The Girl Who Thought in Pictures - the Story of Dr. Tem...
Age range 5 to 10 If youve ever felt different, if youv...
The Girl Who Escaped ISIS - Farida's Story
Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like ...
I Am Malala - The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and C...
I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only t...
The Forgotten 500 - The Untold Story of the Men Who Ris...
In 1944, the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen who...
The World Champion That Never Was - The Story of Lucas ...
In early 2016, in Grozny, in the Russian state of Chechnya, ...
The Girl Without a Voice: The True Story of a Terrified...
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the s...
Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter
Enchanting, timeless and surprising this extraordinary no...
The Girl Who Thought In Pictures - The Story Of Dr. Temple Grandi
The Man Who Climbs Trees
A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance Helen Macdonald A great read incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective Chris Packham (A) delightful, endlessly fascinating book Daily Mail BOOK OF THE WEEK This is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has made a career out of travelling the world, filming wildlife for the ...
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 ...
The Camel Who Crossed Australia
Third in Jackie Frenchs Animal Stars series, featuring the animals who contributed to historys most famous events. the story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition
as it has never been told before the humans called him Bell Sing, but to the other camels he is known as He Who Spits Further than the Wind. transported from the mountains and deserts of the Northwest Frontier (p...
The Girl With All The Gifts - The most original thriller you will read this year
ORIGINAL, THRILLING AND POWERFUL GuardianHAUNTING, HEARTHBREAKING VogueThe phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller that is now a BAFTA Award-nominated movie NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks...
Outliers - The Story of Success
Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring, than we ever imagined. Malcolm Gladwell
has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure Tim Adams, Observer The b...
The Other Side of the Story
The lives of three women collide when a highflying literary agent finds herself representing two women who were once best friends . . . There are three sides to every story. Your side, their side, and the truth . . . Sharkish literary agent Jojo has just made a very bad career move shes slept with her married boss Mark . . . Lily Jojos bestselling author has just blown her ad...
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures - the Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
Age range 5 to 10 If youve ever felt different, if youve ever been low,if you dont quite fit in, theres a name you shouldknow
Meet Dr. Temple Grandin-one of the worldsquirkiest science heroes! When young Temple wasdiagnosed with autism, no one expected her to talk, let alonebecome one of the most powerful voices in modern science.Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. Her u...
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 Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fear...
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 Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fe...
Dingo - The Dog Who Conquered a Continent
Jackie Frenchs critically acclaimed and best-selling ANIMAL STARS series looks at history through the eyes of an animal. Ages: 9-13 All of Australias dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian rubbish dog who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. this is a story about the first dingo. It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves ma...
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer. Frank, fearless and so freaking funny. Her story. In her own words. Ive only had one one-night stand in my life. Yes, one. I know, Im so sorry to disappoint anyone who thinks I walk around at all times with a margarita in one hand and a dildo in the other. In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy shares stories about her family, her relationships, her career, good and ...
The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots
Loretta Hills bestselling debut is a delectable story of red dust and romance, and of dreams discovered in the unlikeliest of places
Lena Todd is a city girl who thrives on cocktails and cappuccinos. So when her boss announces hes sending her to the outback to join a construction team, her world is turned upside down. Lenas new accommodation will be an aluminium box called a dongar. Her ne...
The Story Cure - An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise
From tantrums to tummy aches to teenage mood swings, there are times when a book is the best medicine of all. The Story Cure is a manual for grown-ups who believe that the stories which shape childrens lives should not be left to chance. In these pages bibliotherapists Ella and Susan recommend the perfect childrens book from picture books to YA novels via the golden world of chapter books ...
The Man Who Was Thursday - Green Popular Penguins
G.K. Chestertons 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. Gabriel Syme is a poet and a police detective. Lucian Gregory is a poet and a bomb-throwing anarchist. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists and becomes Thursday, one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council. He soon learns, ho...
Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Giess own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the...
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - The Mavericks who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it! Anthony Horowitz Six gentlemen, one goal the destruction of Hitlers war machine In the spring of 1939, a top secret organisation was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitlers war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was to prove every bit as extraordinary as the ...
The Girl in the Green Sweater
The last surviving member of a group of ten Polish Jews who hid from the Nazis in the underground sewers of Lvov tells the story of her family and of the Catholic sewer worker who saved them.In 1943, with Lvovs 150,000 Jews having been forced into ghettos and facing extermination, Krystyna Chigers family daringly sought refuge in the citys sewer system. The Girl in the Green Sweater is Chige...
I Miss Mummy - The True Story of a Frightened Young Girl Who is Desperate to Go Home
Cathy Glass, the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Girl Alone and Daddys Little Princess, tells the story of Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathys house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alices mother s...
The Girl Who Played With Fire
*********************** The second book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander the global publishing phenomenonLisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salanders prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society b...
Terrified - The heartbreaking true story of a girl nobody loved and the woman who saved her
Terrified tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angelas doorstep unwanted and unloved after suffering years of emotional abuse at the hands of her mother. Desperate never to return home, Vicky is haunted by many demons and waking nightmares. This book tells the moving story of Angelas determination to set Vicky free. PRAISE FO...
TOTAL CHAOS - The Story of the Stooges
TOTAL CHAOS is the first book telling Iggy Pops story of The Stooges from his own words. Grammy winning editor and avid music historian Jeff Gold spent two days at the rock legends home sharing pictures and memorabilia from his collection. Featuring a trove of unseen photos, TOTAL CHAOS shows and tells, with the help of best-selling author Jon Savage, the story of the Stooges from those tell-a...