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List view record 31: Patting the shark : a surfer's journey : learning to live well with cancerList view anchor tag for record 31: Patting the shark : a surfer's journey : learning to live well with cancer
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Nevertheless : a memoir

Baldwin, Alec, 1958-2017
Books, Manuscripts
From his work in popular movies to his role as Jack Donaghy on the irreverent series 30 Rock, Baldwin is both a household name and a deeply respected actor. Now he transcends his public persona, making public facets of his life he has long kept private. In this honest, affecting memoir he acknowl...
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Her kind of luck

Balogh, Michelle2019
Books, Manuscripts
In her mid-twenties, rudderless and unsure, Michelle moved into her step- great-grandmother Shan-Yi's Sydney apartment just after her passing. Shan-Yi had been part of Michelle's family since long before she was born and staying at the glamourous art deco apartment was meant to help Michelle back...
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The second life of Tiger Woods

Bamberger, Michael, 1960-2020
Books, Manuscripts
Tiger Woods’s long descent into a personal and professional hell reached bottom in the early hours of Memorial Day in 2017. Woods’s DUI arrest that night came on the heels of a desperate spinal surgery, just weeks after he told close friends he might never play tournament golf again. His mug shot...
List view record 35: Back to Bangka : searching for the truth about a wartime massacreList view anchor tag for record 35: Back to Bangka : searching for the truth about a wartime massacre
List view record 36: Drugs, guns & lies : my life as an undercover copList view anchor tag for record 36: Drugs, guns & lies : my life as an undercover cop
List view record 37: Gun to the head : my life as a tactical cop, the impact, the aftermathList view anchor tag for record 37: Gun to the head : my life as a tactical cop, the impact, the aftermath
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Highways and byways

Barnes, Jimmy2024
Books, Manuscripts
From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales of the imagination, Highways and Byways is a collection of stories taking readers on an enthralling tour (complete with the odd detour) through the raucous, well-lived life of one of this country's most successful and beloved artists. T...
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Working class boy

Barnes, Jimmy2017
Books, Manuscripts
Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir burning with the frustration and frenet...
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