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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Not Your Ordinary Housewife

Nikki Stern

RRP: £8.99

When Nikki Stern left suburban Melbourne for Europe in the early 1980s, little did she know that her life was about to change dramatically.Adopted into a well-connected family and educated at an exclu …

The File

Timothy Garton Ash

RRP: £12.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZEIn 1978 Timothy Garton Ash went to live in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later, by then internationally …

We Are Here

Cat Thao Nguyen

RRP: £12.99

Told through the bright and unflinching eyes of Cat Thao, a daughter born in a refugee camp, We Are Here is a memoir that begins in 1975 with her family’s gripping exodus by foot out of post-war Vietn …

The Invention of Russia

Arkady Ostrovsky

RRP: £10.99

The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist’s Russia editor.’Fast-paced and excellently written’ New York Ti …

A Doctor's Dream

Dr Buddhi Lokuge

RRP: £12.99

When Dr Buddhi moved to Arnhem Land to run a health program for Aboriginal children, he had no idea he would face the challenge of his life.Six months into running the 5 million dollar program he real …

The Cooler King

Patrick Bishop

RRP: £8.99

A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, a true wartime story of William Ash.The Cooler King is at once uplifting and inspirational, and stands as a testament to the durability of decent …

Call Me Sasha

Geena Leigh

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At just fifteen years old, Geena had no choice but to leave home. Without an education or any real options, she found herself being lured into the sex industry by the promise of big money and the vali …

Naked At Lunch

Mark Haskell Smith

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In the great wandering tradition of Bill Bryson, Louis Theroux and Jon Ronson, journalist Mark Haskell Smith strips down the world of social nudism in a hilarious, wildly entertaining and profoundly e …

The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story

Ian Molly Meldrum

Molly: ‘Who the f**k is Madonna?’Madonna: ‘What the f**k is a Molly?’More than thirty-five years in the making, this is the story of Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum and the television show that stopped the nation …

Dog Eat Dog

Michael Browning

RRP: £12.99

Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm, ‘If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it’s going to be something.’Michael Browning …

Walking Free

Dr Munjed Al Muderis

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Dr Munjed Al Muderis grew up in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s reign. He went to school with Saddam’s sons, then started his medical training at Basra University just as the Iran-Iraq War began. One day …

Confessions of a Millionaire's Mistress

Ava Reilly

RRP: £10.99

The morning after meeting Hugh, I was heading out the door when I saw I had a new message. I opened it cautiously and saw six words that made my heart skip a beat.’I need to see you again.’Ava Reilly …

An Outback Nurse

Thea Hayes

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Thea Hayes trained as a nurse in Sydney in 1959. A year later she was catapulted out of the safety of her city life into the unknown world of the Outback.Thea knew nothing of the place she was soon to …

Dress, Memory

Lorelei Vashti

RRP: £9.99

As we grow older, how do we know what to let go of and what to keep?Lorelei started collecting dresses in her twenties and found that every time she wore one it became more significant to her. From fa …

High Altitude

Mike Allsop

RRP: £9.99

Having survived an almost unsurvivable plane crash, most people would be tempted to sit back, take a good hard look at life and take things a little bit easier. Mike Allsop is not most people. Almost …

The Unravelling

Emma Sky

RRP: £12.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion of Iraq, when the ad went around calling for voluntee …

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