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Brian Southall - The Rise and Fall of EMI Records

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Andrew Fuller - Tricky People

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Marie Darrieussecq - Tom is Dead

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How I Write - James Knight

The award-winning journalist and A Theory of Moments author shares a few trade secrets.

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Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show on Earth

Watertight facts and unassailable logic guarantee another Dawkins book for the Fundamentalist bonfire.

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It's big, it's bright, it's hard... it's Jeff Koons by Taschen!

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Australian Tragic

Australian Tragic

Sydney-born boxer Jim Hall fights his way into sporting history in this extract from Jack Marx's new non-fiction book, Australian Tragic.

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What defines an Aussie man - Bruce Pascoe

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