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<i>Double Down: Diary of a Wimpy Kind</i>, by Jeff Kinney.

Bestsellers

The latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid has gone straight to the top of the Australian bestseller list.

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EMBARGO FOR BOSS MAG> SEE AFR PIC DESK> SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: Sudanese refugee and lawyer Deng Adut poses for a ...

Deng Thiak Adut, recently named NSW Australian of the Year, came to Australia as a refugee from Sudan. In an extract from his book, he describes arriving in Australia.

The Swedish girl who was David Astle's first crush

"Yet the primary reason I chose Pippi was a secret I only discovered on starting the letter." Illustration by Simon Letch

"Dear David, would you like to be one of our Men of Letters? The premise for the show is simple - we ask ten esteemed gentlemen to write a letter to the "woman who changed my life," and read it live. The letter can be funny, heartfelt, musical if you're so inclined - whatever works…."

Was the slaughtering worth it?

<i>Victory at Villers-Bretonneux</i>, by Peter Fitzsimons.

The most important pages in Paul Ham's book are the ones in which he makes a thoughtful contribution to the all-too-rare discussion of why it is necessary or desirable to "remember" the dead of the Great War.

Clive Hamilton: books that changed me

Clive Hamilton

Clive Hamilton, professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, shares a list of books that have influenced him from The Women's Room to the Old Testament Book of Job.