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Flawed Hero

The shock­ing sto­ry of the case against Aus­trali­a’s most high­ly dec­o­rat­ed sol­dier, Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and the defama­tion tri­al of the century.

With a Vic­to­ria Cross and Medal for Gal­lantry, Ben Roberts-Smith was the most high­ly dec­o­rat­ed Aus­tralian sol­dier, the best of the best. When he returned to civil­ian life, he became a poster boy for a nation hun­gry for war­rior heroes. He embod­ied the myth of the clas­sic Anzac, sev­en-foot-tall and bul­let­proof. But as his pub­lic rep­u­ta­tion con­tin­ued to grow, inside the army rumours were circulating.

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Crossing The Line

War is bru­tal. But there are lines that should nev­er be crossed. In mid-2017, whis­pers of exe­cu­tions, and cov­er-ups with­in Aus­trali­a’s most secre­tive and elite mil­i­tary unit, the SAS, reached Walk­ley Award-win­ning jour­nal­ist Nick McKen­zie. He and Chris Mas­ters began an inves­ti­ga­tion that would not only reveal shock­ing truths about Ben Roberts-Smith VC but plunge the reporters into the defama­tion tri­al of the century.

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The Ninth Life Of A Diamond Miner: A Memoir

Grace Tame has nev­er walked on mid­dle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncer­tain­ty — by trau­ma and strength, sad­ness and hope, ter­ri­ble lows and won­drous highs. As a teenag­er she found the courage to speak up after expe­ri­enc­ing awful and ongo­ing child sex­u­al abuse. This fight to find her voice would not be her last. In 2021 Grace stepped square­ly into the pub­lic eye as the Aus­tralian of the Year, and was the cat­a­lyst for a tidal wave of con­ver­sa­tion and action. Aus­tralians from all walks of life were inspired and moved by her fire and pas­sion. Here she was using her voice, and encour­ag­ing oth­ers to use theirs too. The Ninth Life of a Dia­mond Min­er is Grace’s sto­ry, in Grace’s words, on Grace’s terms. Like Grace, it is sharply intel­li­gent, deeply felt and often blis­ter­ing­ly fun­ny. And, as with all her work, it offers a con­struc­tive and opti­mistic vision for a bet­ter future for all of us.

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Voss

Set in nine­teenth cen­tu­ry Aus­tralia Voss is the sto­ry of the secret pas­sion between an explor­er and a naive young woman. Although they have met only a few times Voss and Lau­ra are joined by over­whelm­ing obses­sive feel­ings for each oth­er. Voss sets out to cross the continent.

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Why Not Me? A Lifelong Journey of 1%ers & Becoming a World Champion

Jes­si­ca Dou­glas is a three-time World Cham­pi­on moun­tain bik­er. With­out a chance diag­no­sis of can­cer at age 14, this may nev­er have hap­pened. Accord­ing to Jess, through adver­si­ty, the suc­ces­sion of life lessons were ‘gifts’, choos­ing to see the oppor­tu­ni­ties in hard­ships and view fail­ure as the way to unlock the secrets to success. 

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Able

Dylan Alcott has nev­er let his dis­abil­i­ty get in the way of what he want­ed to achieve. In this ful­ly updat­ed edi­tion of Able, which includes sto­ries about his lat­est achieve­ments, includ­ing Wim­ble­don and the French Open, Dylan shares his sto­ry. It’s the tale of some­one who’s proud of who he is, who has a go, does every­thing with heart and soul, who always sees the upside and nev­er takes him­self too seri­ous­ly. As inspir­ing, hon­est and fun­ny as its author, Able proves that for every one thing you can’t do, there are 10,000 oth­er things that you can.

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