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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Sophie Cunningham
Writers, scientists, historians, journalists and commentators consider subjects as broad as culture and the arts, working as a doctor, travel, domestic violence, security, immigration, the death of a loved one…
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Robin Wall Kimmerer
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John…
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Anna Funder
A brilliant, timeless portrait of a Kafkaesque world as gripping as any thriller.
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Hugh van Cuylenburg
Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-changing realisation- despite the underprivileged community the children were from, they were remarkably positive…
Ibram X. Kendi
A radical new way to think about racism and an inspiring treatise for what to do about it from the Winner of the National Book Award 2016 and founding Director…
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Dolly Alderton
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all.
Glennon Doyle
Who were you before the world told you who to be? When women learn to please they forget who they are. Part inspiration, part memoir Untamed explores the joy and…
Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir about a woman’s discovery of education, its transformative power and the price she has to pay for it.
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck
The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary film
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Kate Murphy
When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever.
Leigh Sales
As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories…
Bessel van der Kolk
A world expert presents a sympathetic exploration of the causes of trauma and the new treatments making it possible for sufferers to reclaim their lives.
Yuval Noah Harari
Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most…
Chloe Hooper
A powerful real-life thriller written with Hooper’s trademark lyric detail and nuance, The Arsonist is a reminder that in an age of fire, all of us are gatekeepers.
Jack Charles
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government’s White Australia Policy. The loneliness and…
Kate Raworth
Economics is broken, and the planet is paying the price.
Don Watson,Don Watson
Taking you a on a journey through Australias landscape, and its inhabitants, this book examines what we have made, what we have destroyed, and what we have become in the…
Susan Cain
Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can’t name and don’t understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether…
Stephen Hawking
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This title reviews some of the great theories of the cosmos…
Stephen Fry (Audiobook Narrator)
One of the most imaginative minds alive retells the greatest stories in history - the Greek Myths.
Matthew Walker
The phenomenal bestseller that’s starting a sleep revolution, now in paperback.
Massimo Pigliucci
Stoicism teaches us to acknowledge our emotions, reflect on what causes them and redirect them for our own good. The author shows how stoicism teaches us the importance of a…
Toni Morrison
Morrison’s Nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to Amnesty International and the Newspaper Association of America.
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