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Non Fiction

Author
Series title

Title

 

 I have a dream : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Anderson, Jameson

Amelia Earhart : legendary aviator [graphic novel]

Beckham, Ted & Allan, Tim

David Beckham, my son

Bodansky, Yossef

Bin Laden : the man who declared war on America

Bortoli, Skye

Eco-warrior

Bowden, Tim

One crowded hour : Neil Davis, combat cameraman 1934-1985

Cochrane, Peter

Simpson and the donkey : the making of a legend

Coren, Michael

J.R.R. Tolkien : the man who created The lord of the rings

Corris, Peter & Hollows, Frederick

Fred Hollows : an autobiography / with Peter Corris

Dahl, Roald

Boy : tales of childhood

Davidson, Margaret

Louis Braille : the boy who invented books for the blind

Davis, Pedr

Charles Kingsford Smith : the world's greatest aviator

Doherty, Peter

The beginner's guide to winning the Nobel prize : a life in science

Donaghy, Bronwyn

Anna's story

Duffell, W.J. & Mant, Gilbert

Soldier boy : the letters of Gunner W.J. Duffell, 1915-18

Fitzsimons, Peter

Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men

Fitzsimons, Peter

Nick Farr-Jones : the authorised biography

Frank, Anne

The diary of Anne Frank

Greengrass, Paul & Wright, Peter

Spycatcher : the candid autobiography of a senior intelligence officer

Hill, Anthony

Young digger

Hip-hop
Waters, Rosa
Wittmann, Kelly
Marcovitz, Hal

 Brown, Terrell

 
Beyonce
Sean "Diddy" Combs
50 Cent
Tupac
Alicia Keys

Inserra, Rose

Mary MacKillop : holy mother to the poor

Jameson, Julietta

The ties that bind : six journeys of a lifetime

Kehm, Sabine

Michael Schumacher : driving force

Levine, Karen

Hana's suitcase

Li, Cunxin

Mao's last dancer [Young reader's edition]

MacDonald, Fiona

Edwin Hubble

Mackay, Nicci

Spoken in whispers : the autobiography of a horse whisperer

Macpherson, Deirdre

The suffragette's daughter : Betty Archdale : her life of feminism, cricket, war and education

Mah, Adeline Yen

Chinese cinderella : the secret story of an unwanted daughter

Main, Jim

Shake down the thunder : from ugly ducklings to AFL premiers : the story of the Sydney Swans

Mandela, Nelson

Long walk to freedom

Martin, Jesse

Lionheart : a journey of the human spirit

McCarthy, Shaun

J.K. Rowling

McCourt, Frank

Angela's ashes : a memoir

McGregor, Adrian

Cathy Freeman : a journey just begun

Meloche, Renee Taft
Heroes for young readers

 
Gladys Aylward : daring to trust
William Carey : bearer of good news
George Muller : faith to feed ten thousand

Nasar, Sylvia

A beautiful mind

Nile, Fred

Fred Nile : an autobiography

Obama, Barack

Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance

Olson, Nathan

John F. Kennedy : American visionary [graphic novel]

Pilkington Garimara, Doris & Garimara, Nugi

Follow the rabbit-proof fence

Pop culture : a view from the paparazzi
Mattern, Joanne
Whiting, Jim
Graziano, Jim

 

Orlando Bloom
Hilary Duff
Johnny Depp

Ralston, Aron

Between a rock and a hard place

Robins, Phil

Joan of Arc and her marching orders

Satrapi, Marjane

The complete Persepolis

Scutt, Craig

Mary Bryant : the impossible escape

Shears, Richard

Wildlife warrior : Steve Irwin 1962-2006, a man who changed the world

Shone, Rob

Alexander the Great : the life of a king and conqueror

Simpson, Joe

Touching the void

Slater, Robbie

Robbie Slater : the hard way

Smith, Charles R

Twelve rounds to glory :the story of Muhammad Ali

Spiegelman, Art

Maus : a survivor's tale I : my father bleeds history

Stamaty, Mark Alan

Alia's mission :saving the books of Iraq : inspired by a true story

Stephenson, Ron

Victor Chang : murder of a hero

Villeneuve, Jacques & Donaldson, Gerald

Villeneuve: my first season in formula 1

Waugh, Steve

Out of my comfort zone : the autobiography

Williams, Charles

Bradman : an Australian hero

Williams, Sue

Mean streets : kind heart : the Father Chris Riley story