National Geographic Kids Chapters: Living With Wolves -...
Imagine living with a pack of wolves! For National Geographi...
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Horse Escape Artist ...
Some animals have a mind of their own. This is certainly the...
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Courageous Canine - ...
National Geographic Kids Chapter books pick up where the bes...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Cheetahs
Adorably cute and amazingly fast, the cheetah is a perennial...
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2018
Kids can have fun keeping up with our quickly changing world...
National Geographic Kids Cutest Animals Sticker Activit...
Filled with interactive games, spelling and patter activitie...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Sharks
Meet the shark the fish who ruled the deep before dinosau...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Creepy Crawly Collec...
Creepy, crawly, and fascinatingly fun! Little kids love know...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Great Migrations Ele...
This exciting reader follows the story of the longest and th...
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Telling True Stories - Navigating the Challenges of Writing Narrative Non-Fiction
In this excellent and provocative book, Matthew Ricketson lays bare the challenges of modern storytelling. I have found myself thinking about it every day, long after I put it down. William Powers, author of Hamlets BlackBerry An essential guide for the true storyteller. Chloe Hooper, award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction Its etched into our neurological pathways; we ...
My Italians - True Stories of Crime and Courage
From the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this is a deeply personal and candid portrait of Italy today: a place of trafficking and toxic waste, where votes can be bought and sold, where organized crime ravages both north and south yet also where many courageous individuals defy the system, and millions work tirelessly for a better future. Saviano is a blazingly vivid and courag...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Spiders
Spiders are all around. They come in black, brown, yellow, red, green, even blue. They make homes out of their own body parts, set traps for unsuspecting prey, and lurk in the shadows to catch their meals by surprise. Theres nothing about these animals that isnt awesome. And the coolest part is you dont need to go scuba diving or on an African safari to see them, theyre right in your ow...
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stories from Around the World
Since publishing the original edition of A Womans World in 1995, Travelers Tales has been the recognized national leader in womens travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best womens travel writing of the year. This title is the tenth in that series-The Best Womens Travel Writing-pr...
National Geographic Kids Readers - Penguins
National Geographics own film March of the Penguins put penguins on the radar of kids and adults alike. This beginning reader introduces kids to the many species of this fascinating creature, with emphasis on oddness not hard to find! Kids will love knowing that the Emperor Penguin is the same size as they are, many penguins throw up a lot! and Dads are a lot like Mums in the penguin w...
Cricket's Strangest Matches - Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket Crickets Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness and theres a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages youll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition of one-armed teams versus one-legged te...
Because I Was a Girl - True Stories for Girls of All Ages
Whether theyre young or old, household names or behind the scenes players, so many women have incredible stories to tell. And now is their chance. Edited by bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, Because I Was a Girl is a collection of anecdotes from girls and women, ages 10 to 80, about the barriers theyve faced and the dreams theyve made come true. Featuring a whos who of successful w...
Back from the Brink - True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder
If you have severe depression or bipolar disorder, you may find it difficult to take that first step toward recovery. You arent alone. In our society, many people with depression or bipolar disorder do not seek therapy or medical treatment due to the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Even people in progressive communities may not want to admit that they are on antidepressants or mood-bal...
Celtic Angels - True stories of Irish Angel Blessings
In this unique book, best-selling angel author Theresa Cheung takes readers on a guided tour of Irish spirituality with the focus firmly on the nations deep-rooted belief in angels. Punctuated throughout with real-life stories from both Irish people and visitors to the Emerald Isle, it will show that although being Irish isnt necessarily a prerequisite for seeing angels, it can certainly a...
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood - In Which Winnie-the-Pooh Enjoys Further Adventures with Christopher Robin and His Frie...
Over eighty years since Winnie-the-Pooh first delighted readers, David Benedictus takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood for more adventures with A. A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh. The rumours are true Christopher Robin is back in the Hundred Acre Wood. From the excitement of Christopher Robins return to the curious business of learning to play cricket, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood allows ...
Marriages Are Made In Bond Street - True Stories from a 1940s Marriage Bureau
In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined 24-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on Londons Bond Street and set about the delicate business of match-making. Drawing on the bureaus extensive archives, Penrose Halson who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau tells their...
National Geographic Angry Birds Space
Blast off with the Angry Birds as they fly through space on an intergalactic rescue mission! Evil space piggies have stolen their eggs and are hiding them somewhere in outer space. To save them, the Angry Birds have teamed up with National Geographic to learn all they can about planets, moons, stars, galaxies, and the mysteries of the universe. Four chapters take the readers deeper and deeper into...
Kerry Packer - Tall Tales and True Stories
Kerry Packer was instrumental in shaping Australias media landscape and culture. For 30 years he controlled televisions perennial ratings leader Channel Nine, and a large percentage of the nations most influential magazines. So much of what Australians watched, read and believed came through the prism of this larger-than-life man. Beneath all the billionaire clutter, Kerry Packer had plenty ...
The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology - True stories from the world's best writers
Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George. The 35 impassioned stories included in this collection of fortune tellers, tribal baboon hunters, a f...
OUTBACK GOVERNESSES (True Stories)
Outback Governesses is collection of eye-opening stories about fourteen governesses who drop in, Mary Poppins-like, to educate children in Australias remotest rural areas and in return receive a bush education of their own. Outback Governesses is collection of eye-opening stories about fourteen governesses who drop in, Mary Poppins-like, to educate children in Australias remotest rural areas ...
City Girl, Country Girl - The Inspiring True Stories of Courageous Women Forging New Lives in the Australian Bush
Im sitting down to write the opening lines of this book a year to the day since my mum died. She is constantly in my thoughts, not just because I miss her terribly, but because she was the inspiration for this collection of stories about women who have come from very different places to make a new life in rural Australia. City Girl, Country Girl brings together the stories of women who have...
Women Who Run with Wolves - Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, societys attempt to civilize us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own s...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias - 101 Stories of Caregiving, Coping, and Compassi...
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimers or another form of dementia? You are not alone. With 101 encouraging and inspiring stories by others like you, this book is a source of support and encouragement throughout your caregiving journey. Alzheimers disease and other forms of dementia affect millions of people, and this book is especially for caregivers. This collection, a joint project with the...
The Moth - All These Wonders - 49 new true stories
Includes five Australian stories from Magda Szubanski, Omar Musa, Dan Ilic, Melissa Lucashenko and Tony Wheeler. From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages. All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include the writers Marlon James and Christina Lamb, as well as...
Living with the Himalayan Masters
I will tell you how I grew up and how I was trained, about the great sages with whom I lived and what they taught me, not through lectures and books but through experiences, writes Sri Swami Rama in the opening pages of this timeless saga. These stories record his personal quest for truth and enlightenment. Inspiring, lluminating, entertaining, mystifying, and frequently droll and humorous, t...
Too Scared To Cry - And other true stories from the nation's favourite foster carer
A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published stories Too Scared To Cry, The Girl No One Wanted and A Family For Christmas brought together in this heartwarming and inspiring collection for the first time. *****Maggie Hartley is one of the UKs most prolific foster mothers. This inspiring collec...