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Book Review: I Know Where I’m Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler
More a collage of quotes than a biography, Katharine Hepburn and her stories still fascinate.
Read More »Book Review: Joe is Online by Chris Wimpress
Cyberterrorism: an experiment in terror.
Read More »Book Review: Life Seemed Good, But… by Richard Bell
A slapstick sense of the absurd, a book to transport you out of the mundane.
Read More »Book Review: Death Line by Geraldine Evans
A seer has been killed with his own crystal ball. Why?
Read More »Book Review: Surf Beat: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Forgotten Revolution by Kent Crowley
The history of surf music, from the late fifties to the present.
Read More »Book Review: The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
A story of fate and betrayal, of love and forgiveness, 90 years apart.
Read More »Book Review: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom
In a sea of pop culture, our value are sinking fast.
Read More »Book Review: Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
Lessons in power and love from a living treasure of humanity.
Read More »Book Review: The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Sian Rees
Truly a classic of Australian history.
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