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Bank robber. Fugitive. Womaniser. Comedian. Conman. Chameleon. Fully revised and updated with exclusive anecdotes and pictures, this is the story of the man who became Australia's most feared bank robber and notorious prison breaker. Three times Brenden Abbott escaped custody, and for more than s...

Was Grigori Rasputin a visionary, a fraud, or a victim of history? Antony Beevor searches for the truth about the great seducer of the Romanovs, the wild mystic who laid the ground for the Russian Revolution.

To truly understand things, we need to know them. We need to taste them. This is a story of how food connects us all - not only at the table but to each other's cultures and histories. Durkhanai Ayubi was born in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and she and her family became refugees when she was a smal...

Stephen Curry is an amazing shooter who can make long three-pointers and change the game with his quickness and skills. Follow his journey from high school basketball star to NBA legend, and learn every one of their key stats along the way! This fun chapter book is filled with original illustrati...

"On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden's husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. His decision shocked Belle to her core: she believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three...

Jay Allen has hard-won knowledge that Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world. At least two in every three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime. Jay is one of them. In 2008, at the age of thirty-two, he was diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma and given a fifty pe...

What does real happiness look like? How can we find true purpose, meaning and connection in our finite time on Earth? Revealing key aspects of ancient Korean philosophy and sharing stories from over a century of living, Professor Kim shows us how to lean into the world with more softness, gratitu...

This beautiful book tells the story of young Trace's awakening to the preciousness of the environment, including her participation in the protests against uranium mining at Jabiluka in the 1980s. Channelling her gift for visual storytelling, Trace reveals emotional truths, shares her commitment t...

"A murdered young woman; a missing wife; a forty-year mystery. In 1986 on Phillip Island, a young woman called Beth Barnard was savagely murdered and her boyfriend's wife, Vivienne Cameron, went missing. The police immediately jumped to what they thought was the obvious conclusion: in a jealous r...

John Howard is often revered as one of the great Australian Prime Ministers (1996-2007): economically prudent, politically astute - the modern Menzies. Australia felt 'relaxed and comfortable' with identity and prospered. Ever since, his name and record have been venerated by the Liberal Party an...