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May 2023
Bombs and Barbed Wire: One Man's Great Escape
Author: Jeff Steel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 392 His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is shot...
The Korean Kid: A Young Australian Pilot's Baptism of Fire in the Jet Fighter Age
Author: Rochelle Nicholls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 340 A vicious civil conflict erupted on the Korean peninsula in 1950 and sucked 24 nations into a new round of fighting....
Courage and Compassion: A Stretcher-bearer's Journey from No-man's Land and Beyond
Author: Don Farrands QC Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 This is the true story of a young Australian soldier whose life of opportunity was challenged by trauma and salvaged...
Writers' Letters: Jane Austen to Chinua Achebe
Author: Michael Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Delve into the lives and work of some of the world's great writers with this intriguing collection of correspondence. There is...
Returning Light: 30 Years of Life on Skellig Michael
Author: Robert L. Harris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and...
The Happy Traitor: Spies, Lies and Exile in Russia: The Extraordinary Story of George Blake
Author: Simon Kuper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Those people who were betrayed were not innocent people. They were no better nor worse than I am. It's all part...
Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries
Author: Alan Rickman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Alan Rickman remains one of the most beloved actors of all time across almost every genre, from his breakout role as...
Out of the Box: The crazy true story of the Australian champion athlete who posted himself home, became a drug smuggler and found himself on death row in a Sri Lankan prison
Author: Julie McSorley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Reg Spiers arrived in England in 1964 as a world-class athlete. He returned to Australia in a box ... ALIVE! And...
House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries
Author: Alan Bennett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 4 March. HMQ pictured in the paper at an investiture wearing gloves, presumably as a precaution against Coronavirus. But not just...
The Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean
Author: Peter Burness Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 644 Australia's official First World War correspondent, Charles Bean, saw more of the Australian Imperial Force's actions and battles on the Western...
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters
Author: Andrew Morton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 From the internationally renowned bestselling author ofDiana: Her True Story and Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, comes the sensational and captivating biography...
Reluctant Saint: Life of Francis of Assisi
Author: Donald Spoto (Donald Spoto) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto strips away the legends from the life of Francis of Assisi to reveal the true...
Young Prince Philip: His Turbulent Early Life
Author: Philip Eade Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times Married for almost...
Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death
Author: Ken Wharfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An authoritative book, written with two close friends of Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was Diana's police protection officer for...
Handmade: Learning the Art of Chainsaw Mindfulness in a Norwegian Wood
Author: Siri Helle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Humans have always used their hands to create the world around them. But now most of us have gone from being...
Caroline's Dilemma: A colonial inheritance saga
Author: Bettina Bradbury Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Shortlisted for the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for History Caroline Kearney faced a heart-breaking dilemma. Caroline was a 31-year-old mother of...
The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
Author: Joanna Gaines Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In her first solo memoir, New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey...
Dressed Up for a Riot: Misadventures in Putin's Moscow
Author: Michael Idov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside-and closely observing-the media...
The Cutting Edge: The Story of the Beatles' Hairdresser Who Defined an Era
Author: Leslie Cavendish Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set...
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
Author: Simu Liu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 The star of Marvel's first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story...
Big Snake Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk
Author: DBC Pierre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Big Snake Little Snake is a cascade of true stories by DBC Pierre, recorded while on his way to make a...
Blue: A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces
Author: John Sutherland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A Sunday Times top-five bestseller A searingly honest memoir of life, policing and falling apart 'Every contact leaves a trace' John...
Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet
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Author: Harry Eyres Format: Hardback Number of Pages: A wise and witty revival of the Roman poet who taught us how to carpe diem What is the value of the...
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
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Author: Georgina Howell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which,...
No Map to This Country: One Family's Journey through Autism
Author: Jennifer Noonan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Autism is a rising epidemic that affects 1 in 68 children. When Jennifer Noonan's son was diagnosed in 2009, she refused...
Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir - with an introduction by Emma Gannon
Author: Julia Cameron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 In Floor Sample, the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way weaves an honest and moving portrayal of her life....
Boy Friends: 'Astonishingly compelling' STEPHEN FRY
Author: Michael Pedersen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' - ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.' - IAN RANKIN Friendships...
Love and the Novel: Life After Reading
Author: Christina Lupton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'A subversive, brilliant and beautifully written book about love, play and power in fiction and in the well-read life' - Sarah...