BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
BENEATH THE
FIG LEAVES
True s t t ories
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John Kinsella’s
memoir of his rural
life takes us deep into
the heart of what it
means to belong.
The joys and travails
of childhood, adult
addictions, missteps
and changing directions are captured in
poignant detail.
Leaving behind
family and friends,
Giannoula and Fotios
Panagiotopoulos set
off to make a new
home on the other
side of the world. Their daughter Olympia tells
their story in this evocative exploration of the
ties that bind.
AN ALICE GIRL
Tanya Heaslip
RRP $32.99
In An Alice Girl Tanya
Heaslip, author of From
Alice to Prague, tells
the extraordinary story of growing up with her
sister and brothers in the late 1960s and early
70s on the outback cattle property just north
of Alice Springs.
My Lucky Stroke is an
extraordinary memoir,
full of life and insight,
humour and drama.
A story about
rebuilding a life from
square one that you
won’t easily forget.
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Friends & Rivals is
the story of four
remarkable women
traversing the literary
landscape of the
late 19th and early
20th centuries in
Australia, from one of our nation’s most
eminent historians.
EVERY
CONCEIVABLE
WAY
NOW
Anna Meares
RRP $34.99
Now reveals the life
of one of Australia's
greatest sporting
champions. Anna
Meares both during her sporting days
and beyond. She is now powering on in a
new career, happy in her personal life and
expecting her first child, and much wiser for all
she has experienced, is an inspiring figure.
‘I WONDER’
Peter Browne,
Seumas Spark
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Despina Meris
RRP $34.99
To what lengths
would you go to have
a baby? Despina
Meris thinks it will
be simple, but finds
herself chasing IVF,
egg donors and international surrogacy in her
tumultuous pursuit of parenthood.
A BIGGER PICTURE
Malcolm Turnbull
RRP $55.00
In the grit of a daily
existence how do
we find, nurture
and carry our own
inner, living light
- a light to ward
off the darkness?
Absorbing,
beautiful, inspiring
and deeply moving,
Julia Baird has
PHOSPHORESCENCE written exactly the
Julia Baird
book we need for
these times.
RRP $32.99
Stranger Than Kindness
is a journey in images
and words into the
creative world of
musician, storyteller
and cultural icon Nick Cave. It asks what
shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and
celebrates the power of the creative spirit.
Brenda Niall
RRP $34.99
MY LUCKY
STROKE
Sarah Brooker
RRP $29.99
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Olympia
Panagiotopoulos
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John Kinsella
RRP $29.99
STRANGER THAN
KINDNESS
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During a scholarly
career spanning
nearly seven decades,
Ken Inglis’s humane,
questioning approach
— summed up by the
recurring query, ‘I
wonder…’ — won him a large and appreciative
audience. This is his story.
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With revelatory
insights on the
workings of
Canberra and
the contentious
events of Turnbull’s
life, A Bigger
Picture explores
the strengths and
vulnerabilities of
one of Australia’s
best-known and
most dynamic
business and
political leaders.
MERLE THORNTON:
BRINGING THE
FIGHT
Merle Thornton
RRP $29.99
Merle Thornton is one of Australia’s most
delightful, formidable and game-changing
pioneering feminists - a woman who through
her daring and defiance helped bring about
positive change for generations of Australian
women.
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