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• Jess and Norma

  a Lifetime of Laughter and Our Unbreakable Bond

  Asquith, Jessica

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  Step into the world of Jess and her 91 year old grandmother Norma who, with over 4.8 million devoted followers, have taken social media by storm with their infectious sense of humour and heart-warming bond.

• Angelica

  for Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

  Beer, Molly

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  Alexander Hamilton's "saucy" sister-in-law, and the heart of Thomas Jefferson's "charming coterie" of artists and salonnieres in Paris.

• Shot Ready

  Curry, Stephen, 1988-

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  A unique and remarkable memoir encapsulating Stephen Curry's philosophies and strategies for life, work, basketball and the nature of high performance and success, told through the stories of his career.

• Cult Bride

  Cameron, Liz

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  In her gap year after high school, Liz is approached at a shopping centre by a woman who asks her survey questions about her Christian faith. Liz is slowly brought into her small, friendly church community - but little does she know that her new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All of Us Atoms

  Dawson, Holly

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  Faced with the prospect of losing her memory, a writer revisits the moments that changed her - from childhood to motherhood, loss and ill-health.

• Claire McCardell

  the Designer Who Set Women Free

  Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts

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  The riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you've never heard of.

• Fulvia

  the Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome

  Draycott, Jane (Jane Louise)

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  The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles, including Marc Antony, Fulvia was not content to play the usual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Homework

  a Memoir

  Dyer, Geoff, 1958-

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  In Homework, Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it means to come of age in England in the 60s and 70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change.

• Fires Which Burned Brightly

  a Life in Progress

  Faulks, Sebastian, 1953-

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  A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks

• Role Model

  Taking Up Space in the Fashion World

  Harris, Samantha, 1990-

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  Samantha Harris has one of the most recognisable faces in Australia's fashion industry, but her success was anything but expected. In an industry built on European beauty ideals, her breakthrough as a finalist for the Girlfriend cover model search…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Eye of the Dragonfly

  My Life Seeing the World Through Sport

  Holmes, Tracey Lee

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  Tracey Holmes is one of Australia's most recognised and rewarded journalists having spent almost four decades reporting on the world's biggest sports stories.

• Wild West Village

  Not a Memoir (unless I Win An Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country #1)

  Kirke, Lola, 1990-

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  In this "darkly humorous" (Harper's Bazaar) memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a little bit country.

• While the Music Lasts

  a Memoir of Music, Grief and Joy

  MacGregor, Emily Jean, 1987-

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  An illuminating, witty and highly moving story from music historian and trombonist Dr Emily MacGregor of making and listening to music and its role and impact on grief.

• Artists, Siblings, Visionaries

  the Lives and Loves of Augustus and Gwen John

  Mackrell, Judith

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  A gorgeously readable, insightful dual biography of British brother and sister artists Gwen and Augustus John.

• Dark City Dames

  the Women Who Defined Film Noir

  Muller, Eddie

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  Muller conducted far-ranging interviews with the original six women profiled in Dark City Dames, in the process becoming a friend and confidante to each. In this revised and expanded edition, he updates their stories and shares illuminating,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Collisions

  a Physicist's Journey From Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs

  Nevala-Lee, Alec

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  Nobel Prize-winning experimental physicist Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988) began his storied career developing the atomic bomb and went on to conduct groundbreaking work on the building of the ancient Egyptian pyramids, the assassination of JFK, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here Beside the Rising Tide

  Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and An American Awakening

  Newton, Jim, 1963-

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  A kaleidoscopic history of the Grateful Dead that explores the American counterculture through the life of iconoclastic frontman Jerry Garcia, and his merry band

• How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life

  Nour, Daniel

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  Meet Daniel Nour: Egyptian and Australian; loud and painfully awkward; conservative and very confused (especially about other boys). He's never quite pulled off normal, but 'not-normal' is where the best stories are. Now he's made his peace with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coming Up Short

  a Memoir of My America

  Reich, Robert B., 1946-

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  From political economist, cabinet member, beloved professor, media presence, and bestselling author, a compelling memoir of growing up in a baby-boom America that made progress in certain areas, fell short in so many important ways, and still has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing Compares to You

  What Sinéad O'Connor Means to Us

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  An intimate and evocative celebration of the life and legacy of music and political icon Sinead O'Connor, featuring writers including Neko Case, Sinead Gleeson, and more.