Vulnerable in Hearts

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Sandy Balfour’s father and the game of contract bridge were both conceived in 1925. Vulnerable in Hearts spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour’s life and the same period in the epic story of bridge’s …

Here I Am

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Tim Hetherington (1970-2011) was one of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated photojournalists, whose career was tragically cut short when he died in a mortar blast while covering the Libyan Ci …

Keep Your Head Down

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Nathan Mullins deployed to Afghanistan as a Special Forces Commando. Spearheading Australia’s Special Operations troops, he and other Australians like him sought the Taliban in the valleys and hills o …

Soffritto

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Every Italian cook has a soffritto – the ‘starter kit’ of olive oil, garlic and herbs from which a great dish is built. Lucio Galletto was in search of the soffritto of his life.He’d grown up between …

The Aquariums of Pyongyang

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‘I beseech you to read this account’ – Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentrati …

Antonia and her Daughters

The renovations to 34 via del Duomo now complete, Marlena de Blasi, the bestselling international author and woman with the ‘fairytale life’, longs to find time and space to finish a book. Lured by a …

Madam Lash

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Gretel Pinniger, dominatrix, fetishist, artist, and courtesan to the rich and famous has been shocking and outraging Australia for decades. Never shy of publicity, this introverted daughter of a hands …

Inside Steve's Brain

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Steve Jobs was an American visionary who immeasurably altered the way the world uses technology. From the Apple II to minimalist iMacs and from the foundation of Pixar to the invention of the iPad, Jo …

Sherlock Holmes

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Ingenious, charming, informative and full of delight. – The TimesSherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography blends what we already know of the great sleuth’s career with carefully documented social h …

Thommo Speaks Out

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Jeff Thomson talks about his life before, during and after he played Test cricket for Australia.’I’d just lope in and go whang.’ This is how Thommo, the fastest bowler of all time, explains his bowlin …

Always Liza to Me

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A very personal, entertaining and engaging memoir of growing up with a severely disabled sibling.This is the story of the Rice family, and of Liza, Cecilia Rice’s severely mentally retarded sister. As …

Manning Clark

Manning Clark was one of the most influential Australian intellectuals in the closing half of the last century. His political statements were at times highly provocative and his broad generalisations, …

Jack Fingleton

A life marked by a feud with Australia’s greatest batsman, bravery in the face of Bodyline and relationships in the corridors of Parliament.Jack Fingleton was a formidable Australian opener during the …

One of a Kind

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From the moment he first stepped onto a test pitch, cricket fans around the world were dazzled by Doug Walters’ red-blooded strokes, his immaculate timing and his great enjoyment of the game. But they …

Clever Girl

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Brian Thompson groped his way to being a grown up. He excelled at school and met a girl – the girl of the title – who recognised his ambition to escape the miserable lives his parents had made for eac …

A Life Inside

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Nineteen years ago, Erwin James was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was in his twenties. Over the past three years, he has written powerfully about prison life for the Guardian. This book brings to …