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List view record 1: The ace and aro relationship guide : making it work in friendship, love and sexList view anchor tag for record 1: The ace and aro relationship guide : making it work in friendship, love and sex
List view record 2: A better share : how couples can tackle the mental load for more fun, less resentment, and great sexList view anchor tag for record 2: A better share : how couples can tackle the mental load for more fun, less resentment, and great sex
List view record 3: The correspondentList view anchor tag for record 3: The correspondent
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The correspondent

Greste, Peter, 1965-2025
In a world where the first casualty of war is truth, journalists are increasingly at risk of becoming part of the battlefield. Peter Greste's career as a foreign correspondent has taken him to some of the most serious conflicts, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. Reporting from the frontlin...
List view record 4: Figuring out thirty : decoding the decisive decade (and what really matters)List view anchor tag for record 4: Figuring out thirty : decoding the decisive decade (and what really matters)
List view record 5: The grieving body : how the stress of loss can be an opportunity for healingList view anchor tag for record 5: The grieving body : how the stress of loss can be an opportunity for healing
List view record 6: How to love better : the path to deeper connection through growth, kindness and compassionList view anchor tag for record 6: How to love better : the path to deeper connection through growth, kindness and compassion
List view record 7: Lady killers : shocking true stories of the world's most barbaric female murderersList view anchor tag for record 7: Lady killers : shocking true stories of the world's most barbaric female murderers
List view record 8: Meadow's lawList view anchor tag for record 8: Meadow's law
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Meadow's law

McDermott, Quentin2025
It's the maxim that every true-crime lover knows: One infant's death in a family is a tragedy. Two is suspicious. And three must be murder. But in 2003 the widely accepted mantra of Meadow's Law helped put an innocent woman, Kathleen Folbigg, behind bars for the next 20 years.
List view record 9: The missing piece : a proven method to single-handedly transform your relationship and create harmony in your homeList view anchor tag for record 9: The missing piece : a proven method to single-handedly transform your relationship and create harmony in your home
List view record 10: Moral ambition : stop wasting your talent and start making a differenceList view anchor tag for record 10: Moral ambition : stop wasting your talent and start making a difference
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Moral ambition : stop wasting your talent and start making a difference

Bregman, Rutger, 1988-2025
Every day we're bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity - while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in ...
List view record 11: No power greater : a history of union action in AustraliaList view anchor tag for record 11: No power greater : a history of union action in Australia
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No power greater : a history of union action in Australia

Byrne, Liam2025
Unions are making a comeback. Labour disputes around the world have hit the headlines as unions take action to challenge inequality. But while media coverage has increased, understanding of unions has not. In this lively history of Australian unionism Liam Byrne seeks to illuminate what unionism ...
List view record 12: Read yourself happy : how to use books to ease your anxietyList view anchor tag for record 12: Read yourself happy : how to use books to ease your anxiety
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Read yourself happy : how to use books to ease your anxiety

Buchanan, Daisy (Journalist)2025
Forget 'self-help' and embrace 'shelf-help' by discovering that books and reading may be the answer to your anxiety. You've recognized (like millions of us) that you're anxious. So, what now? Daisy Buchanan doesn't have the answer - but she's found something to soothe her incessant questioning. T...
List view record 13: The serial killer's apprentice : the true story of how Houston's deadliest murderer turned a kid into a killing machineList view anchor tag for record 13: The serial killer's apprentice : the true story of how Houston's deadliest murderer turned a kid into a killing machine
List view record 14: The sirens' call : how attention became the world's most endangered resourceList view anchor tag for record 14: The sirens' call : how attention became the world's most endangered resource
List view record 15: Six conversations we're scared to haveList view anchor tag for record 15: Six conversations we're scared to have
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Six conversations we're scared to have

Frances-White, Deborah2025
Why have divisive conversations become so flammable? Is there any value in cancelling historical figures? How has the so-called 'transgender debate' become so toxic and what can we do to genuinely help? Why are the most progressive people calling for censorship in comedy? Is cancel culture real a...
List view record 16: 100 places to see after you die : a travel guide to the afterlifeList view anchor tag for record 16: 100 places to see after you die : a travel guide to the afterlife
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100 places to see after you die : a travel guide to the afterlife

Jennings, Ken, 1974-2024
100 Places to See After You Die is written in the style of iconic bestselling travel guides. But instead of recommending must-see destinations in Mexico, Thailand, or Rome, this book outlines journeys through the afterlife, as dreamed up over the past 5,000 years of human history by our greatest ...
List view record 17: 100 Tales from Australia's most haunted placesList view anchor tag for record 17: 100 Tales from Australia's most haunted places
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100 Tales from Australia's most haunted places

Pobjie, Ben2024
From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the North Kapunda Hotel, Australia abounds in spooky stories that are all unnervingly based in fact and tied to real places you can v...
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American mother

McCann, Colum2024
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidn...
List view record 19: Among the trolls : my journey through conspiracylandList view anchor tag for record 19: Among the trolls : my journey through conspiracyland
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Among the trolls : my journey through conspiracyland

Spring, Marianna2024
Threats and abuse litter my social media feeds. They infect my everyday life. Sometimes the people behind the messages try to find me in person. This seems to be the price of venturing into the world of conspiracy theories, hate and algorithms. And it turns out, I am far from alone. In 2020, I be...
List view record 20: The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsessionList view anchor tag for record 20: The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession
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The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession

Finkel, Michael2024
For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years -- in museums and cathedrals all over Europe -- Breitwies...
List view record 21: Australian gospel : a family sagaList view anchor tag for record 21: Australian gospel : a family saga
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Australian gospel : a family saga

Blaine, Lech2024
Michael and Mary Shelley are Christian fanatics who loathe their fellow Australians - especially their 'reckless indulgence of alcohol and obsession with idiotic ball sports'. Lenore and Tom Blaine are working-class Queensland publicans raising a large family in a raucous, loving, sports-obsessed...
List view record 22: Australia's most bizarre crimesList view anchor tag for record 22: Australia's most bizarre crimes
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Australia's most bizarre crimes

Coleman, Peter2024
True tales of crimes so bizarre you won't believe them. True tales of crimes so bizarre you might not believe them. The mysterious disappearance of thousands of false teeth, international travel via the postal system, doughnut delivery heists, clowns terrorising a neighbourhood, the theft of a th...
List view record 23: Backup is three hours away : a raw account of remote area policingList view anchor tag for record 23: Backup is three hours away : a raw account of remote area policing
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Backup is three hours away : a raw account of remote area policing

Tregellas, Mark2024
Trigger never knew what each shift would bring - tragedy, laughter, adventure, danger - sometimes all on the same day. Trigger's personal journey, fuelled by a thirst for adventure and special forces training, led him to the frontline of policing. He faced life-threatening situations and earned c...
List view record 24: The bad corset : a feminist reimaginingList view anchor tag for record 24: The bad corset : a feminist reimagining
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The bad corset : a feminist reimagining

Gibson, Rebecca, 1981-2024
Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to disease, disfigurement, and disorders of the femal...
List view record 25: Be one : how to be a healthy human in toxic timesList view anchor tag for record 25: Be one : how to be a healthy human in toxic times
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Be one : how to be a healthy human in toxic times

Rex, Jimmy2024
Marcus Aurelius wisely said, "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." Building on that quote and making its wisdom applicable, Jimmy Rex's book Be One, cuts through the noise and provides readers a single roadmap to being a good man and becoming the best possible version of...
List view record 26: Birds aren't real : the true story of mass avian murder and the largest surveillance campaign in U.S. historyList view anchor tag for record 26: Birds aren't real : the true story of mass avian murder and the largest surveillance campaign in U.S. history
List view record 27: Bodies and mobile mediaList view anchor tag for record 27: Bodies and mobile media
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Bodies and mobile media

Richardson, Ingrid, 1966-2024
"Have you ever considered how mobile media change what we see, hear and pay attention to, or how they alter our movement through the city? Over the last decade, mobile media and communication technologies have become deeply integral to our perception and bodily experience of the world. In Bodies ...
List view record 28: The book of Japanese folklore : an encyclopedia of the spirits, monsters, and yōkai of Japanese myth : the stories of the mischievous kappa, trickster kitsune, horrendous oni, and moreList view anchor tag for record 28: The book of Japanese folklore : an encyclopedia of the spirits, monsters, and yōkai of Japanese myth : the stories of the mischievous kappa, trickster kitsune, horrendous oni, and more
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List view record 29: Broken heart : a true history of the Voice ReferendumList view anchor tag for record 29: Broken heart : a true history of the Voice Referendum
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Broken heart : a true history of the Voice Referendum

Morris, Shireen2024
The inside story of the 2023 Voice Referendum, from Yes to No In late 2023, Australians voted No to recognising Indigenous peoples through a constitutional Voice. Broken Heart unpacks the true complex history of the referendum, illuminating how an alliance with constitutional conservatives fractu...
List view record 30: Bush wisdom : a guide to creating an authentic life, wherever you areList view anchor tag for record 30: Bush wisdom : a guide to creating an authentic life, wherever you are
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Bush wisdom : a guide to creating an authentic life, wherever you are

Howard, Jessica2024
So many people have felt a shift towards prioritising a more authentic life in recent years, and nowhere exemplifies that life better than the bush. Rural Australians navigate isolation, the weather, and a huge responsibility to the land and their animals, but from these pressures have gleaned po...
List view record 28: The book of Japanese folklore : an encyclopedia of the spirits, monsters, and yōkai of Japanese myth : the stories of the mischievous kappa, trickster kitsune, horrendous oni, and more
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