Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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1 .Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East [paperback]
Anderson, Scott
London, UK Atlantic Books 2014.
Summary: A thrilling and revelatory narrative that tells the story of Lawrence of Arabia and the secret game to control the Middle East in World War One.
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2 .Life Paul Mccartney [hardback]
Life Magazine
New York, US Hachette Book Group 2014.
Summary: The editors who produced the hot-selling commemoratives of the Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison and the massive volume of Robert Whitaker's Beatles photography continue their vastly successful series of books on the Beatles by paying tribute to Sir Paul.
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3 .Romany and Tom: A Memoir [hardback]
Watt, Ben
London, UK Bloomsbury 2014.
Summary: An extraordinary achievement. A moving, funny and beautifully written memoir by musician, DJ and writer Ben Watt which carefully chronicles his parents' lives, their marriage and their decline into old age
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4 .The Twelfth Raven [paperback]
Brett, Doris
Nedlands, A Uwa Publishing 2014.
Summary: When Doris Brett's fit, healthy 59-year-old husband Martin had a stroke, they were unexpectedly thrown into a journey of discovery. What began as a minor stroke turned into a golf-ball sized blood clot on his brain, followed by a life-threatening heart condition. Later they had to deal with the return of Doris' ovarian cancer.
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5 .Dare Me!: The Life and Work of Gerald Glaskin (Gay and Lesbian Perspectives) [paperback]
Burbidge, John
Clayton, Vic Monash University Publishing 2014.
Summary: Gerald Glaskin pushed the boundaries of acceptability in what he wrote and how he wrote it. His publications tackled such taboo subjects as homosexuality, incest and parapsychology.This biography probes the life and work of one of Australias neglected writers and gives Glaskin his due. J Burbidge Australian writer. Foreword by Robert Dessaix
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

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1 .Tripping over : a true story / John Hickman ; Tricia Eban (editor).
Hickman, John, 1945-, author
Eban, Tricia, editor
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2 .In My Mother's Hands [paperback]
Ward, Biff
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2014.
Summary: Poignant and moving memoir of Elizabeth Ward, known to one and all as Biff, who grew up in the 1950s in a household that tiptoed around her mother's demons and her father's fame.
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3 .Mary Gaunt: Independent Colonial Woman [paperback]
Hickman, Bronwen
Melbourne, Vic Melbourne Books 2014.
Summary: This is a rare biography of the pioneering Australian author, Mary Gaunt. Born on the Victorian Goldfields in Chiltern in 1861, Mary Gaunt was well-educated and well-connected. She was a tomboy and a rebel her father encouraged her, her mother disapproved.
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4 .The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change [hardback]
Braun, Adam
New York, US Simon & Schuster Australia 2014.
Summary: Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while travelling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India. When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, A pencil.
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5 .Cocaine Confidential: True Stories Behind the World's Most Notorious Narcotic [paperback]
Clarkson, Wensley
Eastbourne, UK Quercus 2014.
Summary: Cocaine is the world's most notorious narcotic. It underpins a vast, multi-billion pound underworld with a dark and deadly side. But who really are the shadowy people behind this chilling network? The cocoa farmers, the jungle sweat-shop workers, the smugglers, the suppliers, and, ultimately, the dealers who provide for the users.
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6 .I Survived Kerobokan [paperback]
Conibeer, Paul
Chatswood, A New Holland (aust) 2014.
Summary: In 2012, Paul Conibeer, an Australian trav-eler was jailed in Balis infamous Kerobokan Prison the home of Shapelle Corby and the Bali Nine. Pauls crime was so dramatic a dispute over an unpaid hotel bill and his failure to pay off the right people in the Kuta Police system saw him jailed for almost 12 months.
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7 .Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina [hardback]
Copeland, Misty
New York, USA Touchstone 2014.
Summary: Picture a ballerina in a tutu and toe shoes. What does she look like? As the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history.
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8 .It Will Get Better: The inspirational true story of one woman's courage to overcome abuse, loss and heartache to create a better life [paperback]
Gibney, Stella
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2014.
Summary: The inspirational true story of one woman's courage to overcome abuse, loss and heartache to create a better life. Stella Gibney grew up in 1960s New Zealand. She was the fifth child in a family of six. But unlike her brothers and sisters, Stella suffered a number of abusive incidents during her formative years..
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9 .Dear Leader: North Korea's Senior Propagandist Exposes Shocking Truths Behind the Regime [paperback]
Jin-Sung, Jang
London, UK Rider 2014.
Summary: 'The General will now enter the room' Everyone turns to stone. Not moving my head, I direct my eyes to a point halfway up the archway where Kim Jong-Il's face will soon appear. As North Korea's State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-Sung led a charmed life.
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10 .Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl [hardback]
Robertson, Jase
West Monroe, USA Howard Publishing Co 2014.
Summary: The straight-faced, funny man of Duck Dynasty has a real story to tell. Not a repeat of the previous Robertson family books, Jase surprises fans who love him for his dry humor and brotherly rivalry, as he opens up about his personal family life, his childhood days with a drunken father, and how he came to faith.
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11 .The Independent Member for Lyne [paperback]
Oakeshott, Rob
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2014.
Summary: From deep inside the last Parliament, Rob Oakeshott reveals the real story of being an independent during the Gillard government. From his apprenticeship in the NSW Parliament to the lastdays of the Gillard government, this is the honest and real story of life in Australian politics. Passionate, vivid and immediate, full of insights and anecdotes.
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12 .His Day is Done A Nelson Mandela Tribute: A Nelson Mandela Tribute [hardback]
Angelou, Maya
New York, USA Random House 2014.
Summary: In an original work, Maya Angelou, one of America's foremost literary voices, has penned a literary monument to South African president and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.
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13 .The Women of Duck Commander: Surprising Insights from the Women Behind the Beards About What Makes This Family Work [hardback]
Robertson, Kay
West Monroe, USA Howard Publishing Co 2014.
Summary: Matriarch Miss Kay, Korie, Missy, Jessica, and Lisa Robertson speak out in this insightful book about their roles in the crazy Robertson family and the core values that make this family work.Fans of Duck Dynasty already know that the women behind the men with the beards know their own minds and know how and when to speak out to their men.
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14 .The Fictional Woman [paperback]
Moss, Tara
Pymble, NSW HarperCollins Australia 2014.
Summary: In the accessible style of Caitlin Morans HOW TO BE A WOMAN comes bestselling author Tara Moss's first exciting non-fiction book - a fascinating mix of memoir and social comment.
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15 .Politics, Death and Addiction [paperback]
Hirsh, Carolyn
Ringwood, Vic Brolga Publishing 2014.
Summary: Tells how an active Member of Parliament, psychologist and mother became addicted to alcohol and 'pokies', while rearing her granddaughter and working as a Member of Parliament, following her daughter's suicide. Grounded in the reality of Labor Party politics, it exposes the impact on Carolyn Hirsh's public life of unacknowledged grief.
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16 .The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories [hardback]
Keegan, Marina
New York, US Simon & Schuster Australia 2014.
Summary: An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the worlds attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegans star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012.
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17 .It's Not Raining, Daddy, It's Happy [paperback]
Brooks-Dutton, Benjamin
London, UK Hodder & Stoughton 2014.
Summary: Ben Brooks-Dutton's wife - the great love of his life - was knocked down and killed by a car as he walked beside her, pushing their two-year-old son in his buggy. Life changed forever. Suddenly Ben was a widower deep in shock, left to raise their bewildered child alone.
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18 .Daddy's Little Princess [paperback]
Glass, Cathy
London, UK Element Books 2014.
Summary: The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass.Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isnt long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be.
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19 .Kylie [paperback]
Smith, Sean
London, UK Simon & Schuster 2014.
Summary: You would have to have been living on a different planet not to know that Kylie is currently the shiniest star in the pop heavens. Several bestselling singles and an award winning album in 2001, two coveted Brit Awards in 2002 - the girl from down under is hotter than Venus.
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20 .Murphy: The Making of CM Murphy: The son, the father, the goals, the wins and the triumph of INXS [hardback]
Murphy, Chris
, A Dennis Jones & Associates 2014.
Summary: Good Goal, Son Those were the last words my father ever said to me. They have had more impact on my life than all the words that Ive heard other people say, or Ive read in books, or Ive heard in songs. Those three words have powered my passion to succeed, no matter what.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

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1 .Hard Way Home [paperback]
Roberts, Allan
Melbourne, Vic Jojo Publishing 2014.
Summary: Ever met someone who has actually been to Timbuktu and back...on a motor bike? Alan Roberts rode a motor bike through Timbuktu and all through Africa, Asia and the Middle East over the course of two years. Experience first-hand the incredible adventures Roberts experi-enced as he travelled through exotic locations, finding love, friendship and ...
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2 .Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart [paperback]
Wall, Carol
Sydney, NSW Bantam Australia 2014.
Summary: From the publisher of THE HELP comes a moving true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing and ultimately everything in common. Carol Wall was at a crossroads. Her children had flown the nest, her beloved parents were ageing and becoming increasingly relaiant on her and she had overcome a serious illness.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

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1 .William Randolph Hearst : a new appraisal / by John K. Winkler.
Winkler, John K. (John Kennedy), (1891-1958)
Whitefish, Mont. : Kessinger, 2007.
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2 .Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism [hardback]
Brothers, Thomas
New York, USA W.W. Norton 2014.
Summary: The definitive account of Louis Armstronghis life and legacyduring the most creative period of his career.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

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1 .Street kid fights on : she thought the nightmare was over / Judy Westwater.
Westwater, Judy
London : Harper Element, 2008.
Summary: "Judy was only 11 years old when she was forced to live on the streets. Beaten, half-starved and horrifically abused, she finally escaped to a life in the circus. But the charming man who said he loved her had a dark and sinister side. If she wanted to survive she had to get away, fleeing to South Africa with her two young children." - - Provided by publisher.
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2 .How could he do it? / Emma Charles.
Charles, Emma
London : Preface, 2008.
Summary: A heartbreaking true story of a daughter betrayed by the father she loved.
Summary: Biographies and Autobiographies.
Summary: Social sciences.
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Monday, April 7, 2014

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1 .Prisoner X / Rafael Epstein.
Epstein, Rafael, author
Summary: The urgent phone call comes from behind the barbed wire. 'This is Ayalong prison,' says one of the guards urgently. 'Listen, he hanged himself, we need an ambulance.' Prisoner X, just 34 years old, was slumped in a small bathroom, separated from his cell by a transparent door.
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2 .Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune / Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
Dedman, Bill
Newell, Paul Clark Jr
First edition.
London : Atlantic Books, 2013.
Summary: The rich mystery of a reclusive, eccentric heiress Huguette Clark: a true story of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance.
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3 .Mud, sweat and tears / Bear Grylls.
Grylls, Bear
Corgi Books abridged ed.
London : Corgi, 2012.
Summary: What would it be like to jump from an aeroplane or to climb the highest mountain in the world, to survive in extreme conditions or train for the SAS? Bear Grylls knows the answers. Read the amazing true life story of Bear, the world's most intrepid young explorer. From his childhood on the Isle of Wight, learning to sail and climb with his father, to teenage mountaineering and martial arts training, he has always sought the ultimate in adventure. After surviving the gruelling selection course for the SAS Reserves as a young man, he suffered a horrific parachuting accident and broke his back in three places. Would he ever walk again? Only eighteen months later, defying doctors expectations, Bear became one of the youngest ever climbs to scale Everest, aged only twenty-three. And this was just the beginning of his many adventures..."
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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1 .Elvis memories : the real Elvis Presley - by those who knew him / Michael Freedland.
Freedland, Michael, 1934-, author
London : Robson, 2012.
Summary: This is not just another Elvis Presley biography. As the author Michael Freedland puts it 'Everyone knows Elvis', but not the way his close friends, employees and others who entered his life knew him. This is their story, told in their words. He interviews those who knew Elvis intimately, from the now elderly woman who was at school with him and whose parents foreclosed on the shack they rented to Elvis' mother when his father was in jail, to the maid who prepared his peanut butter sandwiches and hamburgers and watched him line up the girls he wanted to take to his bed.
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