One Bright Moon
By: Andrew Kwong
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in Australia And…
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1. Songs of a War Boy
By: Deng Thiak Adut , Ben Mckelvey
4.31
Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition
The true story of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, man of hope Deng Adut's family were… read more
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- survival
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. A Year of Marvellous Ways
By: Sarah Winman
3.87
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for … read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"He dived into a bottomless pit of sleep"-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways
"You have to risk failure to become excellent."-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways
"There was no point in tears outliving eyes, so she let them fall."-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways
"Coming back from the dead is not quite the same as coming back to life."-Sarah Winman, A Year of Marvellous Ways
3. Falling Leaves
By: Adeline Yen Mah
3.90
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest ch… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- asia
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- china
"No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied."-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
"Alcenith Crawford (a divorced ophthalmologist): "We women doctors have un-happy marriages because in our minds we are the superstars of our families. Having survived the hardship of medical school we…"-Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves
4. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
5. Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
By: Tim S. Grover
4.26
Format: 999 pages, Paperback
For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats--Michael Jordan, Kobe … read more
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- nonfiction
6. The Definitive Book of Body Language
By: Allan Pease , Barbara Pease
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Available for the first time in the United States, this international bestseller reveals the secret… read more
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- nonfiction
"Smoking is an outward signal of inner turmoil or conflict and most smoking has less to do with nicotine addiction and more to do with the need for reassurance."-Allan Pease, The Definitive Book of Body Language
7. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
By: M.J. DeMarco
1.00
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Is the financial plan of mediocrity-a dream-stealing, soul-sucking dogma known as The Slowlane-your… read more
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- nonfiction
8. The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
By: Anh Do
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on th… read more
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9. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition
By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more
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11. Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
By: C.J. Sansom
3.71
Format: 364 pages,
It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the … read more
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12. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
14. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more
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- historical
- audiobook
15. Return to Valetto
By: Dominic Smith
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A captivating and moving new novel from the international bestselling author of The Last Painting o… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"Susan is the opposite,"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"The bell ringer’s green walnut liqueur was famous in Valetto for its ability to strip paint and dignity."-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"I read aloud from my phone. “‘A cappuccino with low-quality milk … the only good things is the kindness of the bartenders…’"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
"Was this where my fascination for documented history came from? From a family so afraid of earthly erasure that they couldn’t discard the transcript of ordering two pounds of prosciutto on June 15, 1…"-Dominic Smith, Return to Valetto
16. Coconut
By: Florence Olajide
4.36
Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition
A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain in the '50s and '60s, privately fostered by … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
17. After Story
By: Larissa Behrendt
4.07
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more
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- audiobook
18. The Yield
By: Tara June Winch
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spen… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"My mummy, she said, 'The Aborigine is a pity, my son.' She said everyone was always insulted by her no matter what she did, so she let herself do the most insulting thing she could think of - take th…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The story goes that the church brought time to us, and the church, if you let it, will take it away. I’m writing about the other time, though, deep time. This is a big, big story. The big stuff goes …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"I was born on Ngurambang — can you hear it? — Ngu-ram-bang. If you say it right it hits the back of your mouth and you should taste blood in your words. Every person around should learn the word for …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The evidence of their civilisation, after so many years of farming, was difficult to find on the surface of the land. But they said it was embedded in the language of Albert’s dictionary, that with t…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
19. The Accident
By: Fiona Lowe
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn … read more
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- audiobook
20. The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison
By: Kylie Moore-Gilbert
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free.’ The extraordinary true story of Kyli… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. Now You See Us
By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more
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- asia
- audiobook
23. What I Would Do to You
By: Georgia Harper
3.92
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
A near-future Australia. The death penalty is back. But if the victim’s family wants the perpetr… read more
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- audiobook
24. When We Were Young & Brave
By: Hazel Gaynor
4.19
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times b… read more
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- historical
- china
- asia
- audiobook
25. You Called an Ambulance for What?
By: Tim Booth
3.98
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
26. Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways to Save Money and Build Your Wealth
By: Nick Maggiulli
4.13
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Everyone faces big questions when it comes to money: questions about saving, investing, and whether… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. The Good Wife of Bath
By: Karen Brooks
4.20
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
In the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary cla… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"I've always said, never trust a person without brows, a maxim that has proven true on more than one occasion."-Karen Brooks, The Good Wife of Bath
28. The Ghost Tattoo
By: Tony Bernard
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
29. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree
By: Alli Parker
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
30. We Didn't Think It Through
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From the author of the award-winning The Boy from the Mish, comes a compelling coming-of-age YA nov… read more
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31. One Bright Moon
By: Andrew Kwong
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in Australia And… read more
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- survival
- biography
- memoir
- history
- historical
- asia
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- china
- audiobook
