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1 .Small man in a book / Rob Brydon.
Brydon, Rob, 1965-
London : Michael Joseph, 2012.
Summary: A multi award winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we'd hear of Rob was his gifted voice.
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2 .Without Warning: a Soldier's Extraordinary Journey [paperback]
Thomlinson, Damien
Cowley, Michael
Pymble, NSW HarperCollins Australia 2013.
Summary: After losing both his legs in an accident in Afghanistan, Special Forces soldier Damien Thomlinson was determined not only to survive, but to meet life head on. This is an uplifting story of guts, drive and exceptional resilience. Without warning, Private Damien Thomlinson's life changed forever.
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3 .Orange Is the New Black: My Time in a Women's Prison [paperback]
Kerman, Piper
Film/TV tie-in ed.
London, UK Hachette Book Group 2013.
Summary: Now a major original TV series from Netflix, Piper Kerman's memoir of the time she served in a US jail is fascinating, heartbreaking and hilarious.
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4 .Slave Girl: Return to Hell [paperback]
Forsyth, Sarah
London, UK John Blake Publishing 2013.
Summary: Sarah Forsyth has spent most of her life in fear. Born in Newcastle in 1976, from the age of three, the very people who were meant to be looking after and protecting her were sexually abusing her. Somehow overcoming the hurt and heartbreak of this horrific childhood, Sarah managed to build a new and happy life for herself as a nursery nurse.
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5 .The Fence-Painting Fortnight of Destiny [paperback]
Laurie, Meshel
Crows Nest, A Allen & Unwin 2013.
Summary: A memoir about growing up, growing wise and stepping into the world of Dogs in Space.
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6 .The Girl [hardback]
Geimer, Samantha
London, UK Simon & Schuster 2013.
Summary: In this searing memoir, Samantha Geimer, "the girl" at the center of the infamous Roman Polanski sexual assault case, breaks a virtual thirty-five year silence to tell her story and reflect on the events of that day and their lifelong repercussions.
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7 .Broken: I Was Just Five Years Old When My Father Abused Me and Robbed Me of My Childhood. This is My True Story of How I Never Gave Up on Hope and Happiness. [paperback]
Davies, Sara
London, UK John Blake Publishing 2013.
Summary: When she was just 5 years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many years, as her father took advantage of her innocence and her mother turned a blind eye to the horrors that were taking place in her own home.
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8 .The Secret Ministry of Ag. and Fish: My Life in Churchill's School for Spies [hardback]
Riols, Noreen
Unabridged ed.
London, UK Macmillan 2013.
Summary: 'My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.' So begins Noreen Riols' compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill's 'secret army', the Special Forces Executive.
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9 .An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist [paperback]
Dawkins, Richard
London, UK Bantam Press 2013.
Summary: Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and intellectual development? And who inspired him to become the pioneering scientist and thinker now famous around the world?
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10 .The Private War of J.D. Salinger [paperback]
Shields, David
Salerno, Shane
London, UK Simon & Schuster 2013.
Summary: Based on eight years of research and exclusive interviews and published in coordination with the international theatrical release of a major documentary film from the Weinstein CompanyThe Private War of J.D. Salinger is a global cultural event: the definitive biography of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the twentieth century.
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11 .Damned if I do [paperback]
Nitschke, Philip
Carlton, Vic Melbourne University Press 2013.
Summary: This is the revealing, personal story of the man behind the controversial pro-euthanasia movement, told in his own words. Medical doctor, humanist, author and founder/director of Exit International, Philip Nitschke's life has always been in the spotlight.
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12 .Carry a Big Stick [paperback]
Ferguson, Tim
Sydney, NSW Hachette Australia 2013.
Summary: Tim Ferguson was a star of the international comedy circuit. Along with Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler he was part of the edgy, provocative and very funny Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS). In 1994 they were at the height of their powers, performing in a season at the Criterion Theatre on Piccadilly Circus.
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13 .Doctor on the Western Front: The Diary of Henry Owens 1914-1918 [hardback]
Owens, Henry
Hutton, John, Editor
Barnsley, UK Pen & Sword 2013.
Summary: Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. Owens, a member of the original British expeditionary Force, the 'Old Contemptibles', was among the first British soldiers to set foot in France.
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14 .Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery [hardback]
Adams, Rachel
New Haven, US Yale University Press 2013.
Summary: A mother's deeply moving account of raising a son with Down syndrome in a world crowded with contradictory attitudes toward disabilities. This is an insightful exploration of today's knotty terrain of social prejudice, disability policy, genetics, prenatal testing, medical training, and inclusive education.
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15 .Play on: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac [hardback]
Fleetwood, Mick
London, UK Hachette Book Group 2013.
Summary: The candid, all-access autobiography of a music legend.
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16 .Never Call Me Mummy Again [paperback]
Kilby, Peter
London, UK Penguin 2013.
Summary: Peter was just a toddler when his mother tragically died, having tried to abort a child that they simply couldn't look after. In rural Gloucesteshire in the early 1940s, Peter's family lived in poverty. It wasn't long before his father introduced a new woman into their lives, his mistress Flossie.
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17 .Ian Frazer [paperback]
King, Madonna
St Lucia, Qld University of Queensland Press 2013.
Summary: Award-winning journalist Madonna King peels back many layers of this extraordinary life. Tells of ongoing struggle for funding cancer research, herculean international legal battle waged to win patent, devastating loss of friend &co-researcher, Dr Jian Zhou, &Ian Frazers ongoing commitment to have vaccine made available in developing world.
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18 .Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Mark Twain Papers, 2) [hardback]
Twain, Mark
Smith, Harriet Elinor, Editor
Berkeley, USA University of California Press 2013.
Summary: Mark Twain's complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death, as he requested. The eagerly-awaited Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twains life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds.
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19 .In My Shoes: A Memoir [paperback]
Mellon, Tamara
London, UK Portfolio 2013.
Summary: In this candid memoir, Tamara Mellon shares her larger-than-life story, with candour and detail that has never before been made public. From her troubled childhood and her time as an editor at Vogue to her partnership with cobbler Jimmy Choo and her public relationships, she offers an account of the episodes that have made her who she is today.
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20 .Swingland: Between the Sheets of the Secretive, Sometimes Messy, but Always Adventurous Swinging Lifestyle [paperback]
Stern, Daniel
Melbourne, Vic Nero 2013.
Summary: The wryly amusing and revealing story of one man's journey into the swinger lifestyle that pulls back the curtain on this fascinating, and often misunderstood, subculture.
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21 .America's Mistress: Eartha Kitt, Her Life and Times [hardback]
Williams, John L.
Eastbourne, UK Quercus 2013.
Summary: Eartha Kitt was a skinny, mixed-race woman with an odd, angular face, who seduced fifties white America into thinking that she was, in the words of Orson Welles, 'the most exciting woman in the world'.
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22 .A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and Survival [paperback]
Tebbutt, Judith
London, UK Faber & Faber 2013.
Summary: This is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, I was torn away from the life I knew and loved, and dragged down to the depths of despair; of how I endured enforced isolation and near-starvation at the hands of Somali pirates; and of how I made a choice to survive by any and all means that I could muster.
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23 .Tsunami and the Single Girl [paperback]
Nicholson, Krissy
Crows Nest, A Allen & Unwin 2013.
Summary: Krissy Nicholson's life as an international Aid Worker and her (seemingly) never-ending search for Mr Right in some of the world's most dangerous disaster zones.
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24 .Gaddafi's Harem: The shocking true story of Gaddafi's secret sex slaves [paperback]
Cojean, Annick
Pymble, NSW HarperCollins Australia 2013.
Summary: The shocking true story of a schoolgirl's abduction into Colonel Gaddafi's secret harem of sex slaves.
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25 .When They Were Boys: The birth of the Beatles [hardback]
Kane, Larry
Philadelphia, USA Running Press 2013.
Summary: This is the story of the Beatles' harrowing rise to fame: focusing on that seven-year stretch from the time the boys met as teenagers to early 1964, when the Fab Four made their momentous first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." From the boys' humble beginnings in Liverpool, to the cellars of Hamburg:
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26 .Hold the Line: My Story [paperback]
Scarlett, Matthew
Gullan, Scott
Sydney, NSW Macmillan Australia 2013.
Summary: For Geelong fans, Matthew Scarlett is an AFL legend. One of the most popular and long-standing players in the history of the club, Scarlett is an old-fashioned type of footballer a one-club man whose hard work and commitment on the footy field is legendary, and whose passion for winning is strong enough to galvanise a whole club.
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27 .Unchained [paperback]
Arena, Tina
Pymble, NSW HarperCollins Australia 2013.
Summary: An honest, gritty, funny, frank and totally revealing autobiography from much loved songstress Tina Arena, who is about to celebrate a phenomenally successful 40 years as a singer/songwriter. Over this time, Tina has amassed a huge national and international fan base as well as a cache of amazing stories and experiences.
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28 .Kate: A biography [paperback]
Moody, Marcia
London, UK Michael O'mara Books (UK) 2013.
Summary: Following the royal wedding, the Diamond Jubilee and the imminent birth of Kate and Williams first baby, popular sentiment towards the royal family has rarely been higher. At the centre of this surge in affection is a woman who has captured the heart of a nation and who, at the side of her husband,
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29 .Catch Me If You Can: My Autobiography [paperback]
Bolt, Usain
London, UK HarperCollins 2013.
Summary: Whether you follow Athletics, or even sport in general, you will have heard of Usain Bolt. The fastest man on the planet, not just now but ever, Usain has won the hearts of people everywhere with his mind-blowing performances and his infectious charisma - uniting supporters around the world.
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30 .Memoir: My Life With Laughs [hardback]
Saunders, Jennifer
London, UK Viking 2013.
Summary: Jennifer Saunders' brilliant comic creations have brought joy to millions for three decades. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Absolutely Fabulous to Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia, her characters are household names.
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31 .Casey Stoner: Pushing the Limits [hardback]
Stoner, Casey
Sydney, A Hachette Book Group 2013.
Summary: For the first time ever, two-time World MotoGP champion Casey Stoner will open up and tell his story.
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32 .The Real Mrs Brown [paperback]
Beacom, Brian
Film/TV tie-in ed.
London, UK Hachette Book Group 2013.
Summary: The authorised biography of Brendan O'Carroll, based on extensive interviews with the hugely popular star of Mrs Brown's Boys.
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33 .Left for Dead: A True Story of Resilience and Courage [paperback]
Williams, Sue
Barlow, Samantha
Camberwell, Vic Michael Joseph Australia 2013.
Summary: Samantha Barlow, policewoman and mother of two young children, was brutally attacked with a brick on her way to work at Kings Cross Police Station and left for dead. Her injuries were horrendous, and she came close to death.
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34 .Clive: The story of Clive Palmer [hardback]
Parnell, Sean
Pymble, NSW HarperCollins Australia 2013.
Summary: Big-spending Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer bought a football team, helped create a political party, and is set to recreate the 'Titanic' and build a dinosaur park.
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