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Sort your property out & build your future / John Pidgeon ; foreword by Glen James.

This book shows readers how to start planning now, so they can achieve security and financial freedom faster. It shares the mindset and key strategies for success, with step-by-step guidance on how to buy property and build a portfolio the right way - from the very beginning. Whether you're buying a new home to live in or you're interested in alternative investing strategies like rentvesting, Sort Your Property Out covers the need-to-know info that will help you take that next step.
Author: Pidgeon, John
Published: Melbourne, VIC : John Wiley and Sons Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024
xvi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Who Owns This Sentence?: ; A History Of Copyrights And Wrongs / Bellos, David. [TP]

Who Owns This Sentence? is an often-humorous and always-enlightening cultural, legal, and global history of the idea that intangible things can be owned, and makes a persuasive case for seeing copyright as an engine of inequality in the twenty-first century.
Author: Bellos, David
Published: Nottingham, UK : Welbeck Publishing Group, 2024.
23 cm.

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The wonder of little things [eBook] / Lea McInerney, Vince Copley.

A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice, and joy in living life to the full. Welcome to my story. I didn't learn a lot in school, not in the classroom, anyway. But I learned a lot from life. 'Always remember you're as good as anybody else,' Vince's mother, Kate, often told him. And he was, becoming a champion footballer and premiership-winning coach. But change was in the air, and Vince wanted to help make life better for his people too. At every step, Vince found light in the darkness, the friendly face in the crowd, the small moments that make the world go round. Welcome to the wonder of little things.
Author: McInerney, Lea
Published: [London] : ABC Books, 2024.
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Martyr! [eBook] / Kaveh Akbar.

Cyrus Shams is lost. The orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, Cyrus never knew his mother. Killed when her plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident, Cyrus has spent his life grappling with the meaningless nature of his mother?s death. Now he is set to learn the truth of her life. When Cyrus?s obsession with the lives of the martyrs - Bobby Sands, Joan of Arc - leads him to a chance encounter with a dying artist, he finds himself drawn towards the mysteries of his past: an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of Death; and toward his mother, who may not have been who or what she seemed. As Cyrus searches for meaning in the scattered clues of his life, a final revelation transforms everything he thought he knew. Electrifying, funny, wholly original, and profound, Martyr! heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
Author: Akbar, Kaveh
Published: [London, England] : Picador, 2024.
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The singularity [eBook] / Balsam Karam.

The mother searches in vain. Bearing witness is another grieving woman, there on a business trip. The second woman also suffered terrible losses-of a language, a country, an identity-when her family fled a distant war. Balsam Karam changes the way we see the world. In this moving novel, she offers a fresh approach to language and narrative as she questions our assumptions and perspectives through her gripping story. The Singularity, her English-language debut, was shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize and the European Union Prize for Literature.
Author: Karam, Balsam
Published: [Melbourne, VIC] : Text Publishing, 2024.
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Downsizing made simple / Rachel Lane ; Noel Whittaker.

When you've lived your dreams, it's time for new ones. The 4-bed, 2-bath home you loved... the pool you couldn't get the kids out of... they've had their day. Downsizing isn't about living in a tiny home - unless you want to - it's not about square metres; it's about rightsizing your home for the next chapter in life. It's time to make a move that takes care of you now and for the future. Let Noel and Rachel guide you through the legal and financial maze, explain how a move can affect your lifestyle, superannuation, pension and benefits, and share some real-life stories from readers. Whether you're moving to a townhouse or apartment in a strata title development, considering a granny flat or tiny house with family, looking at collaborative housing with like-minded people, or making the move to a retirement community, listen to the experts, and make it your best move. Fully updated for the 2023 - 2024 Financial Year, Downsizing Made Simple 2nd edition is the key to opening the next, right-sized door to your future.
Author: Lane, Rachel Kyla, 1977-
2nd edition.
Published: [Hawthorne, QLD] : Noel Whittaker Holdings Pty Ltd, [2023]
Published: ©2023
viii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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The berry pickers [eBook] / Amanda Peters.

'Lucid and assured' The New Yorker, Best Books of 2023 'For fans of Celeste Ng and Ann Patchett, this quietly beautiful book will break, then mend, your heart' Amazon, The Best Books of 2023 WINNER OF THE 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION One family?s deepest pain. Another family?s darkest secret. On a hot day in 1960s Maine, six-year-old Joe watches his little sister Ruthie, sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields, while their family, Mi?kmaq people from Nova Scotia, pick fruit. That afternoon, Ruthie vanishes without a trace. As the last person to see her, Joe will be forever haunted by grief, guilt, and the agony of imagining how his life could have been. In an affluent suburb nearby, Norma is growing up as the only child of unhappy parents. She is smart, precocious, and bursting with questions she isn?t allowed to ask - questions about her missing baby photos; questions about her dark skin; questions about the strange, vivid dreams of campfires and warm embraces that return night after night. Norma senses there are things her parents aren?t telling her, but it will take decades to unravel the secrets they have kept buried since she was a little girl. The Berry Pickers is an exquisitely moving story of unrelenting hope, unwavering love, and the power of family - even in the face of grief and betrayal. 'Marvellous ... Amanda Peters is going to be the next big thing ... The Berry Pickers is a triumph' Katherena Vermette, author of The Strangers.
Author: Peters, Amanda
Published: [Middlesex, England] : Penguin, 2024.
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Cashing out : the flight of Nazi treasure, 1945-1948 / Neill Lochery.

When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain neutral countries were all too willing to assist them. By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to take their wealth with them. Their escape routes were diverse: Sweden and Switzerland boasted proximity, banking, and industrial closeness, while Spain and Portugal offered an inviting Atlantic coastline and shipping routes to South America. And in various ways, each of these so-called neutral nations welcomed the Nazi escapees, along with the clandestine wealth they carried. Cashing Out tells the riveting history of the race to intercept the stolen assets before they disappeared, and before the will to punish Germany was replaced by the political considerations of the fast-approaching Cold War. Bestselling author Neill Lochery here brilliantly recounts the flight of the Nazi-looted riches the last great escape of World War II and the Allied quest for justice.
Author: Lochery, Neill
First edition.
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
Published: ©2023
vii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
1 reserve

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Property with she's on the money [eBook] / Victoria Devine.

Even with the challenges involved (interest rates and crazy-high house prices, we?re looking at you!), so many of us still really want to own property. Whether it?s the security and financial perks of owning your home or the benefits of having an investment property, the appeal and rewards are many. But buying a property can also be one of the biggest decisions you?ll ever make, so you want to get it right - right? Luckily, Victoria Devine has written Property with She?s on the Money to equip you for the whole process - from establishing your property values and truly understanding why you want to buy a home, to saving for the all-important deposit, which key experts to speak to, all things mortgages, what to buy and when, and how to make every stage of the process as smooth as possible - right through to renovating and selling. It?s packed with practical advice, innovative ideas and real-life stories from members of the She?s on the Money community who have achieved their home ownership goals. With this game-changing guide, property is no longer confusing, overwhelming and out-of-reach. It?s clear, inspiring - and totally within your power.
Author: Devine, Victoria
Published: [North Sydney, NSW] : Penguin eBooks, 2024.
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The fatal dance [eAudioBook] / Berndt Sellheim ; read by Berndt Sellheim.

Redmond Campbell's luck has just taken a turn for the worse. His dog's dead, his wife, Bea, has landed in prison, and he has to look after Bea's sister, Lori - a wildly disinhibited woman with Huntington's disease - who hates him. And Redmond's nephew, Mada, a PhD student searching for a cure for the disease that's killing his mother, doesn't give Red the respect he deserves. But Red is about to change all that. He's got plans to become Sydney's leading property agent, and he's about to make a connection that will line him up a killing. It's legal too. Well, almost. What matters is that Red has a whiff of success, and he's damn sure everything's about to come up roses. Funny and moving, profound and profane, both an intimate family drama and an incisive parable of capitalism and collapse, this is an anarchic, joy-filled story from one of Australia's most exciting authors.
Author: Sellheim, Berndt
Unabridged ed.
Published: [Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2023.
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The perfumist of Paris [eAudioBook] / Alka Joshi ; read by Sneha Mathan.

The final chapter in Alka Joshi?s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris where Radha?s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past. Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, when she was only a child herself, but she loves being a mother to her daughters, and she?s finally found her passion - the treasure trove of scents. When her friend?s grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, she quickly discovered she had a talent - she could find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walked in the door. Now, ten years later, she?s working for a master perfumer, helping to design completely new fragrances for clients and building her career one scent at a time. She only wishes Pierre could understand her need to work. She feels his frustration, but she can?t give up this thing that drives her. Tasked with her first major project, Radha travels to India where she enlists the help of her sister, Lakshmi, and the courtesans of Agra - women who use the power of fragrance to seduce, tease, and entice. She?s on the cusp of a breakthrough when she finds out the son she never told her husband about is heading to Paris to find her - upending her carefully managed world and threatening to destroy a vulnerable marriage.
Author: Joshi, Alka
Unabridged ed.
Published: [New York, NY] : HarperAudio, 2023.
Jaipur Trilogy ; 3.
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The woman who climbed trees : a novel [eBook] / Smriti Ravindra.

?Is this a ghost story?? Meena asked the barber?s wife who told the tale. ?I don?t want to hear scary stories one night before I marry.? ?Not all ghost stories are scary,? said the barber?s wife, laughing at Meena. ?Besides, we have a long time before us, and stories are little baskets to carry time away in.? Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women?s lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another. When she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. The Woman Who Climbed Trees follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives. Smriti Ravindra beautifully captures these women?s pain and nostalgia for the past-of a country left behind, of innocence lost, of a former self, of dreams forsaken. ?Most women live diasporic lives. The very fact that societal structures expect women to leave their biological homes and enter the homes and identities of their husbands mean that homesickness and nostalgia for a life once lived, or dreams once held close, are realities for most women,? Ravindra explains. ?This was true for my mother too. All her life, living in Kathmandu, she longed for India. Given the cultural, geographical and religious proximity of Nepal and India, her yearning sometimes seemed ridiculous, and it took me time to understand that the longing was not only for a country left behind, but for another time and other possibilities.?.
Author: Ravindra, Smriti
Published: [Ashland, OR] : HarperVia, 2023.
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Vera Wong's unsolicited advice for murderers [eBook] / Jesse Sutanto.

Pre-order the new must-read cozy crime mystery from the bestselling author of Dial A For AuntiesPut the kettle on, there?s a mystery brewing?Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ?detective? work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he?s dating anybody yet).But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it?s going to take more than a strong Longjing to fix things. Knowing she?ll do a better job than the police possibly could - because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands - Vera decides it?s down to her to catch the killer.Nobody spills the tea like this amateur sleuth. Knives Out meets Kim?s Convenience for anyone who loves solving mysteries by Richard Osman and Janice Hallett, and watching Death in Paradise and Midsomer Murders.
Author: Sutanto, Jesse
Published: [London] : HQ, 2023.
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The perfumist of Paris [eBook] / Alka Joshi.

The final chapter in Alka Joshi?s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris where Radha?s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past. Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, when she was only a child herself, but she loves being a mother to her daughters, and she?s finally found her passion - the treasure trove of scents. When her friend?s grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, she quickly discovered she had a talent - she could find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walked in the door. Now, ten years later, she?s working for a master perfumer, helping to design completely new fragrances for clients and building her career one scent at a time. She only wishes Pierre could understand her need to work. She feels his frustration, but she can?t give up this thing that drives her. Tasked with her first major project, Radha travels to India where she enlists the help of her sister, Lakshmi, and the courtesans of Agra - women who use the power of fragrance to seduce, tease, and entice. She?s on the cusp of a breakthrough when she finds out the son she never told her husband about is heading to Paris to find her - upending her carefully managed world and threatening to destroy a vulnerable marriage.
Author: Joshi, Alka
Published: [New South Wales] : HQ Fiction, 2023.
Jaipur Trilogy ; 3.
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Dust child [eBook] / Nguyen Phan Que Mai.

In 1969, two sisters from rural Viet Nam leave their parents' home and travel to the bustling city of Saigon. Soon their lives are swept up in the unstoppable flames of a war that is blazing through their country. They begin working as 'bar girls' in one of the drinking dens frequented by American GIs, forced to accept that survival now might mean compromising the values they once clung to. Decades later, two men wander through the streets and marketplaces of a very different Saigon- modern, forward-looking, healing. But neither of these men can escape the shadow of decisions made by themselves and others during a time of war. Through the interwoven stories of these four unforgettable characters, Dust Child exposes the devastating legacy of conflict, and asks what it takes to move forward.
Author: Que Mai, Nguyen Phan
Published: [Oxford] : Oneworld Publications, 2023.
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Public domain. Volume 1, issue 1-5, Past mistakes [eGraphic Novel]

Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture's greatest hero: THE DOMAIN! But his sons Miles and David have a complicated relationship with both the creation and their creator. Can they convince their dad to fight for their family's legacy? This fun and heartfelt series written and illustrated by Eisner winner CHIP ZDARSKY (SEX CRIMINALS, Daredevil) explores a WILD ALTERNATE WORLD where comic book creators aren't properly acknowledged or compensated for their creations!! Crazy, I know!
Author: Zdarsky, Chip
Published: [United States] : Image Comics, 2023.
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Mrs Van Gogh [eBook] / Caroline Cauchi.

She?s been painted out of history?until nowWho tells her story?In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind.Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled talent finally recognised. The tireless efforts of one woman gave the world one of its greatest creative minds.But twenty-eight year old Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger, Vincent?s sister-in-law and the keeper of his immense collection of paintings, sketches and letters, has, until now, been written out of history. This beautiful, moving novel finally gives this extraordinary woman a voice?.
Author: Cauchi, Caroline
Published: [London, England] : One More Chapter, 2023.
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A Life Worth Living [eAudioBook] / Monica McCallan.

Nora Gallagher can begrudgingly admit that she and Gray Ferris are both stellar Philadelphia real estate agents, but that's the beginning and the end of the similarities between them. Nora's life has been in a self-imposed holding pattern for half a decade. Depending on people in her personal life only leads to disappointment, and she has no plans of making that mistake again. Gray Ferris is extroversion personified. Bubbly. Conversational. Vibrant. She's trying to make the best of life, even if it hasn't always gone her way. When the two women begin to learn that maybe they're not as different as they think, they may finally figure out the most important thing they have in common when it comes to finding a life worth living. Contains mature themes.
Author: McCallan, Monica
Unabridged.
Published: [United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2023.
Published: Made available through hoopla
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What every property investor needs to know about finance, tax and the law / Michael Yardney, Ken Raiss.

With the property markets picking up more and more, Australians are keen to secure their financial futures through real estate investing. This is a must read for Australia's 2.1 million property investors and anybody contemplating investing in property. However, this is not just another book on property investment. It's a plain English guide to understanding 'the system' so readers get it working for them and not against them. In this fully updated 4th edition, Michael Yardney, Australia's leading expert in wealth creation through property, and property tax accountant and structuring specialist Ken Raiss share their decades of experience to help both beginners and experienced investors navigate the complex world of property investment.
Author: Yardney, Michael
Updated & expanded 4th edition.
Published: Melbourne, Vic : Wilkinson Publishing, [2023]
Published: ©2023
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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You will own nothing : your war with a new financial world order and how to fight back / Carol Roth.

The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing - and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum's predictions for 2030 was You will own nothing, and be happy, she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything. From declines in home and vehicle ownership to global inflation and government spending, many of the trends of modern life reveal that a new world that is emerging - one in which Western citizens, by choice or by circumstance, increasingly do not own possessions or accumulate wealth. It's the perfect economic environment for the rich and powerful to solidify their positions and prevent anyone else from getting ahead. In You Will Own Nothing Roth reveals how the agendas of Wall Street, world governments, international organizations, socialist activists, and multinational corporations like Blackrock all work together to reduce the power of the dollar and prevent millions of Americans from taking control of their wealth. She shows why owning fewer assets makes you poorer and less free. This book is essential guide to protecting your hard-earned wealth for the coming generations.
Author: Roth, Carol (Carol J. S.)
First edition.
Published: New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2023]
Published: ©2023
xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Border crossings : my journey as an outsider [eBook] / Mohammad Chowdhury.

Border Crossings is a thrilling ride from the city of minarets to the heights of picture-perfect skyscrapers. A journey of finding one?s own identity, it is the story of a British born, Bangladeshi man of Muslim faith, trying to reconcile his western and eastern identities and the inconsistencies between the two. Hustling his way through days and nights negotiating one cultural micro-adjustment after another, Chowdhury?s story reflects our own struggles to find a place where we truly belong. ?What a journey this is! From west to east, from insider to outsider, from the mundane to the transcendent, Border Crossings spans remarkable physical, cultural and spiritual terrain, and beautifully distills the push and pull of a life lived between worlds. These are the snapshots of a life so familiar, yet so different from my own - the kind of book I might have written if only my life had been much more interesting.? - Waleed Aly ?Border Crossings is a fascinating journey of straddling dual cultures as Mohammad Chowdhury negotiates his identity and faith to find a sense of belonging as a global citizen. A powerful story about building trust and connections across diverse societies and borders that reflects the struggles of many to find a place to belong.? - Dr Bulent Hass Dellal AO ?With the polyglot Mohammad Chowdhury to guide us through a world in flux, we benefit at every one of life?s checkpoints from his humane appreciation of the stories that bind us all together.? - Professor Nicholas Farrelly, University of Tasmania ?Border Crossings is the story of all migrants living in any corner of the world. Chowdhury?s enthralling voice tells a deeper story beyond the personal. It portrays the incredible journey of someone living and growing up in diaspora. If you are a migrant, it echoes your own beliefs and experiences, and if you have never experienced migration in your life, it opens your eyes to the contradiction of beauty and pain that is the life of a migrant.? - Dr Nira Rahman, University of Melbourne.
Author: Chowdhury, Mohammad
Published: [Sydney] : NewSouth, 2023.
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At the foot of the cherry tree [eBook] / Alli Parker.

Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history. When Gordon arrives in Japan, he expects ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he finds Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and all the odds, they fall in love. But when Gordon discovers the White Australia Policy prevents Cherry coming home with him as his war bride, he does what any 20-year-old soldier would do. He vows to fight. Leaving Cherry alone and pregnant in post-war Japan, Gordon has to convince his family to accept his marriage and wage a desperate campaign against a xenophobic and war-scarred government to allow his wife and children to come home. A sweeping story spanning seven years and two countries reeling from the aftermath of war, At the Foot of the Cherry Tree is a powerfully moving novel about faith, trust, and the power of a love that alters history - written by Gordon and Cherry's granddaughter, accomplished scriptwriter, Alli Parker.
Author: Parker, Alli
Published: [New York, NY] : HarperCollins, 2023.
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The guest [eBook] / Emma Cline.

*A TIMES 'Book of 2023' * 'Addictive' STYLIST Books to Look Out For 2023 * 'Destined to be the status read of 2023' HARPER'S BAZAAR BEST NEW FICTION * 'The perfect summer read' CULTURE WHISPER * An EVENING STANDARD 'Best New Books for Spring' * A Financial Times Best Summer Read 2023 * One misstep at a dinner party and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources, but a gift for navigating the desires of others, Alex stays on the island. She drifts like a ghost through the gated driveways and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world, trailing destruction in her wake. Taut, sensual and impossible to look away from, The Guest captures the latent heat and potential danger of a summer that could go either way for a young woman teetering on the edge. PRAISE FOR EMMA CLINE 'Taut, beautiful and savage' GUARDIAN 'Stunning . . . thrilling . . . a spectacular achievement' THE TIMES 'Something about Cline's intimate tone, her talent for conjuring the feeling of being alive, is entirely and uniquely her own' RACHEL KUSHNER 'An astonishingly gifted stylist' BRANDON TAYLOR.
Author: Cline, Emma
Published: [London] : Vintage Digital, 2023.
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Sisters in arms [eBook] / Shida Bazyar.

?We don?t exist in this world. Here we?re neither Germans nor refugees; we aren?t newsreaders or experts. We?re some kind of joker in the pack, and they don?t know if they can use us for anything.? Kasih, Hani, and Saya have shared a deep friendship since school and the years they lived in the same public housing estate. Kasih and Hani still live in the same city, but now Saya is returning and they have a lot to catch up on. Yet amid the laughter and determination of their sisterhood, it?s clear to the three young women that they haven?t escaped the racism that has accompanied their daily lives since childhood: the glances, the chatter, and the outright right-wing terror.
Author: Bazyar, Shida
Published: [Brunswick, Victoria] : Scribe, 2023.
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How (not) to have an arranged marriage [eBook] / Amir Khan.

He?s the perfect catch (according to his mother). From Dr Amir Khan, How (Not) To Have an Arranged Marriage is a timely, heartfelt novel which looks at all aspects of modern arranged marriages. Yousef is the golden child to his strict Pakistani parents, overshadowing his younger sister, Rehana. As he finishes his medical degree in London, Yousef?s life appears to be mapped out for him: become a doctor, marry a suitable girl of his parents? choosing and, above all, make his family proud. Then Yousef meets Jess. A fellow medical student, Jess presents a complication to the plan. Suddenly, Yousef finds himself torn between two worlds - keeping each a secret from the other. Then, as graduation day looms, Yousef?s mother informs him that she?s started looking for his wife . . .
Author: Khan, Amir
Published: [New York, NY] : Macmillan, 2023.
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Killing Darcy [eBook] / Melissa Lucashenko.

A gripping tale of murder and prejudice from the Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Too Much Lip. Koori teenager Darcy Mango is young, broke and on parole. His biggest problem isn't tracking down his mob in northern New South Wales or finding a place to live. After he gets work on the Menzies horse farm, Darcy's fate gets mixed up with a strange, old-fashioned camera found in the rainforest. What it reveals might never let him.
Author: Lucashenko, Melissa
Published: [Brisbane, Queensland] : University of Queensland Press, 2023.
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Backwaters [eBook] / Emma Ling Sidnam.

Laura is tired of being asked where she?s really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she?s ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she?s asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura finds herself drawn to the diary of her great-great-grandfather Ken, a market gardener in the early years of the British colony. With the help of her beloved grandpa, Laura begins to write a version of Ken?s story. She imagines his youth in Guangzhou and his journey to a new land-unaware that soon, spurred on by a family secret that comes to light, she will go on her own journey of self-discovery, sexuality and reckoning with the past. A tender, nuanced novel about the bittersweet search for belonging, Backwaters marks the arrival of a brilliant new talent.
Author: Sidnam, Emma Ling
Published: [Melbourne, VIC] : Text Publishing, 2023.
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BREAKING IN [eBook] / Tyler Schwanke.

Tyler Schwanke's debut is a fast-moving, gritty, and hilarious tribute to Hollywood heist movies . . . and anyone who's ever had a dream. Millie has one goal: to make a movie in tribute to her late father. At the Manhattan Movie Academy, run by Ricky O'Naire, her favorite director, she's determined to make it happen. But before she can finish her project, the academy is shut down. Seven months later, she sees a preview for the new O'Naire movie-and he's stolen her idea. Outraged, she reunites her former film crew to steal the movie and hold it for ransom days before its high-profile premiere. Putting their training and film-nerd backgrounds to use, they pull off the heist in extravagant fashion. But when an unexpected femme fatale uncovers their plan, it's not long before a trio of hardened criminals want in on the take. With the stakes now higher than she ever imagined-and her life on the line-Millie has no choice but to lead them all through a dazzling series of moves and countermoves that result in an ending not even Hollywood could see coming. "As fun and fast and action-packed as a Saturday night at the movies with more double-crosses than a laced boot. A tribute to the creative process on the page, the stage, and what it takes to make one's way in the cutthroat world of show business. A stand-out debut novel that is sure to be the first of many from Tyler Schwanke." "This is a compelling read that doesn't shy away from slightly darker content…A fast-paced homage to the classic heist film." "In this delightful heist novel…Schwanke takes his cues from classic noir, but the dilemmas faced (and solutions sought) are pure twenty-first century blues." "Part young adult novel and part heist movie screenplay, Breaking In is a wild ride of cons, double crosses, and blood-both real and staged. Tyler Schwanke's debut is a page-turning whirlwind of comedic genius not to be missed."
Author: Schwanke, Tyler
Published: [United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2023.
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Come together : things every Aussie kid should know about the first peoples [eBook] / Isaiah Firebrace.

In this essential book, Isaiah, a Yorta Yorta and Gunditjmara man, establishes a foundation of First Nations knowledge with 20 key topics. Alongside bright and contemporary illustrations by Mununjali and Fijian artist Jaelyn Biumaiwai, Isaiah connects us to each topic through his own personal story and culture, from the importance of Elders to the Dreaming.At once accessible and engaging, Come Together will make every Aussie kid proud that we are home to the longest continuing culture on Earth!
Author: Firebrace, Isaiah
Published: [Richmond, VIC] : Hardie Grant Explore, 2022.
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All that's left unsaid [eAudioBook] / Tracey Lien ; read by Yen Nguyen, Aileen Huynh, Amelia Nguyen.

'An unforgettable debut, utterly compelling from start to finish. Original. Heartbreaking. Gripping. I just loved it!' Liane Moriarty?While the mystery is compelling, like the richest literary crime fiction, this story has broader ambitions than revealing who did it . . . Poignant and impeccable storytelling? Oprah Daily ?An extraordinary work of Australian literature about who we are as a nation. This book deserves to be a classic in our literary canon. Profoundly moving, riveting, tender and heartbreaking. What a read. Tracey Lien is a major new voice in our literary landscape and I can?t wait to read what she writes next. Bravo? Nikki Gemmell* * *There were a dozen witnesses to Denny Tran?s brutal murder in a busy Sydney restaurant. So how come no one saw anything??Just let him go.? Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation. That night in 1996, Denny - optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny - is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in Cabramatta, a Sydney suburb facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history.Returning home for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by her brother?s case: several people were at Lucky 8 restaurant when Denny died, but each of the bystanders claim to have seen nothing.As an antidote to grief and guilt, Ky is determined to track down the witnesses herself. With each encounter, she peels away another layer of the place that shaped her and Denny,exposing the trauma and seeds of violence that were planted well before that fateful celebration dinner: by colonialism, by the war in Vietnam,and by the choices they?ve all made to survive.Tracey Lien's extraordinary debut is at once heart-pounding and heart-rending as it pulls apart the intricate bonds of friendship, family, culture and community that produced a devastating crime. Combining evocative family drama and gripping suspense, All That's Left Unsaid is both a study of the effects of inherited trauma and social discrimination, and a compulsively readable literary thriller that expertly holds the reader in its grip until the final page.
Author: Lien, Tracey
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Published: [London] : HQ, 2022.
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