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List view record 1: They'll never hold meList view anchor tag for record 1: They'll never hold me
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They'll never hold me

Adams, Michael, 1970-2024
In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the rock 'n' roll era. Kevin John Simmonds was a charismatic crook whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. But as he was led from court, he boasted, 'They'll never hold me.' Two...
List view record 2: Tokyo noir : in and out of Japan's underworldList view anchor tag for record 2: Tokyo noir : in and out of Japan's underworld
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Tokyo noir : in and out of Japan's underworld

Adelstein, Jake2024
It's 2008, and it's been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking clove cigarettes, and Tadamasa Goto, the most powerful boss in the Japanese organised-crime worl...
List view record 3: Between two rivers : ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of historyList view anchor tag for record 3: Between two rivers : ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history
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Between two rivers : ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history

Al-Rashid, Moudhy N. (Moudhy Nasser), 1982-2025
In ancient times, the vast area that stretches across what is now modern-day Iraq and Syria saw the rise and fall of epic civilizations who built the foundations of our world today. It was in this region, which we call Mesopotamia, that history was written down for the very first time.
List view record 4: The Dead Sea : a 10,000-year historyList view anchor tag for record 4: The Dead Sea : a 10,000-year history
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The Dead Sea : a 10,000-year history

Arielli, Nir, 1975-2024
The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms, even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in its ...
List view record 5: Generation zombie : why devices are harming our children and what we can do about itList view anchor tag for record 5: Generation zombie : why devices are harming our children and what we can do about it
List view record 6: The chairman's lounge : the inside story of how Qantas sold us outList view anchor tag for record 6: The chairman's lounge : the inside story of how Qantas sold us out
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The chairman's lounge : the inside story of how Qantas sold us out

Aston, Joe (Media relations)2024
Before COVID, both Qantas and its CEO Alan Joyce were flying high, the darlings of customers, staff and investors. After COVID hit, only money mattered - in particular, the company's share price and extraordinary executive bonuses. Illegally redundant workers, unethical flight credits, abysmal cu...
List view record 7: How the world thinks : a global history of philosophyList view anchor tag for record 7: How the world thinks : a global history of philosophy
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How the world thinks : a global history of philosophy

Baggini, Julian2019
One of the great unexplained wonders of human history is that written philosophy flowered entirely separately in China, India and Ancient Greece at more or less the same time. These early philosophies have had a profound impact on the development of distinctive cultures in different parts of the ...
List view record 8: Raised by a serial killer : discovering the truth about my fatherList view anchor tag for record 8: Raised by a serial killer : discovering the truth about my father
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Raised by a serial killer : discovering the truth about my father

Balascio, April2024
One evening in 2009, April Balascio was searching online, as she had been every night, for unsolved murders in the towns her family had lived growing up, when she stumbled across the latest investigations into the "Sweetheart Murders" cold case. All at once, the buried memories of her father's da...
List view record 9: The men who killed the news : the inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracyList view anchor tag for record 9: The men who killed the news : the inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy
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The men who killed the news : the inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

Beecher, Eric2024
What's gone wrong with our media? The answer: its owners. From William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk, from the British press barons to colonial upstarts Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch, media proprietors have manipulated the news to accumulate wealth and influence as they meddled with democracy. E...
List view record 10: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! : the Lindt Café siege : the incredible inside story of two days that traumatised a nation and one man's journey of resilience and hopeList view anchor tag for record 10: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! : the Lindt Café siege : the incredible inside story of two days that traumatised a nation and one man's journey of resilience and hope
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List view record 11: Australian gospel : a family sagaList view anchor tag for record 11: 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 12: The Taiwan story : how a small island will dictate the global futureList view anchor tag for record 12: The Taiwan story : how a small island will dictate the global future
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The Taiwan story : how a small island will dictate the global future

Brown, Kerry, 1967-2024
An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters -- for China, the West and everyone's future. When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao's Communists won and took China's mainland; Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and...
List view record 13: Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my peopleList view anchor tag for record 13: Voice for the voiceless : over seven decades of struggle with China for my land and my people
List view record 14: The secret life of the universe : an astrobiologist's search for the origins and frontiers of lifeList view anchor tag for record 14: The secret life of the universe : an astrobiologist's search for the origins and frontiers of life
List view record 15: In a heartbeat : true stories and insights from experts, survivors, and frontline heroesList view anchor tag for record 15: In a heartbeat : true stories and insights from experts, survivors, and frontline heroes
List view record 16: Filterworld : how algorithms flattened cultureList view anchor tag for record 16: Filterworld : how algorithms flattened culture
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Filterworld : how algorithms flattened culture

Chayka, Kyle2024
The early promise of a free Internet is long gone. Now, rather than allowing us a meaningful relationship with a range of content of our choosing, algorithms have not only removed genuine choice but de-texturized the world around us: smoothed its edges, planed down friction, and flattened differe...
List view record 17: Black convicts : how slavery shaped AustraliaList view anchor tag for record 17: Black convicts : how slavery shaped Australia
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Black convicts : how slavery shaped Australia

Chingaipe, Santilla2024
On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 that number had risen to almost 500. Among them them were David Stuurman, a revered South African chief transported for anti-colonial insurrection; John Caesar, who became Australia's first bushranger; Billy Blue, t...
List view record 18: Adapt : mastering change in four stepsList view anchor tag for record 18: Adapt : mastering change in four steps
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Adapt : mastering change in four steps

Clarke, Andrea2025
After the global pause in 2020, we returned to a world that feels faster, looser, and less structured - our professional boundaries have been erased, social and cultural norms are shifting rapidly, and at the same time, we're facing profound developments in artificial intelligence. We're facing m...
List view record 19: Who killed Una Lynskey? : a true story of murder, vigilante justice and the Garda 'heavy gang'List view anchor tag for record 19: Who killed Una Lynskey? : a true story of murder, vigilante justice and the Garda 'heavy gang'
List view record 20: Shameless : Republicans' deliberate dysfunction and the battle to preserve democracyList view anchor tag for record 20: Shameless : Republicans' deliberate dysfunction and the battle to preserve democracy
List view record 21: TestedList view anchor tag for record 21: Tested
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Tested

Cummins, Pat2024
When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28, he inherited a team with a long and storied history, but also one on the cusp of reinvention. It was the beginning of a personal leadership journey for him, a unique moment of challenge and pressure that would see him b...
List view record 22: I'll never call him dad again : turning our family trauma of chemical submission into a collective fightList view anchor tag for record 22: I'll never call him dad again : turning our family trauma of chemical submission into a collective fight
List view record 23: A history of Britain in ten enemiesList view anchor tag for record 23: A history of Britain in ten enemies
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A history of Britain in ten enemies

Deary, Terry2024
Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn't we? Well... not quite. As it happens Britannia got its name from the Romans, and for the past two centuries we have been ruled by Germans. As Horrible Histories author Terry Deary argues, nations...
List view record 24: ChameleonList view anchor tag for record 24: Chameleon
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Chameleon

Dessaix, Robert, 1944-2025
Robert Dessaix's testament to a wonderful life is funny, incisive and literary. His voice is completely distinctive and utterly compelling. Robert Dessaix's Chameleon is about everything that matters, a book of memories that flow so freely they seem to happen as we read. Cartwheeling from story t...
List view record 25: The woman who fooled the world : the true story of fake wellness guru Belle GibsonList view anchor tag for record 25: The woman who fooled the world : the true story of fake wellness guru Belle Gibson
List view record 26: Around the world in 80 games : a mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest gamesList view anchor tag for record 26: Around the world in 80 games : a mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games
List view record 27: Charles Todd's magnificent obsession : the epic race to connect Australia to the worldList view anchor tag for record 27: Charles Todd's magnificent obsession : the epic race to connect Australia to the world
List view record 28: Work backwards : the revolutionary method to work smarter and live betterList view anchor tag for record 28: Work backwards : the revolutionary method to work smarter and live better
List view record 29: Think like a spyList view anchor tag for record 29: Think like a spy
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Think like a spy

Fisher, Julian (Security consultant)2024
Discover the secret skills of influence and persuasion taught to intelligence officers and how to adapt them to win over personal and professional allies to your cause. Every day, intelligence officers achieve the unimaginable. They persuade people to share classified secrets with them.To become ...
List view record 30: Six conversations we're scared to haveList view anchor tag for record 30: 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 10: Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! : the Lindt Café siege : the incredible inside story of two days that traumatised a nation and one man's journey of resilience and hope
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