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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

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Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people. Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently arrived from Barbados. Amma is the fierce queen of her 1980s ...Show more

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Becoming: Michelle Obama by Michelle Obama

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Category: Memoir & Biography

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America--the first African American to ...Show more

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A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment of a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens' life changes. With her intelligence and passion for wearing the cast-off shoes of her mistress, Florens has never blended into the background and no ...Show more

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Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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Category: Literary Fiction

THE BLUEST EYE chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio- Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola. Pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged blond white schoolfellows. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by ...Show more

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

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Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

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'Educated is a remarkable memoir of a young woman raised in a survivalist family in Idaho who strives for education while still showing great understanding and love for the world she leaves behind.' - BARACK OBAMA Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for t ...Show more

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

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'Essential. A compelling and damning exploration of the abuse of one of our basic human rights: shelter.' --Owen Jones 'If I could require the president to read one book it would be Evicted' --Zadie Smith Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest ...Show more

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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A New York Times BestsellerWinner of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionWinner of The Aspen Words Literary PrizeIn a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet -- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and ...Show more

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Florida by Lauren Groff

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FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018 The universally acclaimed return of the New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Haunting and arresting." (New York Times Book Review) "Outstanding." (The Boston Globe) "Marvelous." (The Economis ...Show more

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Furious Hours - Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

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Category: Memoir & Biography

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-c ...Show more

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and How We Can Renew Our Global Future by Thomas L. Friedman

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Thomas Friedman's phenomenal "The World is Flat" helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today - our hot, flat and crowded world. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for b ...Show more

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

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Category: Cultural Studies

A galvanising critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity and reveals what we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value ...Show more

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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

$19.99 AUD

Becoming: Michelle Obama by Michelle Obama

$49.99 AUD

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

$19.95 AUD

Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

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Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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Florida by Lauren Groff

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Furious Hours - Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and How We Can Renew Our Global Future by Thomas L. Friedman

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

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