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List view record 1: Against the water : a surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic gloryList view anchor tag for record 1: Against the water : a surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory
List view record 2: Always home, always homesickList view anchor tag for record 2: Always home, always homesick
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Always home, always homesick

Kent, Hannah, 1985-2025
In 2003, seventeen-year-old Australian exchange student Hannah Kent arrives at Keflavík Airport in the middle of the Icelandic winter. That night she sleeps off her jet lag and bewilderment in the National Archives of Iceland, unaware that, years later, she will return to the same building to wri...
List view record 3: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American songList view anchor tag for record 3: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American song
List view record 4: Beyoncé : the story of a fashion legendList view anchor tag for record 4: Beyoncé : the story of a fashion legend
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Beyoncé : the story of a fashion legend

Cochrane, Lauren2025
From her Destiny's Child days through to her Renaissance era and the arrival of Cowboy Carter, Queen Bey's destiny was always to be fashion royalty. Through stunning photographs and expert text, Icons of Style captures Beyonce's most iconic and defining looks from the Met Gala to the Super Bowl a...
List view record 5: Birds, beasts and relativesList view anchor tag for record 5: Birds, beasts and relatives
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Birds, beasts and relatives

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-19952025
'It was as though England had never really existed'. Budding zoologist Gerald continues to explore the natural wonders around him, enjoying a night fishing trip, receiving a donkey as a birthday present and accidentally bringing a bear home for tea. Here too are more stories of the eccentric crea...
List view record 6: Bloomer : embracing a late-life flourishingList view anchor tag for record 6: Bloomer : embracing a late-life flourishing
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Bloomer : embracing a late-life flourishing

Lefevre, Carol, 1951-2025
It is daunting to grow old in a time and place that does not value old people, but the age group known as Boomers should not be so easily dismissed. They marched against the Vietnam War and were the first generation to be liberated by the contraceptive pill from the fear of unwanted pregnancy. Th...
List view record 7: Chopping onions on my heart : on losing and preserving cultureList view anchor tag for record 7: Chopping onions on my heart : on losing and preserving culture
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Chopping onions on my heart : on losing and preserving culture

Ellis, Samantha2025
The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. A language that's now on the verge of extinction. The realisation that she won't be able to tell her son he's 'living in the days of the aubergines' or 'chopping onions on my ...
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CryBaby

Gibson, Mabel2025
CryBaby is Yamatji author Mabel Gibson's highly anticipated collection of micro memoir. Moving across distinct landscapes in Western Australia, the 56 dreamy and fragmented moments in this collection chronicle Mabel's life from age two to twenty-five. They tell her story as a young First Nations ...
List view record 9: A different kind of power : a memoirList view anchor tag for record 9: A different kind of power : a memoir
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A different kind of power : a memoir

Ardern, Jacinda, 1980-2025
What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she commanded global respect for her empathetic leadership that put people first. This is the remark...
List view record 10: Fearless and free : a memoirList view anchor tag for record 10: Fearless and free : a memoir
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Fearless and free : a memoir

Baker, Josephine, 1906-19752025
This is the iconic Josephine Baker in her own words. Funny, candid and unconventional- the wildly famous but elusive Josephine Baker tells her own story in this enchanting memoir. Baker took Paris by storm in the 1920s, dazzling audiences with her humour, beauty and effervescence on stage. She be...
List view record 11: Field notes from death's doorList view anchor tag for record 11: Field notes from death's door
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Field notes from death's door

Treble, Katie2025
In her early 30s, Katie Treble felt stuck - in her life, in her career as an emergency doctor, and in a dead-end relationship. Moving from her home in England to sunny Byron Bay hadn't been the answer she was hoping for. Wanting to kickstart her life and put her starry-eyed idealism into action, ...
List view record 12: Four thousand paws : caring for the dogs of the Iditarod : a veterinarian's storyList view anchor tag for record 12: Four thousand paws : caring for the dogs of the Iditarod : a veterinarian's story
List view record 13: The garden of the godsList view anchor tag for record 13: The garden of the gods
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The garden of the gods

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-19952025
The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Deirdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are...
List view record 14: Henry Kissinger and American power : a political biographyList view anchor tag for record 14: Henry Kissinger and American power : a political biography
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Henry Kissinger and American power : a political biography

Schwartz, Thomas A. (Thomas Alan), 1954-2025
Over the past six decades, Henry Kissinger has been one of America's most lavishly praised -- and most reviled -- public figures. He was hailed as a "miracle worker" for his peacemaking in the Middle East, pursuit of detente with the Soviet Union, negotiation of an end to the Vietnam War, and sec...
List view record 15: How to lose your mother : a daughter's memoirList view anchor tag for record 15: How to lose your mother : a daughter's memoir
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How to lose your mother : a daughter's memoir

Jong-Fast, Molly, 1978-2025
Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of Erica Jong, author of the feminist autobiographical novel Fear of Flying. A sensational exploration of female sexual desire, it catapulted Erica into the heady world of fame in the early 1970s. Molly grew up with her mother everywhere - on television, in the c...
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Matriarch

Knowles, Tina, 1954-2025
Tina Knowles, the mother of icons Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: the woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. Matriarch b...
List view record 17: Misfit : the unravelling of Samantha XList view anchor tag for record 17: Misfit : the unravelling of Samantha X
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Misfit : the unravelling of Samantha X

Goff, Amanda2025
Amanda Goff was a successful journalist in London and Sydney before ditching her nine-to-five job at the age of 38 to become Samantha X, Australia's most famous escort. A bipolar diagnosis changed everything: she retired from sex work, walked away from Samantha X, and went in search of Amanda. Mi...
List view record 18: My family and other animalsList view anchor tag for record 18: My family and other animals
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My family and other animals

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-19952025
'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.' It is 1935 and the Durrells have escaped the leaden summer skies of Bournemouth to arrive 'like a troupe of medieval tumblers' on the sun-drenched island of Corfu for a new life. Gerald Durrell's be...
List view record 19: The next day : transitions, change, and moving forwardList view anchor tag for record 19: The next day : transitions, change, and moving forward
List view record 20: Till death do us part : life without Jock and learning to live with intentionList view anchor tag for record 20: Till death do us part : life without Jock and learning to live with intention
List view record 21: Timothée Chalamet : the story of a fashion legendList view anchor tag for record 21: Timothée Chalamet : the story of a fashion legend
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Timothée Chalamet : the story of a fashion legend

Bumpus, Jessica2025
This book explores Timothée's most daring looks, with over 100 photographs of every iconic ensemble accompanied by in-depth analysis diving into each outfit. By embracing technical tailoring, bright colours and bold accessories -- from sequin harnesses to his signature black stomper boots -- Timo...
List view record 22: Together we roared : alongside Tiger for his epic twelve-year, thirteen-majors runList view anchor tag for record 22: Together we roared : alongside Tiger for his epic twelve-year, thirteen-majors run
List view record 23: The totally awesome world of Caitlin Clark : learn all there is to know about your favorite all-starList view anchor tag for record 23: The totally awesome world of Caitlin Clark : learn all there is to know about your favorite all-star
List view record 24: The totally awesome world of Steph Curry : learn all there is to know about your favorite MVPList view anchor tag for record 24: The totally awesome world of Steph Curry : learn all there is to know about your favorite MVP
List view record 25: Yoko : a biographyList view anchor tag for record 25: Yoko : a biography
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Yoko : a biography

Sheff, David2025
John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world's most famous unknown artist. 'Everybody knows her name, but no one knows what she does.' She has only been important to history insofar as she impacted Lennon. Throughout her life, Yoko has been a caricature, curiosity and, often, a villain - an i...
List view record 26: Zendaya is life : a superfans guide to all things we love about ZendayaList view anchor tag for record 26: Zendaya is life : a superfans guide to all things we love about Zendaya
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Zendaya is life : a superfans guide to all things we love about Zendaya

Perricone, Kathleen2025
Zendaya is a multitalented queen that not only dazzles on the screen, but also serves as an inspiration to all who dare to be themselves. She is a formidable force that redefines what it means to be a modern icon with her unique fashion style, powerful performances, and dedication to authenticity...
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Angeball

Rugari, Vince2024
The definitive biography of Ange Postecoglou, Australia's first Premier League manager and instigator of the 'Angeball' phenomenon that has taken the football world by storm. With unparalleled access to Postecoglou himself and a career spent pitch-side, leading Australian football writer Vince Ru...
List view record 28: Bad Mormon : a memoirList view anchor tag for record 28: Bad Mormon : a memoir
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Bad Mormon : a memoir

Gay, Heather2024
Straight off the slopes and into the spotlight, Heather Gay is famous for speaking the gospel truth. Whether as a businesswoman, mother, or television personality, she is unafraid to blaze a new trail, even if it means losing family, friends, and her community. Born and bred to be devout, Heather...
List view record 29: Beyond chocolate : Adrian Cadbury, life, loss and leadershipList view anchor tag for record 29: Beyond chocolate : Adrian Cadbury, life, loss and leadership
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Beyond chocolate : Adrian Cadbury, life, loss and leadership

Donovan, Patrick (Biographer)2024
Scion of the great Quaker chocolate dynasty, Adrian Cadbury (1929-2015) was educated at Eton and Cambridge, yet never quite fitted into the mould of the British establishment. As one of the most influential business personalities of the later 20th-century, he was a committed capitalist, but champ...
List view record 30: Charles III : new king, new court : the inside storyList view anchor tag for record 30: Charles III : new king, new court : the inside story
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Charles III : new king, new court : the inside story

Hardman, Robert2024
By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, Charles III is a brilliant and intimate portrait of the new monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives. With damaging headlines ...
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