Prick With a Fork

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Before she was one of Australia’s top restaurant critics, Larissa Dubecki was one of its worst waitresses. A loving homage to her ten-year reign of dining-room terror, Prick With a Fork takes you wher …

Our Tiny, Useless Hearts

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‘Witty, observant, laugh-out-loud funny. It’s rare to find a novel that keeps you laughing as this one does; the characters are sharply drawn and frighteningly familiar and the story never stops throw …

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 …

Anatomy of a Song

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Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits transcend commercial value, touching a generation of listeners and altering the direction of music. In Anatomy of a Song, writer and …

England

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Despite a thousand years of glorious history, the people of England know surprisingly little of the facts and fables, people and places and events and emblems that have shaped their country and its he …

Highgate Mums

‘Her first words were “shoes” and “brioche”.’ ‘There’s no nicer way to put this, but frankly anyone can afford to go skiing these days.’ ‘Of course I said “no”. A trampoline in the garden gives out en …

Rules for My Daughter

Rules For My Daughter is a collection of traditional, humorous, and urbane fatherly advice for young women and girls. From internet dating (“Never trust a profile pic”) to the practical (“The right fr …

Rules for My Son

Rules For My Son is a collection of traditional, humorous, and urbane fatherly advice for boys. From the sartorial (“Men should not wear sandals. Ever”) to the practical (“Keep a copy of your letters. …

Scotland

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A compact cornucopia of fascinating and hilarious revelations about all things Scottish – from monarchs and malts to tartans and Taggart.As the proud possessors of a fiercely independent creative heri …

The Age of the Horse

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Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of meat, an industrial and agricultural machine, a luxury good, a cherished dancer, a comrade in arms an …

The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott

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In August 2013, Australia welcomed Tony Abbott as its new prime minister. This promised to be a marriage between responsible government and a nation tired of the endless drama of the Gillard-Rudd year …

Freeman's Family

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Freeman’s: Family is the second literary anthology in the series reviewers are calling ‘illuminating’ (National Public Radio) and ‘sure to become a classic in years to come’ (San Francisco Chronicle). …

How to Find Your (First) Husband

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Isobel quits her dead-end job and travels the world seeking the man she believes she is meant to be with. A hilarious and irresistible romantic comedy about a globetrotting quest to find love. Isobel …

Disrupted

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Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old …

A Short History of Stupid

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How did everything get so dumb?How did we become hostages to idiocy?What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, ‘D’oh’?The deteriorating quality of our public debate and …

Fit, Fifty and Fired Up

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Are you slogging your guts out at a job you don’t particularly like to buy things you don’t particularly need? Would you like to spend more time with your family and less time at work? Do you ever won …