Love Stories by Trent Dalton
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the 2022 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Trent Dalton goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct question: 'Can you please tell me a love story?' A blind man yearns to see the face of his wife of thirty years. A divorced mother has a secret love affair with a travelling priest. A wid ...Show more
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - dangerous and unpredictable, they would be killed if Anthony wouldn't take ...Show more
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa ...Show more
Yeah, Nah!: A celebration of life and the words that make us who we are by William McInnes
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Join bestselling Australian storyteller William McInnes as he reflects on Australia's way of life and gives us his own take on our colourful and colloquial way with words. Whether we are bunging it on or behaving like a drongo, Australians have a turn of phrase for every situation that helps us. Our lin ...Show more
American Mother by Colum McCann Dianne Foley
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped ...Show more
Charles - The Heart of a King by Catherine Mayer
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 'Breathtaking' The Times ' The book that made headlines around the world.' Independent The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he aims much higher. A landmark publication, Charles- ...Show more
Into the Magic Shop by James Doty
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The award-winning New York Times bestseller that inspired BTS's K-pop song 'Magic Shop'. The day that 12-year-old James Doty walked in to his local magic shop is the day that changed his life. The day that 12-year-old James Doty walked in to his local magic shop is the day that changed his life. Once ...Show more
In Bad Faith: Inside a secret ultra-Orthodox sect and the brutal betrayal it tried to hide by Dassi Erlich
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
'I am a sexual abuse survivor, but I am also more than a survivor. I will continue fighting for justice for all victims.' Dassi Erlich grew up in St Kilda East, the fourth of seven children born to parents who had joined one of the strictest ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the world. As a girl, he ...Show more
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved TV series "Happy Days", has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case, he's ju ...Show more
A Brilliant Life : My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Rachelle Unreich
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
As her mother, Mira, nears the end of her life, journalist Rachelle Unreich wants to find out more about how Mira survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed - which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around ...Show more
Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Another year on the Diddly Squat Farm and Jeremy is still knee-deep in mud and endless challenges.Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming, there's only one golden rul ...Show more
Frank Moorhouse: A life by Catharine Lumby
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
The definitive biography of one of Australia's best-known men of letters. Many writers fashion a career out of their writing. Some fashion brilliant careers. Very few, however, commit to their art in a manner that inflects every aspect of their own daily life. Frank Moorhouse was one of the rare writers ...Show more