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A compelling memoir by ABC News correspondent James Longman in which he discusses mental illness and trauma in families, what the latest genetic science is telling us, and how to not only persevere but thrive.

On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms as men.

Like millions of others, Louis’ plans were mothballed by the onset of COVID. Unable to escape to the porn sets, prisons and maximum-security psychiatric units that are his usual journalistic beat, he began reporting on a location even more full of pitfalls and hostile objects of inquiry: his own home during a pandemic. Theroux the Keyhole is an honest, hilarious and ultimately heartwarming diary of the weirdness of family life in COVID World.

As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humour. Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in ‘An Open Letter to My Insurance Company’, which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered.

When Milo Yiannopoulos burst onto the scene with his Dangerous Faggot tour, people wondered who is this British upstart and why was his star rising so fast? Behind the blonde pompadour and outrageous act lies a murkier story. One of prostitution, bankruptcy and lawsuits. Of failures and reinventions and bridges burned along the way. This book talks to people from London to LA who knew the man before he was "the internet's most fabulous supervillain”. Find out what makes Milo tick and the secrets he won't tell from his real name to who gave him a leg up in the media industry. The first ...