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BIOGRAPHY & Due sept True s t ories 17 Before I Forget is the long-awaited memoir from Professor Geoffrey Blainey - Australia's most significant and popular historian - that tells the story of the first forty years of his life, from his childhood to his career as an historian and writer. Backyard to Backpack Evie Farrell RRP $32.99 Barkyard to Backpack is an inspiring true story of a single mum and daughter who traded a conventional life in the suburbs for a life lived fully together travelling the world. Renia Spiegel RRP $35.00 Grant Edwards RRP $35.00 OUR PRICE $30 00 A sought after and disciplined security advisor for governments around the world, Grant Edwards was considered the last person to ‘crack’ – but a narrow escape from an attack in Kabul pushed him to breaking point. This is his story and his extraordinary battle back from the brink. feature TITLES The Millionaire Castaway Marianne van Velzen RRP $29.99 Dave Glasheen, Neil Bramwell RRP $32.99 Shot Down is the first full telling of what happened to MH17 and the stories of those who were killed on that tragic day. Compelling and revealing, this book will provoke outrage that this criminal act could have happened and sadness for the lives lost. A Dream About Lightning Bugs 27 From Gavin Thurston, The Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman and with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures. The Erratics is a ferocious, sharp, darkly funny and wholly compelling memoir of families, the pain they can inflict and the legacy they leave. It has the tightly coiled, compressed energy of an explosive device - it will take your breath away. Shot Down Due AUG Gavin Thurston RRP $32.99 Vicki Laveau- Harvie RRP $22.99 The Strong Man Benjamin Gilmour RRP $34.99 Journeys in the Wild The Erratics Renia’s Diary is the heartbreaking journal of a young Polish- Jewish girl who lived through the early days of the Holocaust, recently rediscovered after seventy years. The Gap Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for the past twenty years. He has seen his fair share of drama. But the summer of 2008 remains etched in his memory for the very worst reasons. Stella Prize Renia’s Diary Before I Forget Geoffrey Blainey RRP $45.00 WINNER OF 2019 Ben Folds RRP $35.00 In A Dream About Lightning Bugs, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming, funny and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a natural storyteller. Give a gift card Due SEPt Between heartbreak and adventure, Dave Glasheen has found happiness on Restoration Island and dreams of creating a retreat to promote the profound healing that saved his life. The Millionaire Castaway is brimming with humour, eccentricity and wisdom. 17 North Korea Journal Michael Palin RRP $29.99 Written with Palin's trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, this journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines. Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au