Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The coast watchers	Eric Augustus Feldt	As the threat of German raiders and Japanese aggression increased, Director of Naval Intelligence, Rupert Long, enlisted Eric Feldt to command the Coast Watching Organization. Feldt had been through …	OL10861787W
90-day geisha	Chelsea Haywood	"Millionaires, surgeons, serial killers, CEOs: 'What are your hobbies?' Step into the surreal world of a Tokyo hostess club and gain an exclusive, underground pass through the eyes of author Chelsea …	OL13649536W
The big twitch	Sean Dooley	One man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record.Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secr…	OL13745175W
You can't always get what you want	Sam Cutler	"Sam Cutler was the personal tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs including the never to be repeated free concert in Hyde Park in London. And he was the man left behind aft…	OL13746136W
The second father	Domenico Cacciola	This true story was Underbelly before Underbelly. From underworld crime to police corruption, former undercover cop Domenico 'Mick' Cacciola finally breaks his silence. In 1954, at the age of nine, h…	OL15304542W
Drawn from the heart	Brooks, Ron.	Ron Brooks tells the story of becoming a world recognised children's book illustrator, giving insights into the books he has illustrated and the reasons why they were drawn the way they were.	OL15667890W
The Violinist	Sarah Gaitanos	'The Violinist' tells the life story of Clare Galambos Winter. A talented violinist in Budapest when the Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944, Klari, as she then was, went home to her family in Szo…	OL15680173W
House of stone	Anthony Shadid	"In 2006, Shadid, an Arab-American raised in Oklahoma, was covering Israel's attack on Lebanon when he heard that an Israeli rocket had crashed into the house his great-grandfather built, his family'…	OL16176084W
Love with a chance of drowning	Torre DeRoche	"A city girl with a morbid fear of deep water, Torre DeRoche is not someone you would ordinarily find adrift in the middle of the stormy Pacific aboard a leaky sailboat - total crew of two - struggli…	OL16700050W
My life	Bill Clinton	A candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is a testament t…	OL16955820W
Off The Rails	Tim Cope,Chris Hatherly	This is the true story of two twenty-year old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story of persev…	OL17318229W
Bandaid For A Broken Leg	Damien Brown	Damien Brown is a twenty-nine-year-old Australian doctor, inexperienced but motivated by a strong desire to help, when he arrives in Angola - an impoverished, war-torn country in south west Africa - …	OL17394212W
Losing my virginity	Richard Branson	Sir Richard Branson's amazing memoir is now updated to include the effect on the Virgin Group of 11 September, his views on the war in Iraq, the rise of Virgin Blue and the flotation of Virgin Mobile…	OL18169488W
Afrodita	Isabel Allende	Isabel Allende trae sus poderes mágicos como cuentista a un nivel muy personal y con un encanto peculiar a las entrelazadas y sensuales artes de la comida y el amor. Mezclando recuerdos personales co…	OL1905372W
A dog walks into a nursing home	Sue Halpern	"A layabout mutt turned therapy dog leads her owner to a new understanding of the good life. At loose ends with her daughter leaving home and her husband on the road, Sue Halpern decided to give hers…	OL19966108W
Travelling to infinity	Jane Hawking	The wife of the reknowned British physicist describes their courtship and marriage, her years caring for his physical needs, his rise to prominence as a scientist and world celebrity, their bitter di…	OL19996054W
Footprints	Margaret Fishback Powers	Margaret Fishback was a young woman searching for direction when she was inspired to write the poem "Footprints". The creation of the poem, its subsequent loss, and astonishing rediscovery are intert…	OL20309655W
Leila's Secret	Kooshyar Karimi	281 pages ; 20 cm	OL21097649W
A doctor's dream	Buddhi Lokuge	When Dr. Buddhi moved to Arnhem Land to run a health program for Aboriginal children, he had no idea he would face the challenge of his life. Six months into running the five million dollar program h…	OL22908165W
The Memoir Book	Patti Miller	A clear, engaging and practical 'how-to' guide to writing a memoir, by Australia's foremost teacher and practitioner of memoir and life writing, Patti Miller.We all have a story to tell - whether it …	OL3623204W