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The Wild Girl
by Kate ForsythPublished: 18/03/2013
One of the great untold love stories - how the Grimm brothers discovered their famous fairy tales - filled with drama and passion, and taking place during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Sex And The Citadel
by Shereen El FekiPublished: 01/03/2013
A fascinating, groundbreaking look at changing sexual attitudes and behaviour in the Arab world, and their part in 2011’s popular revolts
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The Great Race: The Race Between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia
by David HillPublished: 18/10/2012
The thrilling race between Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of Australia.
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Batavia
by Peter FitzSimonsPublished: 01/08/2012
Batavia is the greatest story in Australia’s history.
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Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
by Peter FitzSimonsPublished: 01/11/2012
Eureka Stockade - The Unfinished Revolution
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Deranged Marriage
by Sushi DasPublished: 18/10/2012
An affectionate, often hilarious, memoir of growing up in London in the 1970s in an Indian household, and avoiding an arranged marriage.
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Philosophy In The Garden
by Damon YoungPublished: 03/12/2012
Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his ‘thought tree’?
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Antarctica: A Biography
by David DayPublished: 01/08/2012
A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth.
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1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet
by David HillPublished: 01/07/2009
An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children.
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Kate Forsyth Free Ebook Sampler
by Kate ForsythPublished: 01/03/2013
A free sample of the wonderfully romantic writing of the bestselling writer, Kate Forsyth.
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Oranges and Sunshine: Empty Cradles
by Margaret HumphreysPublished: 01/04/2011
Now a major film, the book that exposed the scandal of Britain's forgotten and abused child migrants, previously published as Empty Cradles
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and the Corruption of Atlantic City
by Nelson JohnsonPublished: 01/01/2012
The original book that inspired Boardwalk Empire, the award-winning HBO series from Martin Scorsese and the producers of The Sopranos
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Incredible Navy Divers: Life On The Edge
by Gregor SalmonPublished: 01/03/2013
Rising out of the Second World War, the Australian clearance diver has become one of the most respected and versatile operators in the military world.
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Beneath Hill 60
by Will DaviesPublished: 01/03/2011
The extraordinary little-known true story of the cat-and-mouse war waged beneath the trenches of the Western Front and the subject of a powerful new film.
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Mossad: The Great Operations
by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim MishalPublished: 19/11/2012
The secrets behind Mossad, the world’s most respected and enigmatic Secret Service Organization
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Crack Hardy: From Gallipoli to Flanders to the Somme, The True Story of Three Australian Brothers at
by Stephen Dando-CollinsPublished: 02/04/2012
Dando-Collins adroitly interweaves a compelling family history with the broader canvas of the Anzacs. Crack Hardy is a fine and important book.
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Empty Cradles
by Margaret HumphreysPublished: 15/07/2009
The shocking, moving story of the child migrants betrayed by Britain.
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The Lost World of Communism
by Peter MolloyPublished: 01/05/2009
A riveting oral history of daily life behind the Iron Curtain - to tie in with a 3 x 60 documentary series on BBC2
