South - The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expe...
In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an a...
Leading at the Edge - Leadership Lessons from the Extra...
For the 100th anniversary of the Race to the South Pole, a f...
Garth Brooks - The Illustrated Story
Garth Brooks is not just the most successful male country-re...
Bon: The Last Highway - The Untold Story of Bon Scott a...
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock. As the ...
Trouble Boys - The True Story of the Replacements
Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, T...
The Rise of Heritage: Preserving the Past in France, Ge...
The Rise of Heritage: Preserving the Past in France, Germany...
Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of ...
Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport and the Cultures of Colon...
Coco Chanel - The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon
Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is an i...
The Illustrated Art of Manliness - The Essential How-To...
An indispensable, hands-on guide dedicated to the lost art o...
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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 havent 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...
Elephant Dawn - The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living With Elephants in the African Wilderness
A book to take readers into another world. Caroline Jones AO, presenter, Australian Story A raw, honest story that needs to be heard. Tony Park, bestselling author of An Empty Coast This mesmerizing book is not just about a love of elephants, it is also about the indomitable spirit of someone who followed her passion. Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant specialist, celebra...
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 ...
Finding My Place - From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman
From Cairo to Canberra the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman Anne Alys
influence will be felt for years to come
It sinks in how significant she may be to public life. The Good Weekend In 2016, Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counter-terrorism expert to be elected to federal parliament. She was also most proba...
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 ...
Stone Cold - The Extraordinary Story of Len Opie, Australia's Deadliest Soldier
If Id have been a Vietcong youd be dead. Len Opie Len was a soldier above soldiers. Keith Payne VC Through three wars across 30 years, Len Opie carved a reputation as one of the countrys greatest infantrymen. A cold-eyed killer who drank nothing stronger than weak tea, he fought with his bare hands, a sharpened shovel and piano wire. He was a larrikin who went by the book, un...
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
A heart-warming tale of courage and warmth, set against the backdrop of the second world war, about an abandoned village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat! `Classic Morpurgo brilliance Publishing News Somethings up. Something big too, very big. At school, in the village, whoever you meet, its all anyone talks about. Its like a sudden curse has come down on us all. I...
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 Kennys State apology to...
The Illustrated Mum
`Its like youre the mum Marigold wept. It was another game she sometimes liked to play. I decided it was my best chance of getting us home. ******** Dolphin adores Marigold, her beautiful, vibrant mother. Shes not like the other mums. She has vivid tattoos all over her body, bright hair and wonderful clothes. But Dolphins sister, Star, feels differently. Marigold may look...
Animal Farm - The Illustrated Edition
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which
Halas & Bachelor studios classic and controversial 1954 animation of Animal Farm, George Orwells chilling fable of idealism betrayed, was the first ever British animated feature film. This landmark illustrated edition of Orwells novel was f...
The Illustrated Walden - Thoreau Bicentennial Edition
To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreaus birth and TarcherPerigees publication of Expect Great Things: The Life of Henry David Thoreau, here is a sumptuous rediscovery edition of the first illustrated volume of Thoreaus classic, as originally issued in 1897. In 1897, thirty-five years after Thoreaus death, Houghton Mifflin issued a two-volume Holiday Edition of Walden illustrated...
The Only Story
Would you rather love the more; and suffer the more; or love the less; and suffer the less? That is; I think; finally; the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences; but Paul doesnât know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen; heâs proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older; the demands placed on Paul by love become fa...
The People Smuggler - The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi
Robin de Crespignys The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspring story of one mans escape from Saddams Iraq to become the Oskar Schindler of Asia. When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Husseins torture chambers, he is forced to leave his family behind in Iraq. What follows is an incredible international odyssey through the shadowy world of fake passports, crowded camps and illegal border ...
Neverwhere - the Illustrated Edition
Discover Neil Gaimans Neverwhere, the extraordinary modern classic from the bestselling author of American Gods, illustrated for the first time by 2015-2017 UK Childrens Laureate Chris Riddell. This beautiful edition features the fully illustrated short story, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, and will delight fans of Coraline, The Book of Dust and Goth Girl. Gaiman is, simply put, a...
Heart - the inside story of our bodys most important organ
The heart we all have one, pumping away reliably in our chest, never stopping till the day we die. But few of us think much about this heroic organ until it starts to go wrong. In this lively and informative exploration of all aspects of the heart, Johannes Hinrich von Borstel offers a perfect mix of medical fact and amusing anecdote. A doctor, prospective cardiologist, and former paramedic ...
Playing to Win - The Inside Story of Premiership Glory
Playing to Win reveals the intimate story of how Hawthorn, Australias most successful football club over the past 60 years, won its 11th premiership.Award-winning author Michael Gordon takes the readerinside the room at the key moments during the highs and lows of Hawthorns five-year journey, from an unexpected flag in 2008 to redemption in 2013 after a narrow defeat in 2012. He exposes how th...
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...
Shrinks - The Untold Story of Psychiatry
A world-renowned psychiatrist reveals the fascinating story of psychiatrys 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...
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/DCs Back In Black is a special and unli...
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
Explosive biography by Britains top royal author
A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedy Daily Mail In her relationship with Charles that has survived for more than forty years, Camillas story has seen a great many myths. This book is the d...
Finding Gobi (Younger Readers edition) - The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
For fans of A Streetcat Named Bob comes Finding Gobi, the heart-warming true story of a dog who captured the hearts of the world. Younger readers edition. Finding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope and friendship proving once again, that dogs really are `mans best friend. In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 15...