Skin in the Game - The pleasure and pain of telling tru...
StellaPrize long-listed author Sonya Voumards Skinin the G...
Telling True Stories - Navigating the Challenges of Wri...
In this excellent and provocative book, Matthew Ricketson ...
Telling True Stories: Navigating the Challenges of Writ...
Telling True Stories: Navigating the Challenges of Writing N...
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from ...
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the N...
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stori...
Since publishing the original edition of A Womans World in...
Skin in the Game - Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
The bestselling author of The Black Swan and the hottest t...
Voices From the Air - The ABC war correspondents who to...
An untold tale of Australians at war: the first ABC war corr...
The Flying Kangaroo - Great Untold Stories of Qantas......
From its earliest days, Qantas has attracted its fair share ...
Wrestling for My Life - The Legend, the Reality, and th...
In Wrestling for My Life, WWE superstar Shawn Michaels share...
Voices From The Air - The ABC war correspondents who to...
With the outbreak of the Second World War, a new breed of re...
The Flying Kangaroo - Great Untold Stories of Qantas......
From its earliest days, Qantas has attracted its fair share ...
People of the Boot - The Triumphs and Tragedy of Austra...
Jews have made a unique and profound contribution to the Aus...
Skin In The Game - The Pleasure And Pain Of Telling True Stories
The Story Of The Orchestra - Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Mus...
Eye-catching illustrations, an engaging text and delightful musical selections on an accompanying 70-minute CD lead children aged 8 to 12 (and parents too!) on an exciting and educational listen-while-you-learn tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. The Composers, name by name Baroque Classical Romantic Modern - The Orchestra, instrument by instrument String ...
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 ...
The Gambler and Other Stories
The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevskys collection of one novella and six short stories reflecting his own life indeed, The Gambler, a story of a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette debts. This volume includes Bobok, the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and...
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome
Hes the worlds vaguest novelist. Shes a shy and unusual child. Together, theyre travelling the world, one book a time.QUITE SIMPLY THE BEST SORT OF READING PLEASURE FROM THE FIRST PAGE TO THE LAST- Ravens Parlour Bookstore For the first ten years of Frejas life, she and her mother Clementine have roamed the Arctic in search of zoological wonders. Happy, content, together. Freja an...
Great ANZAC Stories - The Men and Women Who Created the Digger Legend
These stories show the overwhelming blood and honour, heroism and horror that was the Australian experience on our cruellest shores. Peter FitzSimons Accessible, short, often fresh tales capture the spirit and sentiment of Anzac. Roland Perry Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic ...
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...
The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse
Early one morning a mouse met a wolf and was quickly gobbled up
When a woeful mouse is swallowed up by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs and, boy, has that duck got it figured out! Turns out its pretty nice inside the belly of the beast theres delicious food, elegant table settings and, best of all, dancing. And theres something more: no more fear ...
The Game of Life and How to Play it
The worlds most celebrated success book and guide on how to WIN in life through positive attitudes and affirmations. With her classic book, THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, Florence Scovel Shinn established herself as one of the most down-to-earth, practical, and helpful prosperity writers of her era. With a timeless message and the ability to explain success principles and how they...
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...
The Wildflowers - the Richard and Judy Book Club summer read 2018
The Wildflowers by Harriet Evans is the spellbinding new novel from the Top 5 Sunday Times bestselling author of A Place for Us and The Butterfly Summer. Fans of Kate Mortons The Lake House or Santa Montefiore will delight in this book. Harriet Evans is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Maeve Binchy Best Tony and Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative
adulterous to the core. They w...
The Art of Finding Yourself - Live Bravely and Awaken to Your True Nature
Our identities are built on the stories we tell ourselves about our experiences, other people, and the world, and on the beliefs that were truly separate beings and that theres something wrong with us-the roots of all suffering. But when you have the courage to really inquire, you discover that your story is not real, your image is not real, and even your woundedness is not real. All thats l...
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...
The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories - The Collected Ghost Stories of Susan Hill
No one chills the blood like Susan Hill Daily Telegraph From the horrifying secret of Eel Marsh House in The Woman in Black to the supernatural terror unleashed by spiteful Leonora van Vorst in Dolly and the deadly danger posed by Professor Parmitters painting of Venice in The Man in the Picture, Susan Hills ghost stories never fail to raise the hairs on the back of your neck and keep you...
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...
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...
End Everyday Pain for 50+ - A 10-Minute-a-Day Program of Stretching, Strengthening and Movement to Break the Grip of Pai...
END MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN Youve probably heard that as you get older, you are guaranteed to have more muscle and joint pain. Thats simply not true. These chronic ailments arise from years of decreased activity and poor posture-not aging. End Everyday Pain for 50+ presents a complete 10-minute-a-day program to correct previous damage, develop healthier joints, and stay pain free at any age. T...
Winnie-the-Pooh: The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems - Hardback Slipcase Volume
This beautiful new edition, re-designed for Poohs 90th anniversary, brings together four volumes in one stunning slipcased gift book: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. A. A. Milnes Winnie-the-Pooh is nothing less than a true childrens classic. Winnie-the-Pooh may be a bear of very little brain, but thanks to his friends Piglet, Eeyore and...
Made in the USA - The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
An argument that Americas economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Theres no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.-Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a...
The Wildflowers - the Richard and Judy Book Club summer read 2018
I adored The Wildflowers. A sweeping, epic, moving read Marian Keyes RICHARD AND JUDY SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK 2018 The new novel by Sunday Times bestseller Harriet Evans will transport you to a Dorset beach house, where you can feel the sand between your toes. Enter the home of Tony and Althea Wilde the Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor of their generation and with a marriage every bit as...
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...
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...