Lawless: A lawyer's unrelenting fight for justice in one of the world's most dangerous places
By: Kimberley Motley
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
In the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a criminal defence attorney in Milwaukee to …
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1. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
By: Sheryl Sandberg , Nell Scovell
3.95
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon and its title has become an instant catc… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Done is better than perfect."-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
"It's a jungle gym, not a ladder."-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
"Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder."-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"-Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
2. Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
By: Andrew Morton
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In a shocking, headline-making story (coming as an NBC TV movie), Andrew Morton goes beyond specula… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"She believes that they are caught in an emotional timewarp without the necessary vision to appreciate the changes that have take place in society."-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
"Não fico ressentida por conta disso, mas seria muito bom fazer coisas como passar um fim de semana em Paris, mas isso não é possível para mim no momento. Porém, sei que um dia, se seguir as regras da…"-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
3. Woman at Point Zero
By: Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
4.19
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells o… read more
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"Who said to kill does not require gentleness?"-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Ada baiknya bahwa saya tetap awam terhadap kenyataan itu."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Sastra yang baik selalu merupakan cermin sebuah masyarakat."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
4. When Breath Becomes Air
By: Abraham Verghese , Paul Kalanithi
4.40
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely obse… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"If the unexamined life was not worth living, was the unlived life worth examining?"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"It’s very easy to be number one: find the guy who is number one, and score one point higher than he does."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Everything teeters between pathos and bathos: here you are, violating society's most fundamental taboos and yet formaldehyde is a powerful appetite stimulant, so you also crave a burrito."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?" "Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. …"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
5. Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
By: Dervla Murphy
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Based on her daily diary, this is Dervla Murphy's account of her ride, in 1963, across frozen Europ… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. Arrival (The Phoenix Files, #1)
By: Chris Morphew
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Luke is having a rough year. When his parents split up, his mum drags him to Phoenix, a brand-new t… read more
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7. An Inspector Calls
By: None
3.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and… read more
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8. Poor Things
By: Alasdair Gray
3.94
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more
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"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
9. I'm Traveling Alone (Holger Munch & Mia Kruger, #1)
By: Samuel Bjørk
3.43
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
From a bold new voice in international crime fiction, a chilling debut in which two detectives must… read more
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10. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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11. 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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12. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
13. Girl, Alone (Ella Dark, #1)
By: Blake Pierce
4.05
Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition
FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murd… read more
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14. Prima Facie
By: Suzie Miller
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more
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- law
"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie
15. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
By: Adam Kay
4.12
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
16. The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith
3.30
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary first historical novel from bestselling author of White Teeth Zadie Smith It i… read more
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"Eliza had long understood her cousin to be beyond the reach of editorial intervention."-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"What possesses people? Unhappiness, always. Happiness is otherwise occupied. It has an object on which to focus. It has daisies, it has snowdrifts. Unhappiness opens up the void, which then requires …"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"I know this country well. Well enough to understand that justice takes time, and that the freedoms of a minority are rarely self-evident to the majority. What is perfectly selfevident to God is – unf…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
"God preserve me from novel-writing, thought Mrs Touchet. God preserve me from that tragic indulgence, that useless vanity, that blindness! In a cold dormitory, two hundred miles away, three heartbrok…"-Zadie Smith, The Fraud
17. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
18. Songbirds
By: Christy Lefteri
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more
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"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
19. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
20. The Nowhere Child
By: Christian White
3.99
Format: 374 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White… read more
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21. Boy Parts
By: Eliza Clark
3.77
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for … read more
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"Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from peop…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"You want to think you're not like other women, but you are, you know. You're still... that's still how the rest of the world, how men are going to see you. Like, I know you hate labels, but you like.…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren't they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley's car, on the floor of a friend's…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
22. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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- nonfiction
"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
23. Caught in the Act
By: Courtney Act
4.10
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek. Raised … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
24. CSI Told You Lies
By: Meshel Laurie
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meshel Laurie, host of the incredibly successful Australian True Crime podcast speaks to the forens… read more
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- nonfiction
25. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
26. The Riviera House
By: Natasha Lester
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A lush and engrossing novel of one woman’s quest to keep Nazis from stealing priceless art during W… read more
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27. This Is Not A Pity Memoir
By: Abi Morgan
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
What happens when your partner of twenty years suddenly believes you’re nothing but a stranger? Wh… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Australia Day
By: Stan Grant
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can rea… read more
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- nonfiction
"Storytellers work with and against history. In history we find difference and conflict, yet the storyteller must find us in each other."-Stan Grant, Australia Day
29. The Silent Listener
By: Lyn Yeowart
4.05
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Propelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s, The Silent Listener is an … read more
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30. Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A not-so-perfect tree change
By: Todd Alexander
3.98
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Once I was the poster boy for corporate success, but now I’m crashing through the bush in a storm i… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
31. Lawless: A lawyer's unrelenting fight for justice in one of the world's most dangerous places
By: Kimberley Motley
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
In the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a criminal defence attorney in Milwaukee to … read more
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- law
- nonfiction
- memoir
