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The Director is the Commander Anna Broinowski Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, Melbourne, Victoria, 2015

'We were all propagandists; the only differences were our goals.'Looking for respite from her crumbling marriage and determined to stop a coal seam gas mine near her Sydney home, filmmaker Anna Broinowski finds wisdom and inspiration in the strangest of places: North Korea. Guided by the late Dear Leader Kim Jong Il's manifesto The Cinema and Directing, Broinowski, in a world first, travels to Pyongyang to collaborate with North Korea's top directors, composers and movie stars to make a powerful anti-fracking propaganda film.The Director is the Commander centres around the bizarre twenty-one day shoot Broinowski did in North Korea to make her documentary, Aim High in Creation! She meets and befriends artists and apparatchiki, defectors and loyalists, and gains a new insight into the world's most secretive regime. Her adventures are set against a parallel exploration of propaganda in general: both in its ham-fisted North Korean form and...Comments : 'We were all propagandists; the only differences were our goals.'Looking for respite from her crumbling marriage and determined to stop a coal seam gas mine near her Sydney home, filmmaker Anna Broinowski finds wisdom and inspiration in the strangest of places: North Korea. Guided by the late Dear Leader Kim Jong Il's manifesto The Cinema and Directing, Broinowski, in a world first, travels to Pyongyang to collaborate with North Korea's top directors, composers and movie stars to make a powerful anti-fracking propaganda film.The Director is the Commander centres around the bizarre twenty-one day shoot Broinowski did in North Korea to make her documentary, Aim High in Creation! She meets and befriends artists and apparatchiki, defectors and loyalists, and gains a new insight into the world's most secretive regime. Her adventures are set against a parallel exploration of propaganda in general: both in its ham-fisted North Korean form and...

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The Great Wall in 50 objects Lindesay, William e-penguin, Paperback edition, Melbourne, Vic, 2015

The culmination of a lifetime's field work and research, William Lindesay selects fifty artefacts from around the world to tell the story of the Great Wall from the second century BC to the late-twentieth century.Abraham Ortelius' pioneering world atlas, the unexpected origins of 'wolf smoke', the proliferation of the blunderbuss in the fifteenth century Great Wall theatre of war, even Kafka's classic short story 'At the Building of the Great Wall' are some of the unique objects that were shaped by China's most famous national landmark. Enhanced by stories of their discovery, and those of their modern-day keepers, *The Great Wall in 50 Objects* is a personal and historical exploration of a world wonder. 'William Lindesay has a knack for approaching the iconic Great Wall of China in ways that are creative, idiosyncratic, and deeply personal . . . He has succeeded again with *The Great Wall in 50 Objects*.' **Peter Hessler, author of *River Town and Oracle Bones*** 'William Lindesay shows us the Wall in a completely new light by looking at the smaller objects that make up its history . . . Through these objects we feel the Great Wall transform from architecture into a living part of the history and culture of China.' **Jack Weatherford, author of *Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World*** 'For years, Lindesay has hiked and studied the Great Wall with exceptional passion. To him, it seems, the Great Wall is not a mere structure, a political icon, or a cultural curiosity, but a treasure trove of stories.' **Jaime FlorCruz, former Beijing bureau chief of *Time* magazine and CNN** 'If you are going to China, and intend to see the Great Wall (or even if, unwisely, you don't), take this book on the plane with you, and absorb as many of its intriguing nuggets of Wall-lore and China-lore as you can - it will make your visit infinitely richer.' **Prof. Christopher Cullen, Emeritus Director, Needham Research Institute, Cambridge** 'William Lindesay lives and breathes Great Wall history and he exudes it with an engaging passion.' **Mike Loades, author of *Swords and Swordsmen*** 'Lindesay presents a coherent and highly informative account of the geography, history, and material culture of China's Great Wall. His compelling and well-written account is rich in profound and often quite unexpected insights.' **Lothar von Falkenhausen, Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History, UCLA** 'China's Great Wall is both a monument and a mystery, an almost magical construction mixing beauty and terror. No better book panders to our fascination with its grandeur and the details of its construction. William Lindesay answers our wish to get closer to the people who built it and lived with it by revealing so many aspects of the Wall, taking us a journey across the centuries and its vast length.' **Jasper Becker, author of *City of Heavenly Tranquility *and*Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine***words : 93027

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Paris and Other Disappointments Adam Rozenbachs Penguin Random House Australia, Australia, 2019

Sick of going overseas and enjoying himself, comedian Adam Rozenbachs decided he should take his father on the trip of a lifetime to Europe. For his dad, it was a chance to return to the place he hasn't seen fleeing post-war Germany as an immigrant. For Adam, it was a chance to repay his dad for everything he'd given him in life. As it turned out, after three weeks of travel, Adam decided not killing his dad was more than enough repayment. The trip took frustration to a whole new level as Adam discovered his dad doesn't like museums, galleries, landmarks, travelling, or Paris. God, he hated Paris. But amid the irritation of travelling with an adult toddler (an adoddler), Adam learned - through gritted teeth - more about his dad, his family and himself. If you've ever travelled with family, are considering it, or would never even dream of it, you will identify with the pain, pressure and triumph of Adam making it out alive (and with a hint of sanity left). Paris and...

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Dear girls : intimate tales, untold secrets & advice for living your best life Ali Wong Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, North Sydney, NSW, 2019

In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so heavily that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian culture, working women, and why you never see new mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. The sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this completely original collection. She shares the wisdom she's learned from a life in comedy and reveals stories from her life off stage, including the brutal singles life in New York (i.e. the inevitable confrontation with erectile dysfunction), reconnecting with her roots (and drinking snake blood) in Vietnam, tales of being a wild child growing up in San Francisco, and parenting war stories. Though addressed to her daughters, Ali Wong's letters are absurdly funny, surprisingly moving, and enlightening (and disgusting) for all

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The Holocaust : a new history Laurence Rees Penguin UK, London, 2017

"This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, in his magnum opus, he combines their enthralling eyewitness testimony, a large amount of which has never been published before, with the latest academic research to create the first accessible and authoritative account of the Holocaust in more than three decades. This is a new history of the Holocaust in three ways. First, and most importantly, Rees has created a gripping narrative that that contains a large amount of testimony that has never been published before. Second, he places this powerful interview material in the context of an examination of the decision making process of the Nazi state, and in the process reveals the series of escalations that cumulatively created the horror. Third, Rees covers all those across Europe who participated in the deaths, and he argues that whilst hatred of the Jews was always at the epicentre of Nazi thinking, what happened cannot be fully understood without considering the murder of the Jews alongside plans to kill millions of non-Jews, including homosexuals, 'Gypsies' and the disabled. Through a chronological, intensely readable narrative, featuring enthralling eyewitness testimony and the latest academic research, this is a compelling new account of the worst crime in history."--Publisher

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The Spill Imbi Neeme Penguin Random House Australia, North Sydney, NSW, 2020

In 1982, a car overturns on a remote West Australian road. Nobody is hurt, but the impact is felt for decades. Nicole and Samantha Cooper both remember the summer day when their mother, Tina, lost control of their car – but not in quite the same way. It is only after Tina's death, almost four decades later, that the sisters are forced to reckon with the repercussions of the crash. Nicole, after years of aimless drifting, has finally found love, and yet can't quite commit. And Samantha is hiding something that might just tear apart the life she's worked so hard to build for herself. The Spill explores the cycles of love, loss and regret that can follow a family through the years – moments of joy, things left unsaid, and things misremembered. Above all, it is a deeply moving portrait of two sisters falling apart and finding a way to fit back together.

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The Holocaust : a new history Laurence Rees Penguin UK, London, 2017

"This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. Now, in his magnum opus, he combines their enthralling eyewitness testimony, a large amount of which has never been published before, with the latest academic research to create the first accessible and authoritative account of the Holocaust in more than three decades. This is a new history of the Holocaust in three ways. First, and most importantly, Rees has created a gripping narrative that that contains a large amount of testimony that has never been published before. Second, he places this powerful interview material in the context of an examination of the decision making process of the Nazi state, and in the process reveals the series of escalations that cumulatively created the horror. Third, Rees covers all those across Europe who participated in the deaths, and he argues that whilst hatred of the Jews was always at the epicentre of Nazi thinking, what happened cannot be fully understood without considering the murder of the Jews alongside plans to kill millions of non-Jews, including homosexuals, 'Gypsies' and the disabled. Through a chronological, intensely readable narrative, featuring enthralling eyewitness testimony and the latest academic research, this is a compelling new account of the worst crime in history."--Publisher

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Wild fruit : a novel Keyi Sheng Penguin Random House Australia;Viking, North Sydney, New South Wales, 2018

Xiaohan, the youngest daughter, shares her family's unconventional life and exposes the depth of what it means to live in contemporary China today. Through sketches dedicated to each person in the Li clan, she shows how those close to her are forced to find new ways to survive, like wild fruit falling from a tree.

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Something Wonderful Raewyn Caisley; Karen Blair Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, Melbourne, Vic, 19uu

Sam Likes To Pull Things Apart And Put Them Back Together, And Think About How Things Work. But He Is Sometimes So Busy Doing This, He Forgets His Chores On The Family Farm. Then One Day He Creates Something Truly Wonderful . . . An Inspirational Story About Discovery, Invention And The Importance Of Dreams. Praise For Raewyn Caisley And Karen Blair's Picture Book Hello From Nowhere: This Is A Children's Book That Makes You Want To Live Within Its Pages. Hello From Nowhereis About Eve, A Little Girl Who Lives In The Country. Her Home Is A Place That Some Adults Write Off As Being Dull, Specifically Her Nan Who Won't Visit. Eve Finds Joy In The Simplest Of Things - Lying On A Warm Flat Rock, A Bobtail Lizard And Just Having The Time To Run. When Nan Does Visit She Is Surprised By What She Learns. Sometimes The Perspective Of A Child Reminds Us Of What Is Precious In Our Lives.' The West Australian 'raewyn Caisley And Karen Blair Have Created The Most Endearing Child Protagonist I Have Met This Year In Their Fabulous Picture Book Hello From Nowhere.raewyn Caisley's Enthusiasm And Appreciation Of The Australian Outback Oozes Out Of This Great Story. 'my Children And I Enjoyed The Way Eve, The Main Character, Interacted With Her Wonderful Surroundings. We Had A Glimpse Of How Interesting A Roadhouse Can Be. It Was Very Empowering To See Eve Come Up With An Idea Of How To Get Her Nan To Visit, And It Was Heartwarming When Eve Shows Her Nan How Special It Is To Live In The Middle Of Nowhere. 'karen Blair Has Done An Amazing Job In Bringing All The Characters To Life. Her Illustrations Are Fun, Appealing, And Full Of Emotion. Whether It's Sharing A Laugh, Sharing A Magical Moment Or Sharing A Hug, This Relationship Between Grandmother And Granddaughter Is Beautifully Presented. 'this Picture Book Would Make A Great Gift And Would Be A Lovely Addition To Children's Libraries (i Have Already Given A Copy To Our School Library!).' Http://kidsreviewcrew.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/hello-from-nowhere-by-raewyn-caisley.html 'this Is A Uniquely Australian Book, Celebrating As It Does What Makes The Outback So Special. But It's Also A Moving Look At The Bond Between Grandparent And Grandchild. Heart-warming.' Kids' Book Review 'hello From Nowhereis A Lovely Story About The Magic, Importance And Character Of Australia's Outback. . . Classically Australian And A Lovely Story Of The Bond Between A Girl And Her Grandmother, This Story Offers Kids Some Great Insight Into Life Outside Of The Big Smoke - Where Magic Abounds. The Detailed And Thoughtful Illustrations Of Hello From Nowherepull Children And Parents Right Into A Place Of Red Dust And Star-filled Nights.' Http://reviewzoo.com.au/hello-nowhere/

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Grandmothers Vickers, Salley Penguin Books, Limited, London, England, 2019

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Librarian, Salley Vickers 'Heart-warming... Grandmothers is a beautifully written and moving celebration of this love, too often unsung, that reaches out across the generations' The Times Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation: fiercely independent Nan, who leads a secret life as an award-winning poet when she is not teaching her grandson Billy how to lie; glamorous Blanche, deprived of the company of her beloved granddaughter Kitty by her hostile daughter-in-law, who finds solace in rebelliously taking to drink and shop lifting; and shy, bookish Minna who in the safety of shepherd's hut shares with her surrogate granddaughter Rose her passion for reading. The outlook of all three women subtly alters when through their encounters with each other they discover that the past is always with us and that we go on learning and changing until the very end. Grandmothers is a beautifully observed, sometimes subversive, often tender and elegiac novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Librarian. 'A fond portrait of what it is to love a child, both yours and not... a tonic for the overlooked modern grandmother' Sunday Times 'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand. She's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists' Philip Pullman

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Funny Girl Nick Hornby Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2014

Funny Girl - The Much-anticipated New Novel By Nick Hornby, The Million-copy Bestselling Author Of About A Boy Make Them Laugh, And They're Yours Forever . . . It's The Swinging 60s And The Nation Is Mesmerized By Unlikely Comedy Star Sophie Straw, The Former Blackpool Beauty Queen Who Just Wants To Make People Laugh, Like Her Heroine Lucille Ball. Behind The Scenes, The Cast And Crew Are Having The Time Of Their Lives. But When The Script Begins To Get A Bit Too Close To Home, And Life Starts Imitating Art, They All Face A Choice. The Writers, Tony And Bill, Comedy Obsessives, Each Harbour A Secret. The Oxbridge-educated Director, Dennis, Loves His Job But Hates His Marriage. The Male Star Clive, Feels He's Destined For Better Things. And Sophie Straw, Who's Changed Her Name And Abandoned Her Old Life, Must Decide Whether To Keep Going, Or Change The Channel. Nick Hornby's New Novel Is About Popular Culture, Youth And Old Age, Fame, Class And Teamwork. It Offers A Wonderfully Captivating Portrait Of Youthful Exuberance And Creativity, And Of A Period When Both Were Suddenly Allowed To Flourish. Fans Of Hornby Will Love This Book, As Will Readers Of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon And William Boyd.

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The fear and the freedom : how the Second World War changed us Lowe, Keith Penguin Books, Limited, UK, 2017

The Second World War was one of the most catastrophic events in human history. But how did the experience and memory of bloodshed affect our relationships with each other and the world? The new order, as it emerged after 1945, saw the end of European empires and the birth of two new superpowers, whose wrangling would lead to a new, global Cold War. Scientists delivered new technologies, architects planned buildings to rise from the rubble, politicians fantasized about overhauled societies, people changed their nationalities and dreamed of new lives. As well as analyzing the major changes, The Fear and the Freedom uses the stores of how ordinary people coped with the post-war world and turned one of the greatest traumas in history into an opportunity for change. This is the definitive exploration of the aftermath of WWII - and the impact it still has today on our nations, cities and families.

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The old man and the sand eel : my grandad, fishing and my quest to find Britain's lost wild waterways Will Millard Penguin Books, Limited, 2017

'Will Millard IS the new Bill Bryson' Isabelle Broom, author of My Map of You Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change. The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere."A wonderfully fluent account of how the...

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Grandmothers Vickers, Salley Penguin Books, Limited, London, England, 2019

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Librarian, Salley Vickers 'Heart-warming... Grandmothers is a beautifully written and moving celebration of this love, too often unsung, that reaches out across the generations' The Times Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation: fiercely independent Nan, who leads a secret life as an award-winning poet when she is not teaching her grandson Billy how to lie; glamorous Blanche, deprived of the company of her beloved granddaughter Kitty by her hostile daughter-in-law, who finds solace in rebelliously taking to drink and shop lifting; and shy, bookish Minna who in the safety of shepherd's hut shares with her surrogate granddaughter Rose her passion for reading. The outlook of all three women subtly alters when through their encounters with each other they discover that the past is always with us and that we go on learning and changing until the very end. Grandmothers is a beautifully observed, sometimes subversive, often tender and elegiac novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Librarian. 'A fond portrait of what it is to love a child, both yours and not... a tonic for the overlooked modern grandmother' Sunday Times 'Vickers sees with a clear eye and writes with a light hand. She's a presence worth cherishing in the ranks of modern novelists' Philip Pullman

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Tipping Anna George Penguin Random House Australia, Australia, 2021

Light-hearted and optimistic, Tipping is a novel for our times. It’s a story of domestic activism. Mum and dad activism. Because real change is possible. Sometimes all it takes is a tweak. And the will. And a bit of funAn Instagram scandal at a grammar school sparks outrage in an exclusive bayside suburb and upends the lives of the families involved. However, it might also prove to be the tipping point required to change the school, and the wider community, for the better.Liv Winsome, working mother of three sons, wife to decent if distracted Duncan, is overwhelmed. And losing her hair. Her doctor has told her she needs to slow down, do less. Focus on what’s important. After Jai, one of her fourteen-year-old twins, is involved in a sexting scandal, Liv realises things need to change, and fast. Inspired by the pop-psychology books she devours, she writes a nine-page list of everything she does to keep the family afloat, and she delegates. She lets her boys’ conservative school know it has some work to do, too – partly, Liv suspects, because its leadership has a ‘woman problem’ (or, rather, a too-many-men problem).Jai’s girlfriend, Grace, is at the heart of the sexting scandal and her mum, Jess Charters, up in arms as well, goes to the media. The women’s combined focus forces Carmichael Grammar to take action. To everyone’s surprise, and Liv’s delight, things actually start to improve. Inspired by his wife’s efforts, Duncan rethinks the way he lives and works, too, despite the workaholic culture of his law firm and its scary managing partner, who’s also Duncan's older brother. In unexpected ways, Liv and Duncan’s marriage and family life undergo their own transformations. Some new developments, though, aren’t entirely welcome.

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Funny Girl Nick Hornby Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2014

Funny Girl - the much-anticipated new novel by Nick Hornby, the million-copy bestselling author of About a BoyMake them laugh, and they're yours forever . . .It's the swinging 60s and the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball.Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice.The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret. The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he's destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who's changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel.Nick Hornby's new novel is about popular culture, youth and old age, fame, class and teamwork. It offers a wonderfully captivating portrait of youthful exuberance and creativity, and of a period when both were suddenly allowed to flourish. Fans of Hornby will love this book, as will readers of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon and William Boyd.Nick Hornby is the author of five bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked), a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I've Been Reading. A Long Way Down,About a Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch have all been made into major films. He also wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated An Education, and is currently writing screenplays for Cheryl Strayed's Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and Colm Toibin's Brooklyn.

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Agency William Gibson, William Gibson Penguin UK, London, 2020

The Sunday Times Top Ten Novel From The Internationally Bestselling Author Ofneuromancer 'dazzling, Astoundingly Inventive' The Times 'wild, Richly Satisfying' Guardian 'terrific' Spectator _______________ San Francisco, 2017. Clinton's In The White House, Brexit Never Happened - And Verity Jane's Got Herself A New Job. They Call Verity 'the App-whisperer,' And She's Just Been Hired By A Shadowy Start-up To Evaluate A Pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant Called Eunice. Only Eunice Has Other Ideas. Pretty Soon, Verity Knows That Eunice Is Smarter Than Anyone She's Ever Met, Conceals Some Serious Capabilities And Is Profoundly Paranoid - Which Is Just As Well Since Suddenly Some Bad People Are After Verity. Meanwhile, In A Post-apocalyptic London A Century From Now, Pr Fixer Wilf Netherton Is Tasked By All-seeing Policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer With Interfering In The Alternative Past In Which Verity And Eunice Exist. It Appears Something Nasty Is About To Happen There - And Fixing It Will Require Not Only Eunice's Unique Human-ai Skillset But Also A Little Help From The Future. A Future Which Verity Soon Fears May Never Be . . . _______________ 'one Of The Most Influential Writers Around...with Gibson's Trademark Panache, The Story Rattles Along With Great Pace And Suspense' Sunday Times 'one Of Our Greatest Science-fiction Writers' New York Times 'a Sensual, Remarkably Visual Ride, Vigorous With Displays Of Conceptual Imagination And Humour' The Guardian 'among Our Most Fascinating Novelists' Daily Telegraph 'gibson Is A Prophet And A Satirist, A Black Comedian And An Astounding Architect Of Cool' Spectator 'one Of The Most Visionary, Original, And Quietly Influential Writers Currently Working' Boston Globe 'his Eye For The Eerie In The Everyday Still Lends Events An Otherworldly Sheen' New Yorker 'engaging, Thought-provoking And Delightful... [gibson] Can Always Be Counted On To Show Us Our Contemporary Milieu Rendered Magical By His Unique Insights, And A Future Rendered Inhabitable By His Wild Yet Disciplined Imagination' The Washington Post 'gibson Blurs The Line Between Real And Speculative Technology In A Fast-paced Thriller That Will Affirm To Readers That It Was Well Worth The Wait' Booklist 'typically Visionary, Yet Plausible And Thrilling Too' I Paper 'if You're One Of Those Who Sees Gibson As A Visionary, It's Time To Be Scared - The Scenarios He's Playing With Here Don't Make For Comfort Reading' Sfx Magazine

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Cousins Salley Vickers Penguin Books, Limited, London, England, 2016

From the bestselling author of THE LIBRARIAN How much can love ask of us? Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex and eccentric Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident and each holds themselves to blame. Most closely affected is Will's cousin Cecelia, whose affinity with Will leaves her most vulnerable to his suffering and whose own life is for ever changed by how she will respond to it. Told through the eyes of three women close to Will, his sister, his grandmother and his aunt, Cousins is a novel weaving darkness and light which takes us from the outbreak of World War Two to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of trangression, and the limits of morality and love. 'A wonderful book. Salley Vickers spins a spellbinding account of a family in distress' Elizabeth Strout

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Agency William Gibson, William Gibson Penguin UK, London, 2020

The Sunday Times Top Ten Novel From The Internationally Bestselling Author Ofneuromancer 'dazzling, Astoundingly Inventive' The Times 'wild, Richly Satisfying' Guardian 'terrific' Spectator _______________ San Francisco, 2017. Clinton's In The White House, Brexit Never Happened - And Verity Jane's Got Herself A New Job. They Call Verity 'the App-whisperer,' And She's Just Been Hired By A Shadowy Start-up To Evaluate A Pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant Called Eunice. Only Eunice Has Other Ideas. Pretty Soon, Verity Knows That Eunice Is Smarter Than Anyone She's Ever Met, Conceals Some Serious Capabilities And Is Profoundly Paranoid - Which Is Just As Well Since Suddenly Some Bad People Are After Verity. Meanwhile, In A Post-apocalyptic London A Century From Now, Pr Fixer Wilf Netherton Is Tasked By All-seeing Policewoman Ainsley Lowbeer With Interfering In The Alternative Past In Which Verity And Eunice Exist. It Appears Something Nasty Is About To Happen There - And Fixing It Will Require Not Only Eunice's Unique Human-ai Skillset But Also A Little Help From The Future. A Future Which Verity Soon Fears May Never Be . . . _______________ 'one Of The Most Influential Writers Around...with Gibson's Trademark Panache, The Story Rattles Along With Great Pace And Suspense' Sunday Times 'one Of Our Greatest Science-fiction Writers' New York Times 'a Sensual, Remarkably Visual Ride, Vigorous With Displays Of Conceptual Imagination And Humour' The Guardian 'among Our Most Fascinating Novelists' Daily Telegraph 'gibson Is A Prophet And A Satirist, A Black Comedian And An Astounding Architect Of Cool' Spectator 'one Of The Most Visionary, Original, And Quietly Influential Writers Currently Working' Boston Globe 'his Eye For The Eerie In The Everyday Still Lends Events An Otherworldly Sheen' New Yorker 'engaging, Thought-provoking And Delightful... [gibson] Can Always Be Counted On To Show Us Our Contemporary Milieu Rendered Magical By His Unique Insights, And A Future Rendered Inhabitable By His Wild Yet Disciplined Imagination' The Washington Post 'gibson Blurs The Line Between Real And Speculative Technology In A Fast-paced Thriller That Will Affirm To Readers That It Was Well Worth The Wait' Booklist 'typically Visionary, Yet Plausible And Thrilling Too' I Paper 'if You're One Of Those Who Sees Gibson As A Visionary, It's Time To Be Scared - The Scenarios He's Playing With Here Don't Make For Comfort Reading' Sfx Magazine

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Bittersweet : how sorrow and longing make us whole Susan Cain, Susan Cain Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2022

In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of the "bittersweet" -- the outlook that values the experiences of loss and pain, which can lead to growth and beauty. Understanding bittersweetness can change the way we work, the way we create and the way we love. Each chapter helps us navigate an issue that define our lives, from love to death and from authenticity to creativity. Using examples ranging from music and cinema to parenting and business, as well as her own life and the latest academic research, she shows how understanding bittersweetness will allow us, in a flawed world, to accept the loss of past identities; to fully embrace the loves we have; and to weather life's transitions. Bittersweet reveals that vulnerability and even melancholy can be strengths, and that embracing our inevitable losses makes us more human and more whole. This is a book for those who have felt a piercing joy at the beauty of the world; who react intensely to art and nature; and in a culture that celebrates toughness, who yearn for a wiser and more meaningful world. For bittersweetness is the hidden source of our love stories, moonshots and masterpieces.

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Funny Girl Nick Hornby Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2014

Funny Girl - the much-anticipated new novel by Nick Hornby, the million-copy bestselling author of About a BoyMake them laugh, and they're yours forever . . .It's the swinging 60s and the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball.Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice.The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret. The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he's destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who's changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel.Nick Hornby's new novel is about popular culture, youth and old age, fame, class and teamwork. It offers a wonderfully captivating portrait of youthful exuberance and creativity, and of a period when both were suddenly allowed to flourish. Fans of Hornby will love this book, as will readers of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon and William Boyd.Nick Hornby is the author of five bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked), a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I've Been Reading. A Long Way Down,About a Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch have all been made into major films. He also wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated An Education, and is currently writing screenplays for Cheryl Strayed's Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and Colm Toibin's Brooklyn.

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Party animals : the secret history of a Labor fiasco Samantha Maiden Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, Place of publication not identified, 2020

Secrets, lies, lawyers and covert recordings. If you thought the 2019 election was just about a death tax that didn't exist, you're in for a surprise. From the dark arts of the dirt units to the role of billionaire Clive Palmer, this is the untold story of an election debacle. The Labor Party was the unbeatable favourite to win the 2019 election right up until the polls closed and voters delivered the surprise verdict. If the results staggered pundits, they also shocked Bill Shorten and his frontbench, who had spent the final weeks of the campaign carefully planning for their first days in office. Party Animals uncovers the secret history of a Labor fiasco, the untold story behind Scott Morrison's miracle

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The Great Wall in 50 objects Lindesay, William Penguin Random House Australia, The Great Wall in 50, 2015

The culmination of a lifetime's field work and research, William Lindesay selects fifty artefacts from around the world to tell the story of the Great Wall from the second century BC to the late-twentieth century. Abraham Ortelius' pioneering world atlas, the unexpected origins of 'wolf smoke', the proliferation of the blunderbuss in the fifteenth century Great Wall theatre of war, even Kafka's classic short story 'At the Building of the Great Wall' are some of the unique objects that were shaped by China's most famous national landmark. Enhanced by stories of their discovery, and those of their modern-day keepers,� The Great Wall in 50 Objects �is a personal and historical exploration of a world wonder.� 'William Lindesay has a knack for approaching the iconic Great Wall of China in ways that are creative, idiosyncratic, and deeply personal . . . He has succeeded again with� The Great Wall in 50 Objects .'� Peter Hessler, author of� River Town and Oracle... Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:9781760142469 Single Author : William Lindesay Original Source : Mirc New Files 06 20 Sorted Author by LN, FN: Lindesay, William Title Length : 024 Title Parm D : Great Wall in 50 Objects Title Parm F : Great Wall in 50 Objects Title Parm G : Great Wall in 50 Objects Title Parm A : Great Wall in 50 Objects Title Parm B : ( ES Lib Name : ^NIRC 2018-06 Record ID : 6104 Uncomma Author : William Lindesay Num of Aut : 1

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The sweet poison quit plan cookbook Gillespie, David Penguin Group Australia;Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, Victoria, Australia, 2013

'Sugar will make you fat and, if you consume it for long enough, it will kill you.' Ex-lawyer and ex-sugarholic, David Gillespie, revolutionised the lives and eating habits of thousands of Australians with his bestsellers on the dangers of sugar, Sweet Poison and The Sweet Poison Quit Plan. To help get us unhooked from sugar, David with the help of wife Lizzie, gave us recipes for sweet foods made with dextrose-pure glucose, a healthy alternative to table sugar. Here, David has worked with a chef to develop more delicious fructose-free recipes. Sweet Poison Quit Plan Cookbook features more than 80 illustrated recipes for Australia's favourite sweet treats, from Anzac biscuits, lamingtons and pavlova to chocolate cake, baklava, brownies and doughnuts. If you don't eat sugar but still have kids to feed, birthday parties to throw, and guests popping in for morning tea, the solution is right here. These are the special treats that you can eat for the rest of your life.

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The old man and the sand eel : my grandad, fishing and my quest to find Britain's lost wild waterways Will Millard Penguin Books, Limited, 2017

'Will Millard IS the new Bill Bryson' Isabelle Broom, author of My Map of You Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change. The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere."A wonderfully fluent account of how the...

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Escape from Manus : the untold true story Jaivet Ealom Penguin Group Australia, Place of publication not identified] :, 2021

"The powerful account of how one man escaped the prison of Manus Island. A true story of bravery and resilience. The awe-inspiring story of the only person to successfully escape from Australia's notorious offshore detention centre on Manus Island. In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar's brutal regime and boarded a boat of asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of receiving refuge, he was transported to Australia's infamous Manus Regional Processing Centre. Blistering hot days on the island turned into weeks, then years until, finally, facing either jail in Papua New Guinea or being returned to almost certain death in Myanmar, he took matters into his own hands. Drawing inspiration from the hit show Prison Break, Jaivet meticulously planned his escape. He made it out alive but was stateless, with no ID or passport. While the nightmare of Manus was behind him, his true escape to freedom had only just begun. How Jaivet made it to sanctuary in Canada in a six-month-long odyssey by foot, boat, car and plane is miraculous. His story will astonish, anger and inspire you. It will make you reassess what it means to give refuge and redefine what can be achieved by one man determined to beat the odds"--Publisher's description

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How the world really works : a scientist's guide to our past, present, and future Vaclav Smil Penguin Books, Limited, London] UK, 2022

We Have Never Had So Much Information At Our Fingertips And Yet Most Of Us Don't Know How The World Really Works. This Book Explains Seven Of The Most Fundamental Realities Governing Our Survival And Prosperity. From Energy And Food Production, Through Our Material World And Its Globalization, To Risks, Our Environment And Its Future, How The World Really Works Offers A Much-needed Reality Check - Because Before We Can Tackle Problems Effectively, We Must Understand The Facts. In This Ambitious And Thought-provoking Book We See, For Example, That Globalization Isn't Inevitable - The Perils Of Allowing 70 Per Cent Of The World's Rubber Gloves To Be Made In Just One Factory Became Glaringly Obvious In 2020 - And That Our Societies Have Been Steadily Increasing Their Dependence On Fossil Fuels, Making Their Complete And Rapid Elimination Unlikely. For Example, Each Greenhouse-grown Supermarket-bought Tomato Requires The Equivalent Of Five Tablespoons Of Diesel Oil For Its Production; And We Still Lack Any Commercially Viable Ways Of Making Steel, Ammonia, Cement Or Plastics On The Scale Required Globally Without Fossil Fuels. Vaclav Smil Is Neither A Pessimist Nor An Optimist, He Is A Scientist; He Is The World-leading Expert On Energy And An Astonishing Polymath. This Is His Magnum Opus And A Continuation Of His Quest To Make Facts Matter. Drawing On The Latest Science, Including His Own Fascinating Research, And Tackling Sources Of Misinformation Head On - From Yuval Noah Harari To Noam Chomsky - Ultimately Smil Answers The Most Profound Question Of Our Age: Are We Irrevocably Doomed Or Is A Brighter Utopia Ahead? Compelling, Data-rich And Revisionist, This Wonderfully Broad, Interdisciplinary Masterpiece Finds Faults With Both Extremes. Looking At The World Through This Quantitative Lens Reveals Hidden Truths That Change The Way We See Our Past, Present And Uncertain Future.

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How to be a Tudor : a dawn-to-dusk guide to everyday life Ruth Goodman Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London] UK, 2015

The real Wolf Hall - a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted. Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the "upper crust" of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house. Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night. 'Ruth is the queen of living history, long may she reign!' - Lucy Worsley **

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How to be a Tudor : a dawn-to-dusk guide to everyday life Goodman, Ruth Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London] UK, 2015

"The real Wolf Hall -- a time traveller's guide to daily life in Tudor England. The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? To answer this question, the renowned "method historian" and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did -- so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted. Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the "upper crust" of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house. Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night."--Jacket

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Dickens and Prince : A Particular Kind of Genius Nick Hornby Penguin Publishing Group, Penguin Random House LLC, New York, 2022

“An ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign o’ the Times .” — Vogue From the bestselling author of Just Like You , High Fidelity , and Fever Pitch , a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikely—until it’s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince. Equipped with a fan’s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries—each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded...

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The Beautiful Mother Scholes, Katherine Penguin Random House Australia, Place of publication not identified, 2020

'You are her mother in this moment. The future is another time.' In a remote part of Tanzania known as the Cradle of Humankind,Essie Lawrence lives with her husband in an archaeologist's camp. One morning a chance encounter with two strangers out in the field sees her making a rash promise – one she has no idea how she can keep. When she returns home, she has a black baby in her arms, a motherless infant, too young even to have a name. From now until the coming of the rains, Essie is to care for the little girl. And then hand her back.Bringing a baby to the research base is just the first of many taboos Essie is about to break. As she becomes immersed in a life-changing experience, she finds that her marriage, her career – everything she's worked for – is put at risk. And as her heart opens up to new life and new love, she is led back into her past, to memories of her own mother and her first home on the island of Tasmania, at the far end of the...

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The old man and the sand eel : my grandad, fishing and my quest to find Britain's lost wild waterways Will Millard Penguin Books, Limited, 2017

'Will Millard IS the new Bill Bryson'Isabelle Broom, author of My Map of You Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change.The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere."A wonderfully fluent account of how the...

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The power : a novel Naomi Alderman Penguin UK, London], UK, 2016

Suddenly — tomorrow or the day after — teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed.

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How the world really works : a scientist's guide to our past, present, and future Vaclav Smil Penguin UK, London] UK, 2022

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates__________We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable - the perils of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020 - and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato requires the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel oil for its production; and we still lack any commercially viable ways of making steel, ammonia, cement or plastics on the scale required globally without fossil fuels.Vaclav Smil is neither a pessimist nor an optimist, he is a scientist; he is the world-leading expert on energy and an astonishing polymath. This is his magnum opus and a continuation of his quest to make facts matter. Drawing on the latest science, including his own fascinating research, and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary masterpiece finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future.__________'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' Paul Collier, author of The Future of Capitalism

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The Key In The Lock: An atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Once Upon a River and The Foundling Beth Underdown Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2022

'a Gifted Storyteller' Sarah Perry, Author Of The Essex Serpent The Page-turning New Novel From The Author Of The Richard And Judy Bookclub Bestselling The Witchfinder's Sister _________________________ I Still Dream, Every Night, Of Polneath On Fire. Smoke Unfurling Out Of An Upper Window And A Hectic Orange Light Cascading Across The Lawn. By Day, Ivy Boscawen Mourns The Death Of Her Son Tim In The Great War. But By Night She Mourns Another Boy - One Whose Murder Decades Ago Haunts Her Still. For Ivy Is Sure That There Is More To What Happened All Those Years Ago: The Fire At The Great House, And The Terrible Events That Came After. A Truth She Must Uncover, If She Is Ever To Be Free. Brimming With Secrets, This Lyrical Yet Haunting Historical Thriller Is Perfect For Fans Of Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, Diane Setterfield's Once Upon A River And Stacey Halls' The Familiars. _________________________ Praise For Beth Underdown 'a Clever, Pacey Read' The Times 'vivid And Terrifying' Paula Hawkins, Author Of The Girl On The Train 'a Clever Novel' Guardian 'beth Underdown Grips Us From The Outset And Won't Let Go' Patrick Gale, Author Of Notes From An Exhibition 'a Richly Told And Utterly Compelling Tale, With Shades Of Hilary Mantel' Kate Hamer, Author Of The Girl In The Red Coat 'thumpingly Good' Lucy Mangan, Author Of Bookworm 'beth Underdown Cleverly Creates A Compelling Atmosphere Of Dread And Claustrophobia' Kate Riordan, Author Of The Girl In The Photograph 'a Tense, Surprising And Elegantly-crafted Novel' Ian Mcguire, Author Of The North Water

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Birds and us : a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation Tim Birkhead Penguin Books, Limited, London, 2022

A combined passions for science, art and history to direct a spotlight on the multiple ways of engaging with birds. This historical, wide-ranging approach is the outcome of a lifetime of ornithological research and public engagement that has emerged from an enduring fascination about where our love of birds, and nature as a whole, has come from. By drawing attention to the fact that our present, largely empathetic relationship with birds may be temporary, I hope that we may be better able to protect birds into the future.

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The Waddi Tree McGinnis, Kerry Penguin Group Australia, 2008

"As authentic as it gets." Australian Outback Books 'Heartbreaking one moment but full of hope with the turn of the page.' Adelaide Advertiser 'An epic that will touch all hearts and inspire others.' Bendigo Advertiser Diverging Paths Two branches of the McAllister family lead very different lives on cattle stations in Central Australia. Rob, a stickler for correctness, manages a wealthy, company-owned property, while his easygoing brother, Sandy, struggles to support his wife and son on an impoverished leasehold. Bound by Blood When tragedy throws the families together, before ultimately driving them even further apart, it's Sandy's young son Jim who suffers most. Left to rebuild his shattered world, he depends on the larger-than-life station characters and the comfort of horses. Harsh Beauty, Hard Lessons This is tough country, where personal heartache is kept in perspective by drought, fire and isolation. The times are just as unforgiving, and as the years pass, Jim discovers that he must pay for his father's mistakes as well as his own. Yet this harshly beautiful land is full of promise, a source of strength to Jim on his road from innocence to independence. ___________________ Praise for Kerry McGinnis "McGinnis is a natural storyteller with a deep understanding of life on the land." - The Weekly Times "McGinnis has the eye of a painter; she writes as she sees and the land comes alive." - Weekend Australian "Anything McGinnis writes begs to be read aloud around a campfire." - Country Style "Kerry McGinnis writes like poetry . . . The way she recalls places and feelings and is able to write about them with such authority is why she stands out among Australian authors. " - Fleur McDonald ___________________ Additional Books by Kerry McGinnis Expand your collection with these captivating novels from Kerry McGinnis: *Bloodwood Creek *Gathering Storms *The Missing Girl *Croc Country *The Roadhouse *The Heartwood Hotel *Secrets of the Springs *Out of Alice *Tracking North *Wildhorse Creek *Mallee Sky *The Waddi Tree Experience the captivating narratives and immersive landscapes of Kerry McGinnis's books. Order now!

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سانت كيلدا بلوز [Arabic] جيفري ماكجاتشين https://t.me/mystery_books_ar, Charlie Berlin mystery, 03, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2014

إنه عام 1967، صيف الحب، وفي ملبورن تم إخراج الرقيب تشارلي برلين من المنفى في فرقة الاحتيال للتحقيق في اختفاء فتاة مراهقة، وهي ابنة مطور عقارات قوي ومتصل بالسياسة. وبينما تكشف تحقيقات برلين عن المزيد من الفتيات المفقودات، يشعر بعدم الارتياح بأنه ربما يتعامل مع أول قاتل متسلسل في المدينة. تقوده تحقيقات برلين عبر المراقص داخل المدينة، واستوديوهات التصوير الفوتوغرافي العصرية، وثقافة المخدرات الناشئة، وإلى عالم المخدرات. الشوارع الخلفية غير الطبيعية في سانت كيلدا. يثير التحقيق أيضًا أشباح ماضي برلين كطيار قاذفة قنابل وأسير حرب في أوروبا وذكريات مزعجة عن القتل العرضي لامرأة شابة شهدها على طريق مغطى بالثلوج في بولندا في أيام احتضار الحرب. كما هو الحال في الحرب، تأتي بعض الانتصارات بتكلفة فادحة وسيتعين على برلين مواجهة حقيقة مروعة وتحمل خسارة لا يمكن تصورها قبل انتهاء التحقيق. سانت كيلدا بلوز هو. ..

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The old man and the sand eel : my grandad, fishing and my quest to find Britain's lost wild waterways Will Millard Penguin Books, Limited, 2017

'Will Millard IS the new Bill Bryson'Isabelle Broom, author of My Map of You Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change.The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere."A wonderfully fluent account of how the...

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Grandmothers Salley Vickers Penguin Books, Limited, London, England, 2019

The new novel from Salley Vickers, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Librarian, available for pre-order now Grandmothers is the story of three very different women and their relationship with the younger generation: fiercely independent Nan, who leads a secret life as an award-winning poet when she is not teaching her grandson Billy how to lie; glamorous Blanche, deprived of the company of her beloved granddaughter Kitty by her hostile daughter-in-law, who finds solace in rebelliously taking to drink and shop lifting; and shy, bookish Minna who in the safety of shepherd's hut shares with her surrogate granddaughter Rose her passion for reading. The outlook of all three women subtly alters when through their encounters with each other they discover that the past is always with us and that we go on learning and changing until the very end. Grandmothers is a beautifully observed, sometimes subversive, often tender and elegiac novel...

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St Kilda blues : a Charlie Berlin novel McGeachin, Geoffrey Penguin Group (Australia), Charlie Berlin mystery, 03, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2014

It's 1967, the summer of love, and in swinging Melbourne Detective Sergeant Charlie Berlin has been hauled out of exile in the Fraud Squad to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl, the daughter of a powerful and politically connected property developer. As Berlin's inquiries uncover more missing girls he gets an uneasy feeling he may be dealing with the city's first serial killer. Berlin's investigation leads him through inner-city discothèques, hip photographic studios, the emerging drug culture and into the seedy back streets of St Kilda. The investigation also brings up ghosts of Berlin's past as a bomber pilot and POW in Europe and disturbing memories of the casual murder of a young woman he witnessed on a snow-covered road in Poland in the war's dying days. As in war, some victories come at a terrible cost and Berlin will have to face an awful truth and endure an unimaginable loss before his investigation is over. St Kilda Blues is...

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Birds and us : a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation Tim Birkhead Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London] :, 2022

A Sweeping And Lyrical History Of The Relationship Between Birdlife And Humankind Over Twelve Millennia, Exploring How Birds Have Captured Our Imaginations And Inspired Our Culture And Our Science. In Birds And Us Award-winning Writer And Ornithologist Tim Birkhead Takes Us On An Epic And Dazzling Journey Through Our Mutual History With Birds, From The Ibises Mummified And Deified By Ancient Egyptians To Renaissance Experiments On Woodpecker Anatomy, From Victorian Obsessions With Egg Collecting To The Present Fight To Save Endangered Species And Restore Their Habitats. Weaving In Stories From His Own Life As A Scientist, Including Far-flung Expeditions To Neolithic Caves In Spain And The Guillemot Colonies Of The Faroe Islands, This Ambitious Book Is The Culmination Of A Lifetime's Research And Unforgettably Demonstrates How Birds Shaped Us, And How We Have Shaped Them.

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The old man and the sand eel : my grandad, fishing and my quest to find Britain's lost wild waterways Will Millard Penguin Books, Limited, 2017

'Will Millard IS the new Bill Bryson'Isabelle Broom, author of My Map of You Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change.The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere."A wonderfully fluent account of how the...

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Exactly What You Mean Ben Hinshaw Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2022

"Surrounded by the dramatic beauty of Guernsey, a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to ruin adult lives. In London, a marriage shot through with infidelity leads to a quest for revenge, resulting in a series of simultaneously comical and catastrophic events. And in California, as wildfires threaten landscapes and lives, a young veteran struggles with the trauma of war, seeking solace at a local ranch. In this extraordinary debut, a cast of characters grapple with unexpected betrayal, the loss of innocence and the lies we tell. With sharp insight, Ben Hinshaw illuminates the unnerving nature of what it means to grow up, to be a teenager playing at adulthood and an adult playing games."--Publisher

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Funny Girl Nick Hornby Penguin Books, Limited, London, 2014

Funny Girl - The Much-anticipated New Novel By Nick Hornby, The Million-copy Bestselling Author Of About A Boy Make Them Laugh, And They're Yours Forever . . . It's The Swinging 60s And The Nation Is Mesmerized By Unlikely Comedy Star Sophie Straw, The Former Blackpool Beauty Queen Who Just Wants To Make People Laugh, Like Her Heroine Lucille Ball. Behind The Scenes, The Cast And Crew Are Having The Time Of Their Lives. But When The Script Begins To Get A Bit Too Close To Home, And Life Starts Imitating Art, They All Face A Choice. The Writers, Tony And Bill, Comedy Obsessives, Each Harbour A Secret. The Oxbridge-educated Director, Dennis, Loves His Job But Hates His Marriage. The Male Star Clive, Feels He's Destined For Better Things. And Sophie Straw, Who's Changed Her Name And Abandoned Her Old Life, Must Decide Whether To Keep Going, Or Change The Channel. Nick Hornby's New Novel Is About Popular Culture, Youth And Old Age, Fame, Class And Teamwork. It Offers A Wonderfully Captivating Portrait Of Youthful Exuberance And Creativity, And Of A Period When Both Were Suddenly Allowed To Flourish. Fans Of Hornby Will Love This Book, As Will Readers Of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon And William Boyd.

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Electric Blue Paul F. Verhoeven Penguin Random House Australia, Australia, 2020

Paul Verhoeven's Ex-cop Dad, John, Spent Years Embroiled In Some Of The Seediest, Scariest Intrigue And Escapades Imaginable. One Day John Offered Paul The Chance Of A Lifetime- He'd Spill His Guts On Tape. What Unfolded In Loose Units Was A Goldmine Of True-crime Stories, Showcasing John's Dramatic Experience Of Policing In Sydney In The 1980s And Brilliantly Twisted Sense Of Humour. But What Happened Next In John's Career Was Twice As Weird. Electric Blue Spans The Final Years Of John's Stint In The New South Wales Police Force, When He Took Up An Offer To Move Into The Grimy, Analytical World Of Forensics. Paul Unpicks His Father's Most Terrible Cases. There Was The Case Of A Rapist Hiding In The Walls Of Shower Block, A Body That Was Quite Literally Cooked, And The Bizarre Copycat Suicides. But What's It Actually Like To Have A Heroic Ex-cop As A Dad? Paul And John Delve Into Their Unique Father-son Relationship And How They Ended Up So Different To Each Other. They Figure Out How To Deal With The Choices They've Made ... Or Wish They'd Made. And Paul's Mum, Christine, Reveals What It Was Like To Be A Pioneering Female Cop In The Eighties When Misogyny Was Rife In The Force. Thrilling, Fascinating And Unexpectedly Laugh-out-loud Funny, Electric Blue Is Another High-octane Adventure In Policing, Integrity And Learning What Family Is Really All About.

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Pop art : a colourful history Alastair Sooke Penguin Books, Limited, 1. publ, Harmondsworth, 2015

Pop Art by the BBC's Alastair Sooke - an essential but snappy new guide to our favourite art movement Pop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of selfies and social networking, we are still living in a world defined by Pop. Full of brand new interviews and research, Sooke describes the great works by Warhol, Lichtenstein and other key figures, but also re-examines the movement for the 21st century and asks if it is still art? He reveals a global story, tracing Pop's surprising origins in 19th-century Paris to uncovering the forgotten female artists of the 1960s. "Sooke is an immensely engaging character. He has none of the weighty self-regard that often afflicts art experts and critics; rather he approaches his subjects with a questioning, open, exploratory attitude." (Sarah Vine, The Times)

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The Pretty Girl Killer Andrew Byrne [Byrne, Andrew] Penguin Random House Australia, Docklands, VIC, 2019

This is the story of Christopher Wilder: the surf-loving son of a decorated naval war hero born in the suburbs of Sydney, who became the most wanted man in America – a psychopathic serial killer who slaughtered more than sixteen young women in the USA and is the prime suspect in the infamous Australian Wanda Beach murders. Wilder was handsome and charming, and time and time again he managed to convince beautiful young women that he was a fashion photographer looking to help them start a career in modelling. What followed were some of the most brutal, sadistic crimes the world has ever seen – as well as a years-long police operation, dogged by missed opportunities and bad decisions, to track the killer down. Featuring new evidence unearthed from case files and interviews with FBI agents, witnesses and survivors, some of whom have spoken for the first time since the horrendous crimes were committed, The Pretty Girl Killer takes us right into the mind and moment of one of Australia's most heinous exports.

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Darkest hour : how Churchill brought us back from the brink McCarten, Anthony, McCarten, Anthony, McCarten, Anthony Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, London, 2017

"May, 1940. Britain is at war, European democracies are falling rapidly and the public are unaware of this dangerous new world. Just days after his unlikely succession to Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, faces this horror - and a sceptical King and a party plotting against him. He wonders how he can capture the public mood and does so, magnificently, before leading the country to victory. It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched, gripping day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative. In doing so he revises the familiar view of Churchill - he made himself into the iconic figure we remember and changed the course of history, but through those turbulent and dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt, and even explored a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. It's a scarier, and more human story, than has ever been told"--Publisher description

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Somme : into the breach Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Penguin Books, Limited, London, 2016

No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year. Despite this, this book shows the extent to which the Allied armies were in fact able repeatedly to break through the German front lines. The author has uncovered some remarkable stories, as yet unknown, of action and heroism in the face of battle. He weaves in these first-hand experiences, creating a remarkable portrait of life at the Front.

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