivated a nation, and what it takes in your heart to take on the world.
List view record 4: Joan Lindsay : the hidden life of the woman who wrote Picnic at Hanging RockList view anchor tag for record 4: Joan Lindsay : the hidden life of the woman who wrote Picnic at Hanging Rock
List view record 5: Memories : 1950sList view anchor tag for record 5: Memories : 1950s
List view record 6: Don't cry for me : an autobiographyList view anchor tag for record 6: Don't cry for me : an autobiography
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Don't cry for me : an autobiography

Leggett, Arthur, 1918-2019
The story of Arthur Leggett, a young man growing up in Australia's developing years, patriotically serving his country in World War II, and surviving four and a half years in the hands of the Germans as a Prisoner of War. Australian larrikanism shines throughout Arthur's journey from boyhood to m...
List view record 7: The body countryList view anchor tag for record 7: The body country
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The body country

Anderson, Susie2023
"The body country is an evocative exploration of a world that too often marginalises and the power of a land that can offer connection. A meditation of wandering and wondering on Country, inviting the reader to understand the complexities and changing forms of self and love. A Wergaia and Wemba W...
List view record 8: Learning from silence : lessons from more than 100 retreatsList view anchor tag for record 8: Learning from silence : lessons from more than 100 retreats
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Learning from silence : lessons from more than 100 retreats

Iyer, Pico2025
Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat Over the past three decades, Pico Iyer has made more than a hundred journeys to a small hermitage high above the sea in Big Sur, Ca...
List view record 9: Broken brains : for anyone who's been sick or loved someone who wasList view anchor tag for record 9: Broken brains : for anyone who's been sick or loved someone who was
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Broken brains : for anyone who's been sick or loved someone who was

Rizvi, Jamila2025
At the age of 31 Jamila Rizvi was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. When she shared her diagnosis with loved ones, good friend Rosie Waterland proposed the tumour eventually be named "Jam's Jerky" and kept on display in a jar. While this sensitive proposal was politely declined, there was a rea...
List view record 10: Charles Todd's magnificent obsession : the epic race to connect Australia to the worldList view anchor tag for record 10: Charles Todd's magnificent obsession : the epic race to connect Australia to the world
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Fire up!

Brockmann, Nedd2024
'Fire up!' shares some of the lessons I've learned from the first twenty-five years of my life, from growing up in the bush to running across Australia. This is what fires me up every single day. I'm aware I'm just one person among billions, many of whom are far wiser than I am. While this is wha...
List view record 12: Prisoner of the state : unlawfully arrested, illegally detained, a punishment to last a lifetimeList view anchor tag for record 12: Prisoner of the state : unlawfully arrested, illegally detained, a punishment to last a lifetime
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Mean streak

Morton, Rick (Journalist)2024
Robodebt was a new debt-creation system that was used to illegally pursue close to half a million Australian welfare recipients for fake debts generated by the thousands. It was described by the Royal Commission's report as a 'massive failure of public administration' caused by 'venality, incompe...
List view record 14: The bank robber's boyList view anchor tag for record 14: The bank robber's boy
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The bank robber's boy

Norris, Peter2025
This is the story of Peter Norris, the son of one of Australia's most wanted criminals, and his struggle to escape his father's shadow. Born into a life of crime, Peter's earliest memories are shaped by the chaos of his father's criminal exploits. Torn from home to home and running from heist to ...
List view record 15: The natural gardener : advice and inspiration for widening your gardenList view anchor tag for record 15: The natural gardener : advice and inspiration for widening your garden
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The natural gardener : advice and inspiration for widening your garden

Unsworth, Richard2024
From the earliest crop plantings to the most elaborate formal gardens, humans have cultivated gardens for millennia. Recently there has been a shift away from clean lines and perfectly trimmed hedges to more naturalistic plantings: the new natural garden is considered and curated, taking its cues...
List view record 16: My Mediterranean life : recipes and storiesList view anchor tag for record 16: My Mediterranean life : recipes and stories
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My Mediterranean life : recipes and stories

Di Lorenzo, Sarah2024
Brimming with fresh vegetables, fruits, extra-virgin olive oil, fish and nuts, Sarah's family-favourite recipes are delicious and easy to make. This book holds over two hundred recipes, including Mediterranean classics like spanakopita, stuffed tomatoes, roasted artichokes, pilafi and prawn sagan...
List view record 17: 28 days to gut healthList view anchor tag for record 17: 28 days to gut health
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28 days to gut health

Cleave, Clemence2023
Our physical and mental well-being are closely connected to our digestive system. With this book, take a deep dive into the secrets of your gut and learn how food and lifestyle can keep it happy! Whether you'd like to learn about the science behind your digestive system, understand which foods do...
List view record 18: Behold, America : a history of America first and the American DreamList view anchor tag for record 18: Behold, America : a history of America first and the American Dream
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Behold, America : a history of America first and the American Dream

Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett, 1970-2019
What does America stand for in the twenty-first century? Behold, America confronts this urgent question by looking at the story behind two of the most contentious phrases in the American political playbook: the 'American dream' and 'America first'. What do these phrases tell us about America's id...
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List view record 20: Wild power : discover the magic of your menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to powerList view anchor tag for record 20: Wild power : discover the magic of your menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power
List view record 21: The dream clean : simple, budget-friendly, eco-friendly ways to make your home beautifulList view anchor tag for record 21: The dream clean : simple, budget-friendly, eco-friendly ways to make your home beautiful
List view record 22: Target Tehran : how Israel is using sabotage, cyberwarfare, assassination--and secret diplomacy--to stop a nuclear Iran and realing the new Middle EastList view anchor tag for record 22: Target Tehran : how Israel is using sabotage, cyberwarfare, assassination--and secret diplomacy--to stop a nuclear Iran and realing the new Middle East
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Target Tehran : how Israel is using sabotage, cyberwarfare, assassination--and secret diplomacy--to stop a nuclear Iran and realing the new Middle East

Bob, Yonah Jeremy2024
Drawing on confidential sources in Mossad, Israel's equivalent to our CIA, Bob and Evyatar, reporters for The Jerusalem Post, tell the remarkable story behind the most stunning development in the Middle East in recent years: the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and the UAE...
List view record 23: The tell : a memoirList view anchor tag for record 23: The tell : a memoir
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The tell : a memoir

Griffin, Amy (Businesswoman)2025
For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the campus of the University of Virginia, as a student athlete; on the streets of New York, where she built her adult life; through marriage, motherhood, and a thriving career. To outsiders, it all looked, in m...
List view record 24: My life in crimeList view anchor tag for record 24: My life in crime
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My life in crime

McKechnie, John, 1950-2025
In this engaging and entertaining memoir, McKechnie takes readers on a tour of his distinguished career, and explores the criminal cases, big and small, that have stayed with him.
List view record 25: Sofra : Lebanese recipes to shareList view anchor tag for record 25: Sofra : Lebanese recipes to share
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Sofra : Lebanese recipes to share

Hazim Chatila, Karima2024
This is a collection of generous and nourishing recipes that have travelled across the world from Tripoli, Beirut, and beyond, to Sydney, Australia and through generations.
List view record 26: Alfred Dreyfus : the man at the center of the affairList view anchor tag for record 26: Alfred Dreyfus : the man at the center of the affair
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Alfred Dreyfus : the man at the center of the affair

Samuels, Maurice2024
An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents. On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death to Judas!" In this book, Maurice Samuels gives rea...
List view record 27: Talking to my countryList view anchor tag for record 27: Talking to my country
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Talking to my country

Grant, Stan, 1963-2017
'Talking to my country' is Stan Grant's very personal meditation on race, identity and history. It is that rare and special book that talks to every Australian about their country - what it is, and what it could be. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared i...
List view record 28: A wisdom of age : lessons on living from our wise elder womenList view anchor tag for record 28: A wisdom of age : lessons on living from our wise elder women
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A wisdom of age : lessons on living from our wise elder women

Parsons, Jacinta2025
'I want to hear the wisdom from women about where we really live, deep in our hearts ... I want to hear the wisdom about our invisibility, our imaginations, our traumas, our joys, our changing roles, our loves and our death. How do we age in this body so that we can launch full-tilt to the sky ev...
List view record 29: Illustrated Christmas poetry : an anthologyList view anchor tag for record 29: Illustrated Christmas poetry : an anthology
List view record 30: As proud as a peacock : illustrated English sayingsList view anchor tag for record 30: As proud as a peacock : illustrated English sayings
List view record 22: Target Tehran : how Israel is using sabotage, cyberwarfare, assassination--and secret diplomacy--to stop a nuclear Iran and realing the new Middle East
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