The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Australia's Unknown Hero by Simon Nasht
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Category: Biography and Memoir
Hubert Wilkins was truly the last - and one of the greatest - explorers. And much more. Born in South Australia, he spent most of his life out of the country - but always remained an Australian. He travelled through every continent, and was a pioneer of aviation. He survived crashes and disasters, firin ...Show more
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl; Jeroen De Bruyn
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Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Much has been written about Anne Frank's life, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold - until now.As the youngest of the five Dutch people who hid the Frank family, Bep Voskuijl was Anne's closest confidante during the 761 excruciating days she spent hidden in the Secret Annex. In those cramp ...Show more
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood by Bill Bryson
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Category: Travel Memoir | Series: Bryson
"Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America. It was a happy time, when almost everything w ...Show more
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
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Category: Biography and Memoir
The powerful, inspiring follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In The Light We Carry, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. She considers the ques ...Show more
The Lotus Eaters by Emily Clements
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Category: Biography and Memoir
Since childhood, Emily Clements' sense of self had always been shaped by the opinions of others and her need to be liked. When a stand-off with her best friend sees nineteen-year-old Emily stranded in Vietnam, she is alone for the first time and adrift in a new environment. With seemingly nothing to l ...Show more
The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence
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Category: Biography and Memoir
Shortlisted for the Costa Prize 2020'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALAWhat would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime again ...Show more
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A Caro
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Category: Biography and Memoir
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political biographer of our times? (Sunday Times) - chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 ...Show more
The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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Category: Travel Memoir | Series: Bryson Ser.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation?s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC ...Show more
The Secrets of My Life by Caitlyn Jenner; Buzz Bissinger
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Category: Biography and Memoir
In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community."Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that peo ...Show more
The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra by Eliot Weisman; Jennifer Valoppi
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Category: Biography and Memoir
A candid and eye-opening inside look at the final decades of Sinatra's life told by his longtime manager and friend, Eliot Weisman. By the time Weisman met Sinatra in 1976, he was already the Voice, a man who held sway over popular music and pop culture for forty years, who had risen to the greatest ...Show more
The Wisdom of Morrie by Morrie Schwartz
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Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. 'Beautiful ...Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak Chopra Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaning ...Show more
The Writing On The Wall by Juliet Rieden
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Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: 3 Biography
In 1938, as Hitler's troops are marching on Prague, a Jewish couple makes a heartbreaking decision that will save their eight-year-old son's life but destroy their family. Australian journalist Juliet Rieden grew up in England in the 1960s and 70s wondering why she had so few relatives, why her family ...Show more