Top ten books for summer reading
Before you sit down by the pool and relax over the break, make sure you’ve got the perfect book to unwind. Check out this definitive list of what to read this summer.
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Top ten kids’ books of the year revealed
It’s the school holidays and it’s time to get the kids off the screens. We’ve pulled together the best books for teens and kids for every time they tell you “I’m bored”.
Dark secret behind Harry Potter house
The owners of Godric’s Hollow, the house where Harry Potter was born and his parents killed by Lord Voldemort, claim it’s “cursed”.
The Aussie sporting legends who gave their all
From Gallipoli to Vietnam, Australia’s cricketing legends have found themselves on battlefields around the world. In this book extract, sports journalist Greg Growden looks back on one of the most charismatic figures of all.
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Fifty shades of Jaid
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The worst explanation for missing MH370 yet
A NEW book takes 240-pages to reach a conclusion that most of us probably could have reached on our own.
Patient Zero: How AIDS began
AN explosive new book traces the origin of AIDS to a single event which took place in an African rainforest in 1908, debunking the ‘Patient Zero’ theory.
Real story behind Leyland Brothers
THEY travelled all over the countryside as the Leyland Brothers. Now Mal Leyland has written about his career and all the juicy details.
J.K. Rowling’s awesome letter to devoted fan
HARRY Potter author J.K. Rowling has written to one of her biggest fans, and the letter is … yep, we’re going to say it. The letter is magical.
The tweet that ruined her life
TWELVE words. That’s all it took to ruin Justine Sacco’s life. She lost her job, had trouble dating and copped death threats.
‘I was the designated ugly fat friend’
DUFF is a cruel term that stands for ‘designated ugly fat friend’ — the buddy who makes everyone else in the group look better by comparison.
Is there ever a good reason to kill?
THIS man has interviewed over 250 killers, from soldiers to gang members, to find out why people kill and his findings are truly eye-opening.
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