A Dog's Way Home - The Heartwarming Story of the Specia...
From W. Bruce Cameron, author of the beloved bestseller and ...
The Ascension Mysteries - Revealing the Cosmic Battle B...
In The Hidden Science of Lost Civilisations David Wilcock un...
Killers in Eden - The story of a rare partnership betwe...
For a century, the killer whales of Twofold Bay herded balee...
Things: A Story of the Sixties with A Man Asleep
Things: A Story of the Sixties is the story of a young coupl...
Trackers - The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of W...
The story of the Australian armyÂ’s little-known use of comb...
The Snowden Files - The Inside Story of the World's Mos...
Edward Snowden, a young computer genius working for AmericaÂ...
Modoc - The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ev...
Spanning seven decades and three continents, Modoc is one of...
Courage in the Skies - The Untold Story of Qantas, it's...
Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its...
A Long Way from Wyandra - My Story - from the Bush to B...
The classic story of a boy from the bush who worked his way ...
Wonder Horse - The True Story of the World's Smartest H...
From a Caldecott Medalist (“Mirette on the High Wire”) com...
The Trump Prophecies - The Astonishing True Story of th...
In November of 2016, the world witnessed the impossible. Nea...
First Footprints - The Epic Story of the First Australi...
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Aus...
A Long Way Gone - The True Story of a Child Soldier
The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the ...
The Story of the Human Body - Evolution, Health and Dis...
In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor ...
A Dog's Way Home - The Heartwarming Story Of The Special Bond Bet
Lion - A Long Way Home
NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. Discover the inspiring, true story behind the film, Lion. This is the heart breaking and original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home twenty-fi...
A Long Way Gone - The True Story of a Child Soldier
The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. `My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little. “You should...
Bono - the rescue cat who helped me find my way home
In the tradition of Helen Brown’s international bestseller Cleo and based on her popular Huffington Post blog, Bono is a funny, tender and insightful story about life, love and recovery – and a rock-star rescue cat with a big heart. PRAISE FOR HELEN BROWN’Even non cat-lovers will be moved.’ – Good Housekeeping, UK’A buoyant tale, heartfelt and open.’ – Booklist, US’A warm, poignant tale ...
Zero Night - The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 – ‘Zero Night’ – 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first ‘Great Escape’ – but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimeter fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious ‘Warburg ...
Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
An “essential examination” (New York Times Book Review), this revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth. In this “sumptuous” (Publishers Weekly) portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal “pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire” (Time). “A fascinating character whose own anxieties and ...
Whispering Hope - The True Story of the Magdalene Women
“At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the Magdalene Women one of those present sang ‘Whispering Hope’. A line from that song stays in my mind – ‘when the dark midnight is over, watch for the breaking of day’.Let me hope that this day and this debate heralds a new dawn for all those who feared that the dark midnight might never end.” Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s State apology to...
Executive Presence - The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
Do you exude confidence and credibility Can you command a room Sylvia Ann Hewlett, one of the worldÂ’s most influential business thinkers, cracks the code of Executive Presence (EP) for men and women intent on winning the next plum assignment and doing something extraordinary with their lives.You might have the qualifications to be considered for your dream job, but you wonÂ’t get far unless you c...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.When LolaÂ’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familyÂ’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, LorettaÂ’s nickname was `The DaredevilÂ’ due to her fear...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Vintage Children's Classics
Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesnÂ’t mean there isnÂ’t an answer to themÂ’ This is ChristopherÂ’s murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher canÂ’t tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up...
On the Way Home
A new enlarged edition of a timeless story! “Well,” said Claire, “there was a very big, bad wolf…“Claire has hurt her knee so she sets off home to tell her mum all about it. On the way she meets her friends and tells them how the fall happened. But just how did it happen…? Was she dropped by a wolf, a slithering snake, an enormous dragon or a hairy gorilla?! By the author and illustrator of ...
Primal Health - Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday
Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a child’s first birthday is critical to life-long health. In this prophetic book – first published in 1986 and reproduced here in its original form – he argues that different parts of the ‘primal adaptive system’ develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time aro...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When LolaÂ’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familyÂ’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, LorettaÂ’s nickname was `The DaredevilÂ’ due to her fe...
Jack Williamson SF Gateway Omnibus - The Legion of Space, The Humanoids, Terraforming Earth, Wonder's Child
From the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the incredible career of Jack Williamson, whose career spanned over 70 years. Jack Williamson published his first SF story, ‘The Metal Man’, in 1928 and continued to write high quality SF until his death in 2006, along the way coining many of the terms the gen...
The Making of Home - The 500-year story of how our houses became homes
The idea that ‘home’ is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in this revealing book, ‘home’ is a relatively new concept. When in 1900 Dorothy assured the citizens of Oz that ‘There is no place like home’, she was expressing a view that was a culmination of 3...
Bon: The Last Highway - The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back in Black
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock. As the legend of the man known around the world simply as ‘Bon’ has grown with each passing year since his untimely death, AC/DCs trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon. But how much of it is true and how much is myth? At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back In Black is a special – and unli...
Shrinks - The Untold Story of Psychiatry
A world-renowned psychiatrist reveals the fascinating story of psychiatry’s origins, demise and redemption. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining ‘lunatics’ in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for ‘the black sheep of medicine’ has b...
The Brittle Star - An epic story of the American West
Perfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a young manÂ’s unquenchable spirit. When his motherÂ’s ranch is attacked, sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. HeÂ’s a frontiersmanÂ’s son, a rancher whoÂ’s lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of 1860. In a journey th...
The Duchess - The Untold Story - the Explosive Biography, as Seen in the Daily Mail
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER `The last untold account of the biggest crisis to hit the royals since the abdication Â… Explosive biography by BritainÂ’s top royal author Â… A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedyÂ’ Daily Mail In her relationship with Charles that has survived for more than forty years, CamillaÂ’s story has seen a great many myths. This book is the d...
Magna Carta - The True Story Behind the Charter
‘A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta…his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining.’ Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday ’I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Good history is descriptive, narrative and analytical. This is good history.’ Gerard DeGroot, The Times At Runnymede, on the banks of the Riv...
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage - Unlocking the Secrets to Life, Love, and Marriage
Based on Mark Gungor’s wildly popular seminar,Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage ®builds on Gungor’s success with tens of thousands of couples who credit him with enriching, and even saving, their marriages. By using his unique blend of humor and tell-it-like-it-is honesty, he helps couples get along and have fun doing it. Through exploring a variety of subjects including the myth of a “soul...
Lincoln in the Bardo - WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH `A masterpieceÂ’ Zadie Smith`ExtraordinaryÂ’ Daily Mail`BreathtakingÂ’ Observer`A tour de forceÂ’ The Sunday Times The extraordinary first novel by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, National Book Award-shortlisted George Saunders, about Abraham Lincoln and the death of his eleven year old son, Willie, at the dawn of the Civil W...