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1 .The Varnished Untruth: My Story [paperback]
Stephenson, Pamela
London, UK Simon & Schuster 2012.
Summary: The Varnished Untruth is the autobiography of Pamela Stephenson, the wife of Billy Connelly and renowned writer and actress in her own right.
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2 .Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin [hardback]
Hoskyns, Barney
London, UK Faber & Faber 2012.
Summary: The definitive history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led Zeppelin, illustrated with striking photographs of the band both on and offstage.
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3 .Rachel Hunter: Where the Heart Is [hardback]
Hunter, Rachel
Auckland, NZ Penguin NZ 2012.
Summary: Rachel Hunter is a local icon; a homegrown success story, a New Zealander who has taken it to the world, but remains the Kiwi girl next door. Where the Heart Is reveals a side to Rachel that's rarely been seen before. It's a story told from a point in time, a reflection on change and a life very much spent in the public eye.
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4 .Never A Dull Moment [paperback]
Stewart, Rod
London, UK Century 2012.
Summary: With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting and passionate live performances, Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful musical careers of all time. After more than five decades at its pinnacle, he is finally ready to take a candid and romping look back at his life both on and off the stage.
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5 .Keith Richard: A Rock 'n' Roll Life [hardback]
Milkowski, Bill
Vercelli, Italy White Star 2012.
Summary: For half a century he has been the heart and soul of the worlds greatest rock 'n' roll band.
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6 .Ac/dc: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be [paperback]
Wall, Mick
London, UK Orion Books 2012.
Summary: AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975 and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club.
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7 .Is it Just Me? [hardback]
Hart, Miranda
London, UK Hodder & Stoughton 2012.
Summary: Comedienne and star of TV show MIRANDA and CALL THE MIDWIFE, Miranda Hart, laments on the horrors of growing up and offers her younger self some essential advice on grappling with life's unexpected perils and blunders.
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8 .Undefeated: The story of Bali Bombing Survivor Phil Britten [paperback]
Britten, Phil
Britten, Rebecca
Nedlands, WA UWA Press 2012.
Summary: Phil Britten was the 22-year-old captain of the Kingsley Football Club and AFL hopeful, holidaying in Bali with his teammates, when terrorists bombed the Sari Club on October 12, 2002. Although he escaped, Phils injuries were life-threatening, with burns to 60% of his body.
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9 .Welcome to Biscuit Land: A Year in the Life of Touretteshero [paperback]
Thom, Jessica
London, UK Souvenir Press 2012.
Summary: Meet Jessica, Touretteshero. Jessica has Tourettes Syndrome, which means she has verbal and physical tics over which she has no control. Jessica swears, shes one of about 10% of people with Tourettes who do. She says biscuit 16 times per minute (thats about 6 million a year!), and theres the sometimes life threatening arm and leg tics.
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10 .Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten [hardback]
Hicks, Pamela
London, UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2012.
Summary: Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the Twenties into one of Britain's grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was bought up by nannies and governesses as she was often parted from her parents as they dutifully carried out their public roles.
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11 .Vanished Years [hardback]
Everett, Rupert
London, UK Abacus 2012.
Summary: Rupert Everett's first memoir - RED CARPETS AND OTHER BANANA SKINS - was an international bestseller and an instant classic on publication in 2006. Reviewers compared him to Evelyn Waugh, David Niven, Noel Coward and Lord Byron.
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12 .Mandela [hardback]
Green, Rod
London, UK Constable & Robinson (UK) 2012.
Summary: There cant be many people who have never heard of Nelson Mandela. He has become a household name, a name respected by people everywhere. Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela came from what most people would regard a poor background, yet his family were aristocrats among the Xhosa people of the Transkei in South Africa.
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13 .Ac/dc: Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be [hardback]
Wall, Mick
London, UK Orion Books 2012.
Summary: AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975 and soon set up a residency at London's Marquee Club.
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14 .Pollyanne: The Amazing Rags to Riches Tale of the Royal Opera's Prima Donkey [paperback]
Oliver, Sarah
London, UK Sphere 2012.
Summary: Pollyanne the donkey had a hard life. Cruelly neglected and mistreated, she was eventually taken to the knackers' yard to be sold on for slaughter. But John McLaren, of Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary, had other ideas. Unable to turn his back on an animal in pain, he bought Pollyanne and took her home to the sanctuary.
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15 .The Soul of It All: My Life, My Music [paperback]
Bolton, Michael
London, UK Sphere 2012.
Summary: After four decades in the music industry, Michael Bolton has cemented himself as one of the most successful musicians of our time. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his backstage pass into his life lived thus far - into the venues, busses, limos and hotel rooms of stardom, and finally into his home and heart.
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16 .Never A Dull Moment [hardback]
Stewart, Rod
London, UK Century 2012.
Summary: With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting and passionate live performances, Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful musical careers of all time. After more than five decades at its pinnacle, he is finally ready to take a candid and romping look back at his life both on and off the stage.
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17 .Agent Rose: The True Spy Story of Eileen Nearne, Britain's Forgotten Wartime Heroine [hardback]
O'Connor, Bernard
Chalford, UK Amberley Publishing 2012.
Summary: In September 2010 the body of Eileen Nearne was found in a flat in Torquay. A police search of her belongings found wartime French currency, and wartime medals. Further investigation revealed that she was one of 40 women sent into France by the SOE, Churchill's top secret wartime 'spook' organisation.
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18 .Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire [paperback]
Reid, Walter
Edinburgh, UK Birlinn 2012.
Summary: Walter Reid, the author of several acclaimed works on 20th-century military history, brings together the result of recent research to create a powerful narrative which reveals how much time and energy Churchill devoted to fighting the war that was excluded from the official accounts: the war with his allies.
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19 .Air Kiss and Tell: Memoirs of a blow-up doll [paperback]
Dawson, Charlotte
Thornely, Jo
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2012.
Summary: The hilarious and refreshingly honest memoir that tracks the highs and lows of the star of Celebrity Apprentice and Next Top Model.
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20 .The Wonder of Brian Cox: The Unauthorised Biography of the Man Who Brought Science to the Nation [hardback]
Falk, Ben
Film/TV tie-in ed.
London, UK John Blake Publishing 2012.
Summary: Professor Brian Cox is probably the best-known physicist in the world today. As presenter of the hit television series Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, his affable charm and infectious enthusiasm has brought science to a whole new audience.
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21 .The Man Who Invented Vegemite [paperback]
Callister, James
Millers Point, NSW Pier 9 2012.
Summary: Vegemite is perhaps Australias most enduring cultural icon, but how did this pungent, salty black paste, which for a lot of us is how we start the day, come to be created?
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22 .Mao: The Real Story [hardback]
Pantsov, Alexander V.
Levine, Steven I.
New York, USA Simon & Schuster 2012.
Summary: This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao's rise to power and leadership in China. Mao Zedong was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, the most important in the history of modern China.
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23 .Is It Just Me? [paperback]
Hart, Miranda
London, UK Hodder & Stoughton 2012.
Summary: Comedienne and star of TV show MIRANDA and CALL THE MIDWIFE, Miranda Hart, laments on the horrors of growing up and offers her younger self some essential advice on grappling with life's unexpected perils and blunders.
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24 .Camp David [hardback]
Walliams, David
London, UK Michael Joseph 2012.
Summary: Famous comedian, funniest judge on Britain's Got Talent , irresistible ladykiller and high-achieving sportsman, David Walliams is a man of many talents. Launched to fame with the record-breaking Little Britain , his characters - Lou, Florence, Emily, amongst others - became embedded in our shared popular culture.
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25 .Good Little Girl: She stayed quiet for a very long time... [paperback]
Stephens, Annette
Newport, NSW Big Sky Publishing 2012.
Summary: This powerful autobiography tells the sad story of a life stunted in childhood. Traumatised by a brutal assault, Annette retreats into herself. Many years pass before she seeks help: a friend recommends a personal development organisation. Before she knows it, she has fallen into the clutching hands of a cult called Kenja.
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26 .Where the Paved Road Ends: One Woman's Extraordinary Experiences in Yemen [hardback]
Han, Carolyn
Dulles, USA Potomac Books 2012.
Summary: In 2004, Carolyn Han left her comfortable life and position as a lecturer in English at Hawaii Community College and went to live in one of the most remote and mysterious places in the Middle East - Yemen, known in the West primarily for providing a haven for terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda.
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27 .Flinders: the Man Who Mapped Australia [hardback]
Mundle, Rob
Sydney, NSW Hachette Australia 2012.
Summary: Matthew Flinders is a towering figure in Australian history the first to chart our coastline and the leading champion for naming the country Australia. In 1801 he was made commander of the expedition of his life the first close circumnavigation of Terra Australis.
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28 .Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book) [paperback]
Donaldson, Scott
Minneapolis, USA University of Minnesota Press 2012.
Summary: Fool for Love is Scott Donaldson's masterful biography of F. Scott Fitzgeraldwritten from a fresh and highly intimate perspective. Fool for Love follows Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St.
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29 .One Soldier and Hitler, 1918: The Story of Henry Tandey, VC [hardback]
Johnson, David
Stroud, UK The History Press 2012.
Summary: This is a book about two men. The first is Henry Tandey an ordinary man, born and brought up in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, who displayed extraordinary courage to emerge from the First World War as the most decorated British soldier to survive the war. The second is Adolf Hitler.
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30 .Chappelli: Life and Larrikins [paperback]
Chappell, Ian
North Sydney, NSW Ebury Australia 2012.
Summary: This wonderful collection of stories showcases all the characters and events from the extraordinary life of an Aussie sporting immortal.
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31 .Churchill: the treasures of Winston Churchill, the greatest Briton [hardback]
Catherwood, Christopher
London, UK Carlton Books (UK) 2012.
Summary: "The Treasures of Winston Churchill, the greatest Briton Winston Churchill has recently been voted the greatest Briton. His nine decades spanned from the era of cavalry charges to the nuclear age, and he was active in both.
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32 .Miles Davis: The Illustrated History [hardback]
Kahn, Ashley
Minneapolis, USA Voyageur Press 2012.
Summary: Here is the illustrated history of Miles Davis, the world's most popular jazz trumpeter, written by an all-star team, including Ashley Kahn, Sonny Rollins, Bill Cosby, Herbie Hancock, George Wein, Francis Davis, Lenny White, Robin D. G. Kelley, and more.
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33 .Don't be Where the Ball Ain't!: The Life and Anecdotes of Jack Dyer [hardback]
St John, Joe
Chatswood, NSW New Holland Australia 2012.
Summary: This is the perfect release for anyone who loves AFL Football! Jack Dyer was not only the most famous icon in the history of AFL he was also the most hilarious commentator and media figure the game has every known.
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34 .After Everest: Inside the private world of Edmund Hillary [paperback]
Little, Paul
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2012.
Summary: Exploring a character of paradoxes, this is the penetrating story of Edmund Hillarythe hero and the man Edmund Hillary is not merely a New Zealand icon, but a world icona towering fi gure among adventurers. The interest in him and his familys dedication to making a contribution to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known.
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35 .Digger's Story [paperback]
Barrett, David
Robertson, Brian
Rowville, A Five Mile Press 2012.
Summary: David Digger Barrett was given his nickname at an early age by his father. It was prophetic: as an eighteen-year-old looking for fun and adventure, he enlisted as a private and served in World War II. After surviving the Malayan campaign, he would spend over three years as a Japanese prisoner of war.
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36 .Montebello [paperback]
Drewe, Robert
Hawthorn, Vic Viking Australia 2012.
Summary: Montebello continues where Robert Drewe's much-loved memoir The Shark Net left off, taking us into his mature years.
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37 .Optimist in a Raincoat: Harold Wilson 1964-70 [hardback]
Hennessey, Thomas
Stroud, UK The History Press 2012.
Summary: Harold Wilson remains one of the most controversial of post-war British Prime Ministers. There has been no serious study of Wilson's first term in office - now possible because of the opening up of sources at the National Archives and the private papers of Wilson, James Callaghan and George Brown. Wilson's reputation is darkened by accusations ...
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38 .Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Henchmen [hardback]
Coby, Patrick
Chalford, UK Amberley Publishing 2012.
Summary: Thomas Cromwell, chief architect of the English Reformation served as chief minister of Henry VIII from 1531 to 1540, the most tumultuous period in Henry's thirty-seven-year reign. Many of the momentous events of the 1530s are attributed to Cromwell's agency, the Reformation, the dissolution of the monasteries and the fall of Henry's second .....
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39 .Napoleon: A Biography [hardback]
Scott, Walter
London, UK Gibson Square Books 2012.
Summary: Six years after the death of Napoleon, Sir Walter Scott wrote a hugely successful biography that was instantly controversial and led to him being challenged to duels. It was the ideal combination between the man who revolutionised literary Europe and the man who transformed the face of politics.
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40 .Tom Hardy: Dark Star Rising [hardback]
Haydock, James
London, UK John Blake Publishing 2012.
Summary: From playing a rogue agent in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, to taking on the role of villainous Bane in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy is well on the way to becoming the finest actor of his generation. His raw talent, edginess and ability to utterly inhabit the characters he plays have already prompted comparisons to other screen legends.
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41 .On Warne [hardback]
Haigh, Gideon
Hawthorn, Vic Viking Australia 2012.
Summary: More than a plain life story, in On Warne Haigh offers a brilliant portrait of 'Warnie's' craft, an analysis of his career through the lens of his key relationships and biggest misdemeanours, and a personalised portrait of the man as he evolved from the pizza-scoffing prodigy
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