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Graeme Clark

Mark Worthing

RRP: £14.99

As a young man, Graeme Clark read about Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie and other great scientists, little knowing that one day he would join their ranks. After watching his father struggle with hearing pr …

The World at My Feet

Tom Denniss

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In 2013, Tom Denniss became the fastest person to circumnavigate the world on foot. His epic journey lasted nearly two years, and for each of the 622 days it took him to run around the planet, Tom com …

Dream Baby Guide: Sleep

Sheyne Rowley

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Sheyne Rowley is known as Australia’s Baby Whisperer because of the highly successful integrated program she’s developed for helping parents assist their babies to be calm, content and happy.One of th …

Man of Iron

Jock Vennell

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As commander of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone captured and held the heights of Chunuk Bair in August 1915. Along with his men, he succeeded in holding off fierce …

Brave Enough

Cheryl Strayed

Bold, brave and beautiful, Brave Enough is a gem-like collection of thoughts and aphorisms from Cheryl Strayed, the inspirational author of the bestselling Wild. ‘Everyone should have at least two cop …

Devotion

Adam Makos

RRP: £10.99

***NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING JONATHAN MAJORS AND GLEN POWELL***’This is aerial drama at its best. Fast, powerful, and moving.’ Erik Larson’A must read.’ New York Post Devotion is the gripping story o …

Becoming Nicole

Amy Ellis Nutt

RRP: £12.99

‘Becoming Nicole is a powerful and illuminating book about one couple’s journey in coming to accept and nurture their transgender daughter. It’s a page turner and a heart opener. I couldn’t recommend …

Freeman's Arrival

John Freeman

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We live today in constant motion, travelling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of Freeman’s, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta e …

The Lightless Sky

Gulwali Passarlay

RRP: £12.99

‘To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?’ Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US a …

Lost Relations

Graeme Davison

RRP: £14.99

In 1839, Hampshire yeoman John Hewett died prematurely and left his wife and eight children to manage on their own. Times were tough, and after their landlord put their farm up for sale, Jane Hewett e …

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 …

We Are Here

Cat Thao Nguyen

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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 …

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 …

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