Becoming Nicole

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‘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 …

The Lightless Sky

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‘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 …

The Telomerase Revolution

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Science is on the cusp of a revolutionary breakthrough. We now understand more about ageing – and how to prevent and reverse it – than ever before. In The Telomerase Revolution, Dr Michael Fossel, who …

Not Your Ordinary Housewife

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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 …

A Doctor's Dream

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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 …

Quit Cannabis

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Many people see marijuana as harmless, but in fact it is highly addictive and hard to give up. Because it is an illicit drug, it is difficult to find credible information and seek appropriate help.Qui …

The Making of Home

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The idea that ‘home’ is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in t …

Naked At Lunch

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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 Bradman Museum's World of Cricket

During the 2014-15 season Australia stages the eleventh ICC World Cup of Cricket, with fourteen nations competing in 49 fifty-over matches. At the same time the Bradman Museum, a monument to the great …

Pot Planet

Marijuana is cultivated in nearly every region of the world, from the jungles of Laos to the bedsits of Manchester – and is smoked and enjoyed for medicinal, recreational and spiritual purposes by an …

Poisoned Planet

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We want things to be cheap, convenient and useful. Our food arrives contaminated with pesticides and wastes, wrapped in plastic made of hormone-disrupting chemicals. We bathe and dress our children in …

The Stalking of Julia Gillard

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‘Don’t write crap. Can’t be that hard. And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct it.’ Julia GillardWhen Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on 24 …

Walking Free

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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 …

Dress, Memory

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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 …

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, …

Altruism

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The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard’s Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wis …