Some Kind Of Courage
A New Kind of Dreaming
You want to hear a story? Eh? This town, its full of stories. Some Aboriginal, some white, some Malay and Indonesian. All sorts of different ideas. I reckon you might need to hear on of them. When the court sent Jamie Riley to Port Barren, he hadnt expected much thought hed just serve his time and get out. He hadnt counted on being drawn in...
Macho Paradox - Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help
Praise for The Macho Paradox An honest, intellectually rigorous and insightful work that challenges readers to truly engage in a political discourse that can change lives, communities and nations. Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes Jackson Katz is an American hero! With integrity and courage, he has taken his messagethat the epidemic of violence against women is a mens...
Same Kind of Different As Me - A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them To...
Read the critically acclaimed New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies in print. Same Kind of Different as Me was a major motion picture by Paramount in fall 2017. Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the Man in th...
HER KIND OF DOCTOR/THE LAST SINGLE GARRETT
Her Kind Of Doctor Stella BagwellER nurse Paige Winters has a knack for working with difficult Dr Luke Sherman. But when the demanding physician oversteps one too many times, Paige snaps and gives the doctor a dose of his own bitter medicine, then transfers out of the ER. So why cant she stop thinking about handsome Luke?Luke is stunned by Paiges anger and the truth in her words. Now that s...
Daring to Drive - A gripping account of one woman's home-grown courage that will speak to the fighter in all of us
Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif, whose voice is laden with quiet dignity even at its most urgent. Her gripping account of homegrown courage will speak to the fighter in all of us. Books like this one can change the world Deborah Feldman, New York Times bestselling author of Unorthodox Manal al-Sharif is following in a long tradition of women activists around the world wh...
Braving the Wilderness - The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection. True belonging doesnt require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are. Social scientist BrenU Brown, PhD, LMSW has sparked ...
Not that Kind of Girl - A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
An international bestseller and literary sensation, NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL is the hilarious, original, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays from Lena Dunham the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBOs GIRLS. Lena Dunham is one of the most original young talents writing today. In NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making o...
Courage in the Skies - The Untold Story of Qantas, it's Brave Men and Women and Their Extraordinary Role in World War II...
Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australias war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas exemplary contribution to Australias war effort and the courage of its people in those difficult times has been forgotten. Courage in the Skies is the remarkable story of Qantas at war and the truly heroic deeds of its c...
Secret Heroes of World War II - Tales of Courage from the Worlds of Espionage and Resistance
Many of the heroes of World War II are well-known, larger-than-life figures. This book is a tribute to the lesser-known but equally amazing individuals some working secretly behind the scenes on the home front and others behind enemy lines who made just as significant a contribution to the wartime story. It sheds new and timely light on more than 50 of the often unsung heroes and heroines of...
THE COURAGE TO LOVE HER ARMY DOC/REAWAKENED BY THE SURGEON'S TOUCH
The Courage To Love Her Army Doc Karin BaineDr Joe Braden took the posting as locum on a remote Fijian island to escape his memories. But he finds the solace he seeks in the unlikeliest of places
the arms of captivating Dr Emily Clifford.Born with a distinctive birthmark Emily has spent years hidden behind a mask of makeup. Yet Joe makes her feel beautiful in her skin for the first time ever. ...
Daughters of Courage
Following the gripping story of the Ryan family in Margaret Dickinsons top ten bestseller The Buffer Girls, Daughters of Courage sees Emily and Trip fight to keep their new life afloat in the turbulent 1930s. Emily Ryan has gone up in the world since her arrival in Sheffield. Brought there by her mothers ambitious schemes for her brother, Josh, she had found work as a buffer girl polishing c...
Find Your Courage
Conquer your fears and go after your dreams Are you afraid to stand up to your boss? Change your career? End a bad relationship? Transform your life? Its only natural. Fear is a trait we all possessbut so is courage. This amazing step-by-step guide by certified life coach Margie Warrell gives you all the tools you need to find that courage and put it to work in your professional and personal ...
The Kind Diet
In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese the very foods weve been taug...
Brave As Can Be - A Book of Courage
The life of a toddler can be full of frightening things: the dark, the neighbors dog, and thunderstorms, just to name a few. As a child gets older, they begin to feel braver around these everyday events, but how do they build this newfound confidence? In this lyrical, insightful picture book, an older sister explains to her younger sister all the things she used to be afraid of, along with some ...
Be Kind
When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing up for someone being bullied, this moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind, and how each act, big or small, can make a difference-or at least help a friend. With award-winning author Pa...
Making Luna Lapin - Sew and dress Luna, a quiet and kind rabbit with impeccable taste
Welcome to the charming world of Luna Lapin, a quiet and kind rabbit with impeccable taste. Learn how to sew your own felt rabbit along with her exquisite wardrobe including 20 garment and accessory sewing patterns. All the clothes are made using the finest fabrics including wool felt, lace and Liberty print cotton. Choose from a perfectly tailored wool coat, matching tweed skirt and bag, or pret...
The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories
The best-known work by famed American writer Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage is a compelling exploration of human emotion in the midst of battle. The book is revered for its pioneering style, and it explores themes of maturation, cowardice, and natures cruelty. One of the most innovative writers of his generation, Cranes other notable works include The Open Boat, The Blue Hotel, The Br...
A Young Man's Guide to Getting Some
A MANifesto for Millennials. Not that its ever been easy, but finding romance in the electronic age is even tougher. This instructional guidebook for young men is all about treating women honourably. This is so rare these days that young men who eschew the booty text and actually call and talk to girls, or show a little courage and chivalry, or know how to act like a gentleman on a date will sta...
One-Of-A-Kind Handmade Weddings - Easy-To-Make Projects for Stylish, Unforgettable Details
One-of-a Kind Handmade Weddings is filled with ideas to inspire todays bride-to-be. The book is filled with extra-special touches that will quickly and easily personalize any eventwhether its in a ballroom or at the beach. Centerpieces in bloom, candlelit walkways, perfect accessories for flower girls and groom, a memory scrapbook, table lanterns, a fishbowl of wishes, and save-the-datesthese ...
This Is Water - Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallaces electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented o...
Some Kind of Wonderful
Her whole life, Puffin Islander Brittany Forrest has dreamed of adventure. And at the age of eighteen, she thought shed found it in bad boy Zachary Flynn. But after just ten tempestuous, smouldering days, their whirlwind marriage went up in smoke, and Brittany resolved to put him out of her mind forever. Zach knows he let Brittany down, but being back on Puffin Island and seeing Britt...