This short book is about the earliest years of the group that ultimately became the Association for the Blind of WA.The book covers the years from just before the First World War until the...
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Author: LAFFEY, PaulSummary:
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Author: DENNISON, MatthewSummary:
Princess Beatrice was the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was only four. His death overshadowed the remainder of the Queen's life. The Queen...
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Author: SIMONS, PaullinaSummary:
Tatiana and Alexander have suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. After years of separation, they are reunited in America, the land of their dreams . They have a beautiful son and...
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Author: Green, TimSummary:
"Jack Ruskin is uniquely qualified to commit a series of perfect murders. A former prosecutor, and now the respected partner of a prestigious law firm, he has the means and the knowledge to...
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Author: COOKSON, CatherineSummary:
When Fred suggests to his wife, Sally, that they should take a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, she is filled with trepidation. A series of disasters threaten to ruin their holiday.
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Author: LENNON, PatrickSummary:
Afghanistan. Every year, an assignment for thousands of British personnel. Some of them bring back more than memories. TV producer Dan Simmons wants to film it all. He finds a regiment about to be...
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Author: Brookner, AnitaSummary:
Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the quietude of his London flat for a holiday...
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Author: Atwood, MargaretSummary:
Intrigued by contemporary reports of a sensational murder trial in 1843 Canada, Atwood has drawn a compelling portrait of what might have been.
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Author: Inglis, CeciliaSummary:
Cecilia left the Sisters of Mercy convent she'd spent her entire adult life in and became an ordinary woman again. This memoir covers parts of her childhood, particularly as relates to her...
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Author: Forster, MargaretSummary:
The curiously named Isamay, a would be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about grandmothers in history from Sarah Bernhardt and George Sand to the matriarchal Queen Victoria and other...
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Complete Surrender: the True Story of a Family's Dark Secret and the Brothers it Tore Apart at Birth
Author: SHARP, DaveSummary:Approximately sixty years after the event, Dave Sharp discovered that he had been given away at the age of one month. This sent him on a quest to discover the truth behind his mysterious...
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Author: SEDLEY, KateSummary:
In 15th century London, the child-king is not the only one under threat ... 1483: Amidst the chaos following the death of King Edward IV and the ensuing tussle for the throne, Roger the Chapman is...
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Author: Shaw, JanetSummary:
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. “Competing in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games was definitely one of the biggest thrills in my life. The...
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Author: Evans, GeraldineSummary:
Detective Inspector Rafferty is having a bad week - two pensioner suicides already and he can't help feeling trouble comes in three's. Also niggling in his mind is the fact that...
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Author: BLAINEY, GeoffreySummary:
An account of daily life in Australia from the gold rushes to World War I.