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When it comes to books, come to PS News.
On these pages each week PS News will review some of the latest, most popular and most relevant books of interest to PS News readers – either at work or at home – in our ongoing effort to keep you informed, entertained, challenged or simply relaxed.
This week’s selections are...

Book Reviews

The Price of Politics
By Bob Woodward
REVIEW: There has been ample euphoria surrounding the inauguration of US President Barack Obama’s second term in office. As he pledged reform and equality for all, foremost on the political agenda is the ...more »

Mud, Sweat and Tears
By Bear Grylls
REVIEW: It’s hard to believe when daredevil adventurer Grylls says he’s a regular guy with “plenty of all the usual struggles, self-doubts and flaws that tend to go with life”. Taking risks has become a big part of ...more »

Cricket Conflicts and Controversies
By Kersi Meher-Homji
REVIEW: Cricket, like football, rugby league and boxing, does not embody all that is decent and law-abiding, but this book “accurately” records cricket’s conflicts and controversies and puts them in ...more »

Future Proofing Australia: The Right Answers for Our Future By Edited by Senator Brett Mason
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Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John By By Helen Trinca
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The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend By By Jennifer Skiff
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Galbally's Lore: Crime, Collingwood, Politics and Life By By David Galbally QC
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Beating the Blues By By Susan Tanner
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Dandelion By By Calvin Scott Davis
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Holy Hell By By Patricia Feenan
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Nobody Else’s Business By By Andrew Pavuk
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The Deliverer By By Greceila Jota
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Great Anzac Stories: The Men and Women Who Created the Digger Legend By By Graham Seal
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Honor Bound By By Raffaele Sollecito with Andrew Gumbel
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Death Comes to Pemberley By By P.D. James
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Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter’s Tribute By By Marta Fuchs
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Dead by Friday: How Lust and Greed Led to Murder in the Suburbs By By Derek Pedley
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Caesar the War Dog By By Stephen Dando
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Not Dead Yet: Labor’s Post-Left Future By Mark Latham
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The Enchantment of English: Professing English Literatures in Australian Universities By Leigh Dale
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Chant & Rhyme picture book series By Peter Durkin
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Freeloading: How Our Insatiable Appetite For Free Content Starves Creativity By Chris Ruen
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India Rising: Tales from a Changing Nation By Oliver Balch
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The Seven Motivations of Life By Mark Oliver
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The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War By Fred Kaplan
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Free Yourself from Debt By Paul Clitheroe
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Meet…Ned Kelly By Janeen Brian
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Educating Gen Wi-Fi: How to make schools relevant for 21st century learners By Greg Whitby
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The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die By David Nyuol Vincent with Carol Nader
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Bold Palates: Australia’s Gastronomic Heritage By Barbara Santich
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Schools that Learn By Peter Senge
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On This Day: Landmark Events in Popular Culture By Sandra Hall
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City of Style: Exploring Los Angeles Fashion from Bohemian to Rock By Melissa Magsaysay
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How to Organise & Operate a Small Business in Australia By John English
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The Varnished Untruth: My Story By Pamela Stephenson
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Ultimate Fashionista: The Young Hollywood Style Guide By Alana Wulff
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Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling By David Crystal
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Rethinking Social Justice: From ‘Peoples’ to ‘Populations’ By Tim Rowse
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Berry Hill: Stories and Recipes from Beerenberg Farm By Grant Paech with Sally Paech
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The Australian Policy Handbook By Catherine Althaus, Peter Bridgman and Glyn Davis
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Her Father’s Daughter By Alice Pung
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James Halliday Wine Companion 2013 Edition By James Halliday
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Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution By Peter FitzSimons
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The Little Red Yellow Black Book: An introduction to Indigenous Australia By Bruce Pascoe
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The Lavender Keeper By Fiona McIntosh
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After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches By PJ Keating
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Killing the Earth to Save It By James Delingpole
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RSPCA Bumper Book of Pets and Other Animals By Bindi Irwin and Jess Black and Ellie Brown
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The Price of Politics By Bob Woodward
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Mud, Sweat and Tears By Bear Grylls
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Cricket Conflicts and Controversies By Kersi Meher-Homji
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Plan for the Planet: A Business Plan for a Sustainable World By Ian Chambers and John Humble
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Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia’s Favourite Song By Dennis O’Keeffe
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Under Southern Skies By Anne McCullagh Rennie
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The Lone Protestor: AM Fernando in Australia and Europe By Fiona Paisley
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Greenwash: Big Brands and Carbon Scams By Guy Pearse
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The Australian Weather Book By Keith Colls and Dick Whitaker
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After the Future: Australia’s New Extinction Crisis By Tim Flannery
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Business Etiquette By Patsy Rowe
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Little Kitchen Around The World By Sabrina Parrini
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Australia’s Greatest Inventions & Innovations By Christopher Cheng & Linsay Knight
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Meanjin Anthology By Sally Heath
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Leonard Maltin’s 2013 Movie Guide By Leonard Maltin
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Politics with Purpose: Occasional observations on public and private life By Lindsay Tanner
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Griffith Review 38: The Novella Project By Julianne Schultz
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Milton Black Horoscopes 2013 By Milton Black
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Tales from the Political Trenches By Maxine McKew
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Mine-Field: The Dark Side of Australia’s Resources Rush By Paul Cleary
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Bond on Bond: The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies By Roger Moore with Gareth Owen
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The Passion of Politics: The Role of Ideology and Political Theory in Australia By Lindy Edwards
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Ian Thorpe: This is Me By Ian Thorpe and Robert Wainwright
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Macedon: Child of a God By Paul M. Hansen
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Building, Always Building: The Life and Times of Gerry Karidis, AM By Gerry Karidis and Brian Abbey
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Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web and Mobile By Jon Wuebben
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The Simple Things: Creating an organised home, a happy family and a life worth living By Antonia Kidman and Sally Collings
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Speechless: A year in my father’s business By James Button
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Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation By Russell McGregor
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Bad Economics: Pestilent Economists, Profligate Governments, Debt, Dependency & Despair By Peter Smith
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How To Get Your Mojo Back By Dr Ginni Mansberg
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Impatient Optimist: Bill Gates in his own words By Lisa Rogak
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Lives By Peter Robb
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Sixth Sense: Everyday experiences and what they reveal By Sue Bishop
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Jim Stynes, My Journey By Warwick Green
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain By David Eagleman
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The Sensible Sleep Solution: A guide to sleep in your baby’s first year By Sarah Blunden & Angie Willcocks
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Eugenia: A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage By Mark Tedeschi QC
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Open Sesame By Michael Farrell
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Brave Heart: Lessons Learnt from Life By Brett & Hayley S. Kirk
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Our Greatest Challenge: Aboriginal children and human rights By Hannah McGlade
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Griffith Review 37: Small World By Julianne Schultz
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Energy Work 101 By Todd Cunningham
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Arthur Blackburn, VC: An Australian hero, his men, and their two world wars By Andrew Faulkner
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Quarterly Essay 47, Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott By David Marr
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Don’t Be Where The Ball Ain’t: The Words and Wisdom of AFL Legend Jack Dyer By Joe St John
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Gough Whitlam: His Time By Jenny Hocking
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Smart Trust By Stephen M.R. Covey and Greg Link with Rebecca R. Merrill
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Abandoned: The Sad Death of Dianne Brimble By Geesche Jacobsen
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The Marmalade Files By Steve Lewis and Chris Uhlmann
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Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation By Laura Tingle
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2012 Eating and Drinking Melbourne By Dale Campisi, Michael Brady and Genevieve Gannon
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Educating your child: it’s not rocket science! By Dr Kevin Donnelly
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The Adelaide Park Lands: a social history By Patricia Sumerling
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Baby Bowl By Kim McCosker
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QF32 By Richard De Crespigny
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Pole to Pole By Pat Farmer
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Illegal Harmonies By Andrew Ford
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Belonging Together: Dealing with the politics of disenchantment in Australian Indigenous policy By Patrick Sullivan
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Barack Obama: The Making of the Man By David Maraniss
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Making Your Home Sustainable: A Guide to Retrofitting By Derek Wrigley
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A Premier’s State By Steve Bracks with Ellen Whinnett
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The Missionary Position By Christopher Hitchens
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Robert Redford: The Biography By Michael Feeney Callan
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Heart of Stone: Justice for Azaria By Michael Chamberlain
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Sense & Nonsense in Australian History By John Hirst
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Please Change Your Mind By Steve White
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Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers By Philip Jones
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Get Rich Click! By Marc Ostrofsky
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8 Steps to Happiness By Dr Anthony M. Grant & Alison Leigh
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Expanding peace journalism: Comparative and critical approaches By Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, Jake Lynch and Robert A. Hackett
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Perfect Stranger By Kay Schubach
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The Little Book of Anxiety By Kerri Sackville
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Savage Obsessions By Glen McNamara
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Griffith Review 36: What is Australia For? By Julianne Schultz
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The Art of Fixing Things By Lawrence E. Pierce
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You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws and the Power of Words By Robert Lane Greene
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A Passionate Life By Ita Buttrose
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Harry Curry: Counsel of Choice By Stuart Littlemore
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Supreme Federalist: The Political Life of Sir John Downer By J.C. Bannon
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Every Beat of My Heart By Jeff Waters
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Olympic Gold: Our Greatest Individual Olympians since 1896 By Robin Poke & Kevin Berry
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Public Parts By Jeff Jarvis
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A History of Books By Gerald Murnane
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Good Health in the 21st Century By Dr Carole Hungerford
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The House of Hancock: The Rise and Rise of Gina Rinehart By Debi Marshall
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Blogging & Tweeting Without Getting Sued By Mark Pearson
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Of Pebbles & Grenades: 3 Keys to Self-Mastery By Ramon G. Corrales
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Right Social Justice: Better ways to help the poor By Gary Johns
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The Office: A Hardworking History By Gideon Haigh
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A Charmed Life By Sharon Mitchell
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Duties and Responsibilities of Directors and Officers By Professor Robert Baxt
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The Heretic’s Guide to Best Practices: The Reality of Managing Complex Problems in Organisations By Paul Culmsee & Kailash Awati
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Running Pink By Megan Norris
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Frustrations of Management: Successful Leadership By Stephen L. Kendal
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Reframe: How to Solve the World’s Trickiest Problems By Eric Knight
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Griffith Review 35: Surviving By Julianne Schultz
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From Carr to Keneally: Labor in office in NSW 1995-2011 By David Clune and Rodney Smith
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Time’s Long Ruin By Stephen Orr
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying By Bronnie Ware
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Debates in Peace Journalism By Jake Lynch
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Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals By Anna Krien
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The Idea of Home By John Hughes
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Stability in Mind By Neil Cole
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking By Susan Cain
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An Opening: Twelve Love Stories About Art By Stephanie Radok
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The Path of Infinite Sorrow: The Japanese on the Kokoda Track By Craig Collie & Hajime Marutani
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Spirit of Progress By Steven Carroll
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Animal Tales #1-4 By Random House
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Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran By Barry Heard
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Glenrowan By Ian W. Shaw
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Botany Bay: The Real Story By Alan Frost
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Women of the Land By Liz Harfull
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Vietnam: The Australian War By Paul Ham
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Images of the Interior: Seven Central Australian Photographers By Philip Jones
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The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck and Could Now Throw It All Away By Peter Hartcher
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To Reason Why: From Religion to Philosophy and Beyond By John Burnheim
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Max Your Memory: The Complete Visual Programme By Dr Pascale Michelon
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Time Bomb: Work rest and play in Australia today By Barbara Pocock, Natalie Skinner, Phillipa Williams
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Ending War, Building Peace By Lynda-Ann Blanchard & Leah Chan
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How to get anything you want - Just Like That! By Janet Poole
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Mary Thomas: Founding Mother, The life and times of a South Australian pioneer By Beth Duncan
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Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests By Anna Krien
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Wonder By R.J. Palacio
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Aiming for the Skies By Fay Marles
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The Financial Times Essential Guide to Business Writing By Ian Atkinson
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Ruby Blues By Jessica Rudd
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Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power By David McKnight
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The Pocketbook of Aussie History By Brendan Gullifer
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Dr Karl’s Brain Food By Karl Kruszelnicki
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Roma the First: A biography of Dame Roma Mitchell By Susan Magarey & Kerrie Round
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Australian War Dogs: The Story of Four-legged Diggers By Nigel Allsopp
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The Cardboard Girl: Gives Bullying the Flick By Marika Spaseska
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The Rook By Daniel O’Malley
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Modern Manglish: Gobbledygook Made Plain By Neil James & Harold Scruby
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Griffith Review 31 By Julianne Schultz
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The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia’s Prime Ministers By Mungo MacCallum
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Last Man in Tower By Aravind Adiga
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Answers to everyday questions about relationships: When to stay, when to go, and how to make it work By Jo Lamble
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Meanjin 4: Volume 70 By Sally Heath
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The Only Lesson By Bill McKenna
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Manage Your Pain: Practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain By Dr Michael Nicholas, Dr Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin, Lee Beeston
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Griffith Review 30 By Julianne Schultz
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Tamil Tigress By Niromi de Soyza
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Empire for Liberty By Terri Sedmak
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Man-Made World: Choosing between Progress and Planet By Andrew Charlton
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Hazel: My Mother’s Story By Sue Pieters-Hawke
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How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age By Dale Carnegie & Associates with Brent Cole
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Enigma By Geoffrey Edelsten
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Life Without Limits: How to live a ridiculously good life By Nick Vujicic
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Eating and Drinking Sydney 2012 By Elizabeth Meryment, Helen Yee and Anna Fedeles
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Panic By David Marr
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Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography By Julian Assange
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Extreme Money: The Masters of the Universe and the cult of risk By Satyajit Das
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Bad News: Murdoch’s Australian and the Shaping of the Nation By Robert Manne
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Griffith Review34: The Annual Fiction Edition By Julianne Schultz
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101 Ways to Build a Successful Network Marketing Business By Andrew Griffith and Wayne Toms
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In the Sea there are Crocodiles By Fabio Geda
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PetRescue’s Amazing Dog Stories By Vickie Davy and Saskia Adams
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Milton Black’s Horoscopes 2012 By Milton Black
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No Higher Honour: A Memoir of My Years in Washington By Condoleezza Rice
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The untold story behind Schapelle Corby’s ill-fated drug run By Eamonn Duff
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Looking for the Light on the Hill: Modern Labor’s Challenges By Troy Bramston
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American Wife By Curtis Sittenfeld
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Ray Martin’s Favourites: The Stories Behind the Legends By Ray Martin
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Organic: Don Burke’s Guide To Growing Organic Food By Don Burke
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Leonard Maltin’s 2012 Movie Guide By Leonard Maltin
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All Above Board: Great Governance for the Government Sector By Julie Garland McLellan
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Staying Sane in the Fast Lane By Antony Kidman
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Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future By Paul Cleary
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The Lies of Sarah Palin By Geoffrey Dunn
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A Fine Romance: 75 Years of Royal Weddings By Lisette du Plessis
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Junior MasterChef Australia: The Cookbook, Volume 1 By MasterChef
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The Fog on the Hill: How NSW Labor Lost its Way By Frank Sartor
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Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era By George Megalogenis
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The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult Problems By Stephen R. Covey with Breck England
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A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends By Michael Kirby
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A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle By Raja Shehadeh
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A Year in the Life of Bindi By Bindi Irwin and Jess Black
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Tony Abbott: A Man’s Man By Susan Mitchell
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The Australians: Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character since 1770 By John Hirst
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Making Money: the Keys to Financial Success By Paul Clitheroe
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Inside Pine Gap: The Spy Who Came in from the Desert By David Rosenberg
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Sean Connery: The Measure of a Man By Christopher Bray
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The Eye of the Storm By Patrick White
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Commonwealth Government Records about the Northern Territory By Ted Ling
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Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd By David Marr
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Griffith Review33: Such is Life By Julianne Schultz
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The Art of Living in Australia By Philip E. Muskett
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Pearl Jam Twenty By Jonathan Cohen and Mark Wilkerson with Pearl Jam
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Babycenter Pregnancy: from preconception to birth By Dorling Kindersley
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Radical Hope: Education and Equality in Australia By Noel Pearson
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Nanberry: Black Brother White By Jackie French
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Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life By Martin Meredith
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Germans By Peter Monteath
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Machine Man By Max Barry
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Custody By Manju Kapur
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Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms By Richard Wilkins with Carrie Hutchinson
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Well May We Say ... The Speeches That Made Australia By Sally Warhaft
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The Media, Politics and Public Life By Geoffrey Craig
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Unholy Pilgrims By Tom Trumble
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Got To Go Guide: Exploring Wine Country Tasmania By Trudie Michels
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Families Behind Bars: Stories of injustice, endurance and hope By Kay Danes
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Grow Your Own Medicine: A guide to growing health-giving plants in your own backyard By Mim Beim
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You Know Me By Robbie Williams and Chris Heath
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Man Bites Murdoch: Four Decades in Print, Six Days in Court By Bruce Guthrie
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Perfect Victims By Bill James
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The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for our Sustainable Future By David Suzuki
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Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight By Robert Mnookin
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Campaign Ruby: Meet Ruby Stanhope, life of the party By Jessica Rudd
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Fair Cop: Christine Nixon By Christine Nixon with Jo Chandler
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The Best Australian Stories: A Ten-Year Collection By Black Inc.
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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World By David Kirkpatrick
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Reel Locations: The Ultimate Travel Guide to Aussie Films By Anthony Roberts
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Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy By Stewart Firth
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Studying Film By Nathan Abrams, Ian Bell, Jan Udris
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Gold! The Fever That Forever Changed Australia By David Hill
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The Making of Julia Gillard: Prime Minister By Jacqueline Kent
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Fair Share: Country and City in Australia By Judith Brett
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Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War By Joe Bageant
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Red Silk. The Life of Elliott Johnston QC By Penelope Debelle
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Stories of Love & War: From the Collection of the Australian War Memorial By Rebecca Britt
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The Power of Your Spirit: A Guide to Joyful Living By Sonia Choquette
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Heartland: On the Side of Angels By Terri Sedmak
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Speechwriting for Government in Australia By James Groves
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The Little Book of Australia: A Snapshot of Who We Are By David Dale
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Fast Living Slow Ageing: How to Age Less, Look Great, Live Longer, Get More By Kate Marie & Christopher Thomas
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A Creative Writing Handbook: Developing Dramatic Technique, Individual Style and Voice By Derek Neale
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Australian Made: A Multicultural Reader By Sonia Mycak and Amit Sarwal
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SmartyCat: Tricky Questions, Simple Answers By Jeannette Rowe and Louise Park
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Un Amico Italiano: Eat Pray Love in Rome By Luca Spaghetti
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The Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection By Black Inc.
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Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics By Ariadne Vromen, Katharine Gelber, Anika Gauja
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10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type By Donna Dunning
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The Happiest Refugee By Anh Do
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The Soul of Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness By Deepak Chopra
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In Bligh’s Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty By Jennifer Gall
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The March of Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia By Paul Kelly
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Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull By Annabel Crabb
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Three in a Bed in the Med By Ann Rickard
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Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency By Micah Sifry
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Australia: Moments in History By Victor Swain
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Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast By Jamie Oliver
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Making Trouble: Essays Against the New Australian Complacency By Robert Manne
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A Thinking Reed By Barry Jones
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Notebooks By Betty Churcher
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Pozières: The Anzac Story By Scott Bennett
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Milton Black Horoscopes 2011 By Milton Black
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The Rudd Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007-2010 By Chris Aulich & Mark Evans
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The Australian Policy Handbook By Catherine Althaus, Peter Bridgman, Glyn Davis
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The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World By David Malouf
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Suddenly, Last Winter: An Election Diary By Bob Ellis
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Re-Awakening Languages: Theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages By John Hobson, Kevin Lowe, Susan Poetsch and Michael Walsh
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William & Kate: Celebrating A Royal Engagement By Robin Nunn
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Lazarus Rising: A Personal and Political Autobiography By John Howard
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Government in Australia: How Our Democracy Works By Melissa Kennedy
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A Matter of Opinion By Alan Ramsey
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Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country By Mungo MacCallum
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Leonard Maltin’s 2011 Movie Guide By Leonard Maltin
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God Under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australia By Marion Maddox
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Backstage Politics: Fifty Years of Political Memories By Phillip Adams
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A Dictionary of Australian Politics By Robert Corcoran and Jackie Dickenson
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Colonial Cousins: A Surprising History of Connections Between India and Australia By Joyce Westrip and Peggy Holroyde
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Bittersweet: Lessons from My Mother’s Kitchen By Matt McAllester
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101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic... But Didn’t! By Tim Malton with Eloise Aston
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Lost in Laos By Lydia Laube
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Heart & Soul: Australia’s First Families of Wine By Graeme Lofts
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Walking the Gallipoli Peninsula By Tony Wright
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Australian Wine Vintages 2011 By Robert Geddes MW
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