Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
By: Peter FitzSimons
4.27
Format: 868 pages, Kindle Edition
The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storytel…
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1. Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
By: Irvine Welsh
4.05
Format: 548 pages, Paperback
Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at universit… read more
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"Perversity and obstinacy are integral tae the Scottish character."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"but ah'm hugging Janey and thinking about how much a life can change in the time it takes tae fix up."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
2. Song of the Sun God
By: Shankari Chandran
4.36
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Nala and Rajan, a young couple, begin their married life in 1946, on the eve of Sri Lanka's indepen… read more
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3. Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
By: Frank McCourt
3.75
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a wr… read more
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"Teaching is bringing the news."-Frank McCourt, Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
"I am teaching. Storytelling is teaching."-Frank McCourt, Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
"Nobody ever told them they had a right to an opinion."-Frank McCourt, Teacher Man (Frank McCourt, #3)
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4. The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need
By: Scott Pape
4.47
Format: 310 pages,
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5. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more
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6. Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: ... and Other Small Events That Changed History
By: Phil Mason
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoi… read more
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7. Ring of Bright Water (Ring of Bright Water, #1)
By: Gavin Maxwell
3.95
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
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8. The Riders
By: Tim Winton
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
Fred Scully waits at the arrival gate of an international airport, anxious to see his wife and seve… read more
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9. Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1)
By: David Hunt
3.14
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2014 Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Nonfiction Girt. No word… read more
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10. Dark Emu
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more
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11. Out of Africa
By: Isak Dinesen , Karen Blixen
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Out of Africais Isak Dinesen's memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a four-thousand… read more
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12. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)
By: Chris Hammer
4.07
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more
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13. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)
By: Chris Hammer
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more
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14. Showing Up
By: Nedd Brockmann
4.34
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more
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15. Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2)
By: Chris Hammer
4.01
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping… read more
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16. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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17. Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi
By: Sarah Clegg
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women – and then won back again. Demonic… read more
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- history
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18. Macquarie
By: Grantlee Kieza
4.38
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history. … read more
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19. Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
By: Peter FitzSimons
4.27
Format: 868 pages, Kindle Edition
The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storytel… read more
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- travel
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
20. Juice
By: Tim Winton
4.15
Format: 524 pages, Kindle Edition
An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as… read more
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