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  Fiona Foley Provocateur - An Art...

  Louise Martin-Chew

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  Fiona Foley Provocateur provides insights into the life of one of Australia’s most influential urban Aboriginal and activist artists. From her beginnings in Hervey Bay, Queensland, it follows her young adult life in Sydney where she co-founded Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-Operative in 1986, to her rise through the art world and, most recently, into an academic life.  
  This biography reveals how Foley’s life has impacted her art, and her art on her life. It explores the artist’s familial relations, her ancestral home of K’Gari/Fraser Island, and her approach to artmaking and teaching. A provocateur, the artist’s activism is captured delicately throughout. It’s a triumph in story-telling and reveals that there is no art without life.  
  Key points: 
  . An absorbing and uplifting insight into Foley’s courage and determination in confronting racism, the weight of history and the need to forge new models. 
  . A rare account of a friendship between artist and writer, who are also Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, which takes account of the identity politics that surround such relationships with nuanced authenticity.  
  . It traverses the life of one of Australia's most important artists and documents the seismic shifts that have accompanied the decades through which her work has been made. 
  . Wonderful insights into Foley’s heritage, and the process of her provocative commission at Brisbane Magistrates Court. An important book which records the present, before is glossed or altered by future historians.

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  Father's Daughter A: 2nd Edition

  Stephen Bradley-Waters

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  'The story is beautifully written.... one of love between a father and daughter. No matter the struggle, the father continued to battle everything to get his child back to the life she loved... I recommend this book to everyone. It's in my top 5 reads.' - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  In this heartbreaking true story, the abduction of his daughter has a father on an emotional and difficult journey through Family Court in pursuit of justice. The battle is bitter and brutal, with the child stuck in the middle of a heartless and inept UK legal system. Constant and baseless accusations from the mother further derail proceedings, causing delays and torment for their daughter. This story is about courage, angst, perseverance, selfishness, love, and pain. 
  Two sides rival for the residency of their daughter. One trying to bring her back home to the life she adores. The other is starting a new life in an unfamiliar location many miles away from family and friends. 
  Readers are passionate about A Father's Daughter: 
  'A book that takes you on a heartfelt journey that only a parent can imagine... the only important thing to the author is seeing his daughter be happy... would definitely recommend.' - Amazon UK reviewer, 5 stars 
  'A Father's love is a mighty thing... This is a story of a father fighting the world for his daughter. It's traumatic and sad to see the story plan out... A great read' - Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 
  'While reading this detailed memoir I felt as though I was right there as the events unfolded... Blindsided and accused Stephen never loses hope' - Goodreads reviewer, 4 stars 
  'A truly tear-jerking insight into the authors' life' - Goodreads reviewer, 4 stars.

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  Watering Can - True strange tales

  Susan Specht Oram

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  Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this seventh book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a weird mishap at a bowling alley, a father’s strange comment, an odd experience looking for the opera, a shocking incident at a street fair, a bizarre encounter with a cannon, a humiliating coming-of-age story and other captivating, complicated anecdotes. 
   
  This short collection of weird real-life situations might make you laugh and cry. Join her and share the surprising happenings of her life, with her humiliations and triumphs. Pick up your copy today!

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  Unroyal - Three Women Who Shook...

  Sarah Lyall

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  Wallis, Diana and Meghan: Three Wives, One Narrative 
   
  One was a married American socialite who embarked on a scandalous affair with the future king of England. Another was an aristocratic ingenue whose winsome charm captured the world’s imagination. And the third was a thirty-something actress whose outspokenness put her on a collision course with the British public. The marriages of Wallis Simpson, Diana Spencer, and Meghan Markle into the British royal family sparked a series of crises that at times seemed to threaten the future of the monarchy itself. In Unroyal, veteran New York Times reporter and former London correspondent Sarah Lyall revisits how each royal wife threatened the stability of—and was ultimately rejected by—this most ancient and opaque of institutions.  
   
  Using archival material and interviews with experts like the bestselling author Tina Brown, the royal biographer Andrew Morton, and the social commentator and broadcaster Afua Hirsch, Lyall’s audio documentary examines three pivotal TV interviews in which each woman pushed up against the official royal narrative: Wallis in 1970, Diana in 1995, and Meghan in 2021. Lyall describes the differences and highlights the similarities between the women at these three flexion points to examine the endless codependent dance between the monarchy, the public, and the news media and to shed fresh light on the fraught intersection of power, fame, and family politics in an institution torn between tradition and modernization.  
   
  Narrated by the author against a beguiling soundscape of contemporaneous news footage and a spectral score, Unroyal blends the probing inquisition of You’re Wrong About with the historical intrigue of The Crown, serving both neophytes and obsessives a delectable royal feast for the ears.

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  Australian Heist

  Anonym

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  Australia's Number 1 True Crime Writer on Australia's Greatest Gold Robbery. 
   On 15 June 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes, NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million today. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history. 
    
  In this riveting re-creation of the events, James Phelps finally tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John O'Meally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery - and what happened to all that gold. Australian Heist is a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the most extraordinary episodes in the nation's history, by Australia's number-one true-crime writer.

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  My Flesh Is Dead and My Soul Is...

  Anonym

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  In this evocative narrative, a voice emerges from the shadows of a tumultuous past, weaving the tale of a soul's harrowing voyage toward liberation. Here lies the journey of an individual ensnared by the legacy of ancestral anguish, searching for solace amid the remnants of a fractured existence. This account reassures those who navigate the stormy seas of healing, inviting them to discover that resilience is about more than mere survival—it is about transformation and the reclaiming of one's own narrative amidst the echoes of silence. Through heartfelt dedication, this testament bears witness to the unwavering human spirit, urging readers to find solace in shared experiences and to grasp the beacon of freedom, always within reach.

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