Me, Myself and Prague

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Funny, flippant and fabulous travel writing, this is the story of Rachael’s year in Prague. Armed only with a romantic soul, a need to get away from her overbearing family and a 1973 guide to communis …

Mrs D is Going Without

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Lotta Dann was in trouble – her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she tried to cut down, she found it nearly impo …

Rod Laver

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‘From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known.’ Roger FedererRod Laver’s autobiography tells the inspiring story of how a diminutive, …

Run!

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‘Running with Karnazes is like setting up one’s easel next to Monet or Picasso.’ The New York TimesIn his follow-up to the bestselling Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes is back with more mind-blowing t …

Sheila

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Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quic …

The Auctioneer

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In the glamorous and secretive world of art, Simon de Pury is the ultimate insider. Having elevated the auction into performance art, he is the most famous of all auctioneers. He has been chairman of …

The Emperor's Shadow

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After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was sent into exile on St Helena, arriving in October 1815. For the six years until his death, he was an ‘eagle in a cage’, reduced from the m …

The Great Reformer

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Since his surprise appointment in March 2013, Pope Francis has emerged as the most talked-about and most revolutionary pope in living memory. He has become a subject of fascination, conversation, and …

The Thing About Prague…

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When Rachael Weiss left a good job, Thelma the cat and a normal life in Sydney for the romantic dream of being a writer in Prague she intended to stay forever. She lasted just three years, exasperated …

Wolf Boys

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A chilling true story of two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and their pursuit by an increasingly disillusioned detective.At first glance, Gabriel Cardona is an exemplary Ame …

Women I've Undressed

Orry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Mo …

A Fig at the Gate

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In A Fig at the Gate, author Kate Llewellyn, now in her seventies, embraces a new phase in her life, asking the question, ‘How does one live well?’Following the joyful crafting of her gardens in the B …

Evil Life

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The Calabrian mafia is Australia’s oldest, largest and most ruthless crime syndicate, trafficking drugs worth billions of dollars and laundering the proceeds through sophisticated international networ …

The Amazing Mrs Livesey

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An attractive young woman from a respectable middle-class family in Manchester, Ethel Livesey had over forty aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces at a time when divorce w …

Things That Matter

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In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital.Weaving his …

Call of the Outback

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Long before Robyn Davidson wrote Tracks, the extraordinary Ernestine Hill was renowned for her intrepid travels across Australia’s vast outback.After the birth of her illegitimate son, Ernestine Hill …