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copy of picture from the book Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart Pic shows Charles Bean with his telescope on the battle field

What our first WWI reporter saw

CHARLES Bean was Australia’s first “embedded” journalist in WWI, where he faced monumental frustrations on frontline trenches as he witnessed our troops under fire.

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The 10 cookbooks you must own

The 10 cookbooks you must own

MATT Preston has named the Top 10 cookbooks everyone should own, from Stephanie Alexander’s Cook’s Companion to Nigella Lawson’s How To Be A Domestic Goddess.

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The mums who moonlight as erotica authors

The mums who moonlight as erotica authors

THINK of an erotic fiction author and you’ll likely imagine a leather-clad dominatrix jetting around the world in search of sexual adventures. But she’s just as likely to be a soccer mum, like these ladies.

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supplied pix of Mercenary mum Neryl Joyce

From mum to Baghdad bodyguard

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: Australian Neryl Joyce went from being a single mum to a Baghdad bodyguard. But her journey exposed her to more than threats of ambush and assassination.

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The Rosie Project author Graeme Simsion with 'Hope' for new book, The Rosie. Picture- Nicole Cleary

Exclusive book extract: The Rosie Effect

The Rosie Project, a romantic comedy about a university professor with Asperger’s looking for love, was last year’s literary hit. Read an exclusive chapter from Melbourne author Graeme Simsion’s sequel The Rosie Effect, out September 24.

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