When Lockie Leonard wipes out on a huge wave, he is thrown into a friendship with the weird, but extremely intelligent "Metal Head," Geoff "Egg" Eggleston, who joins Lockie in...
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Author: Winton, Tim.Summary:Genre: Young adult fiction -
Author: RAYNER, ClaireSummary:Medical decisions can kill or cure, and this book documents one month in a hospital where staff are challenged by such decisions. Problems are faced daily by people like Kate Sayers, a surgeon...
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Author: MCBRIDE, JamesSummary:
James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in an all-black housing project in Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. His mother was an inspiring...
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Author: BOWYER, AlisonSummary:
Having worked herself up from the early days of seven-pound-a-night comedy clubs, Dawn French is the doyenne of British comedy. From her childhood to meeting Jennifer Saunders, her 18-year...
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Author: STEEL, DanielleSummary:A journey through five eventful decades, this novel is the story of a family whose lives are woven into the fabric of history. On the eve of Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday she is...
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Author: NUNN, JudySummary:
The story of the violent land of the Top End and the family who carved an empire there. A story of Spitfire pilot Terence Galloway who brings his English bride home from the Battle of Britain to...
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Author: SHAW, JanetSummary:Janet Shaw was adopted as a baby. At thirteen months, she was diagnosed with a malignant cancer called retinoblastoma and had one eye removed. As a young woman, the desire to find her natural...
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Author: NUNN, JudySummary:On location in Vanuatu, young Australian actor Samantha Lindsay plays a character based on the life of 'Mamma Tack', a World War II heroine who was invaluable to both the US forces and...
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Author: MORRISSEY, DiSummary:
In Melbourne, a young woman abandons her baby girl, wrapped in a shawl. The only clue to the baby's origin is the shawl's motif which links her to an ancient rock painting in the...