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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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