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The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy
Funny and ruthlessly honest, this is a moving tribute to the lunatics who raised one of Australia’s best known comedians.
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My Reading Life
Bob Carr
Bob Carr shares his profound love of books and reading. Rediscover the classics, books you've never heard of and books you’ve always wanted to read.
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The Woman in the Lobby
Lee Tulloch
After Violet’s marriage ends, she beds an international tennis star and soon becomes a ‘travelling companion’ to rich and powerful men.
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Crossed Bones
Jane Johnson
The entwined story of two women: Catherine, a 16th century Cornish girl sold into slavery, and Julia, a slave to love.
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The Case of the Imaginary Detective
Karen Joy Fowler
From the author of the bestselling The Jane Austen Book Club comes a sly and clever novel of mystery and intrigue.
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Edwin and Matilda
Laurence Fearnley
An unusual friendship is formed between 62-year-old Edwin and 22-year-old Matilda, who embark on a search for Edwin's mother, who he has long believed dead.
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The Stone Gods
Jeanette Winterson
A novel of decaying civilisations and the individuals who find unconventional love among the ruins.
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The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
Balram goes to live in Dehli he becomes aware of the immense wealth there. Soon he realizes that to be part of the glamorous new India, he must murder his master.
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Night Train to Lisbon
Pascal Mercier
After an encounter with a beautiful Portuguese woman a Latin professor becomes restless and then boards the night train to Lisbon on a journey deep within himself.
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Barbed Wire and Roses
Peter Yeldham
In 1914 Stephen Conway mysteriously disappears from the Gallipoli trenches. More than eighty years later his grandson Patrick embarks on a journey to discover what happened.
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My Father's Moon
Elizabeth Jolley
The first book in Elizabeth Jolley’s semi-autobiographical trilogy now available as a Penguin Modern Classic.
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Cabin Fever
Elizabeth Jolley
In Cabin Fever, now a Penguin Modern Classic, Elizabeth Jolley writes lucidly of betrayal and survival, loneliness and desire.
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The Gift
Alison Croggon
An epic fantasy about Maerad and her astonishing yet dangerous Gift. This is the first book in the highly acclaimed Pellinor series.
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Two for the Road
Amanda Hampson
Hampson’s anticipated follow-up to The Olive Sisters traces one woman’s journey towards personal healing and redemption.
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This Charming Man
Marian Keyes
A heartwarming tale of four very different women, one awfully charming man and the dark secret they share.
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A$$hole
Martin Kihn
One day Marty Kihn became a rock-hard alpha male - an asshole - and it transformed his life.
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Panicology
Simon Briscoe, Hugh Aldersey-Williams
A witty and revealing book that sorts out what really is worth panicking about from the stuff that really isn't.
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The Pirate's Dilemma
Matt Mason
Read how hackers, punk capitalists and graffiti millionaires are uncovering and transforming underground movements into global industries.
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In Defence of Food
Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan exposes the myths of nutrition and shows how we can enrich our lives, our palates and our sense of health and happiness.
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Happiness
Matthieu Ricard
Happiness is a skill that can be developed. Free of arcane jargon, this book contains exercises to train your mind to pursue lasting happiness.
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Dinner with Mugabe
Heidi Holland
The untold story of a freedom fighter, his gradual psychological deterioration and control of a corrupt and monstrous regime.
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Cockeyed
Ryan Knighton
Cockeyed is the story of Ryan Knighton's loss of sight and his journey through denial and eventual acceptance to a life of total blindness.
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Black Mass
John Gray
John Gray argues 20th century global politics was shaped by utopian projects. Here he asserts that the death of utopia does not necessarily mean peace.
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Chasing the Flame
Samantha Power
A biography of Sergio Vieira de Mello, a highly regarded Brazilian diplomat who in 2003 while working for the United Nations was killed in the Canal Hotel Bombing in Iraq.
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The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-confidence
Robert Anthony
Fully revised and updated, this is the book for advancement in career, family, love life, finances, and mental and physical health.
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Petite Anglaise
Catherine Sanderson
Catherine Sanderson’s disarmingly honest and true story of her Parisian life as revealed in her popular blog.
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The Good Giving Guide
Lyn Amy, Mary Pearce
Be informed about charitable giving. This book has practical tips on giving, volunteering and an in-depth analysis of Australian charities.
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Blue Sky July
Nia Wyn
The story of a mother and her damaged son, of enormous courage and love, and of the strength of the human spirit.
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The Translator
Daoud Hari
Daoud Hari's peaceful life in Darfur took an abrupt turn in 2003. This is his harrowing tale of selfless courage and service under terrifying conditions.
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Here Comes Everybody
Clay Shirky
A wise and witty exploration of the profound impact of new social media and how it will affect who we are and what we do.
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