Ten Good and Bad Things about My Life (So Far)
Pearl Littlefields first assignment in fifth grade is comp...
The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irres...
The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irresistib...
Limitless - Inspirations for a Ridiculously Good Life
Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disabil...
The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner - An Eclipse Novel...
I turned off my brain. It was time to hunt. I took a deep br...
Star Wars: A Scanimation Book - 11 Iconic Scenes from a...
Imagine: the first Star Wars book that actually moves, bring...
Unstoppable - My Life So Far
Trail blazer - My life as an ultra-distance trail runner
Ian: Youre going to run how far?, Ryan: 250 kilometres. But its over seven days, though. Ian: And the furthest youve ever run is
?, Ryan: 42.2 kilometres
on the road. And on trail
35 kilometres. Ian: Ryan, I think you need to reassess this
What does it take to run a six-day race through the worlds harshest deserts? Or 100 miles in a single day at altitudes that...
Pour Me - A Life
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZEAn intense, succulent read thats intermittently dazzling THE TIMES Chilling, exquisitely moving DAILY TELEGRAPH A superb memoir and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read EVENING STANDARDA. A. Gills memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the...
Being Conchita - We are Unstoppable
This is Conchitas full story from rural childhood to recording artist, Gaultier Couture model, Eurovision winner, LGBT ambassador and cultural icon. With the song Rise Like a Phoenix, Thomas Neuwirth better known to the world as Conchita Wurst stormed to victory in 2014s Eurovision Song Contest. The bearded drag queens winning words, We are unity and we are unstoppable, were a ...
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy I cannot allow any man to to criticise my private conduct! she exclaimed. Nor will I for a minute Hardys powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene, a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men respectable farmer Boldwood, ...
Your Pace or Mine? - What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming Last
From the co-author of the best-selling Running Made Easy, with a foreword by running legend Kathrine Switzer. Lisa Jackson is a surprising cheerleader for the joys of running. Formerly a committed fitness-phobe, she became a marathon runner at 31, and ran her first 56-mile ultramarathon aged 41. And unlike many runners, Lisas not afraid to finish last in fact, shes done so in 20 of the 9...
The Signs - Decode the Stars, Reframe Your Life
****A new constellation of astrology guru Vogue*** Nobodys future is written in the stars, but we can use the stars to help write our future. For thousands of years people have looked to the night sky for the answers to lifes problems. Todays practice is a far cry from newspaper horoscopes and fortune-telling, but instead uses the ancient wisdom of astrology to help us better unders...
Life on Mars
Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers comes from a family of stargazers and his quest to find life on other planets is unstoppable. But when Artys family announces theyre moving to Las Vegas, the City of Lights threatens to put an end to his stargazing dreams forever-especially when he has to stay with his scary next door neighbor while his parents look for a house. As it turns out, M...
A Life in Football - My Autobiography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWrightys characteristic honesty means his book is far more engrossing than most bland football memoirs Sunday TimesIan Wright, Arsenal legend, England striker and TV pundit extraordinaire, is one of the most interesting and relevant figures in modern football.His journey from a South London council estate to national treasure is everybodys dream. From Sunday morn...
Far From the Madding Crowd
A tale of love and loss the first of Thomas Hardys novels to win him widespread recognition and popularity reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in May 2015. `I shall do one thing in this life one thing certain that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Stri...
The Death Sculptor - A brilliant serial killer thriller, featuring the unstoppable Robert Hunter
Good job you didnt turn on the lights
A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hun...
Far from the Tree - Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Reviews Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing soa brave, beautiful book that will ...
My Life So Far
There are always regrets in life, among them things weve done that we wish we could take back and erase. I have significant ones that will haunt me forever and which I hope I have been brave enough to confront in this book. So says Jane Fonda in the preface to My Life So Far, a powerful account of an extraordinary woman. Oscar winner, controversial political activist, groundbreaking fitnes...
Like a Bat Out of Hell - The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf
I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy when that word still meant something good! Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall Everything in the story of Meat Loaf is big. From the place he was born (Texas); to the family he was born into (his father weighed 22 stone, his uncle weighed over 40 stone, while Meat Loaf himself wei...
When to Jump - If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want
If youre at a crossroads, this is the book you need to read to begin chasing your dreams. Includes a foreword by Sheryl Sandberg. Do you have a little voice in your head telling you to pursue the thing you love? Leaving a comfortable job to pursue a passion is a brave, bold move but its far from impossible. In this inspiring read When to Jump founder Mike Lewis has curated a community of p...
Never Too Far
The New York Times bestselling novel that continues the passionate story of Rush and Blaire from Fallen Too Far. Our relationship had been short. Intense and brief. I wondered what it would have felt like to curl up in Rushs arms anytime I wanted. To know I was safe and that he loved me. Wed never had that chance. Just when Blaire allowed herself to fall for her stepbrother, Rush, he revealed ...
Cockatoo - My Life in Cape York
The exile of the Indigenous population of Hope Valley in the coastal region of Cape York in far north Queensland during World War II is a shameful yet seldom-told chapter in Indigenous Australian history. Roy McIvor was just 10 when he, his family and his community were rounded up by the military and shipped 1500 km south to Woorabinda because of allegations that his people were collaboratin...
The Complete Far Side
Originally published in hardcover in 2003, The Complete Far Side was a New York Times bestseller. Now its back as a paperback set with a newly designed slipcase that will delight Far Side fans. A masterpiece of comic brilliance, The Complete Far Side contains every Far Side cartoon ever syndicated over 4,000! presented in chronological order by year of publication, with more than 1,100 th...
On the Move - A Life
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, ...
Star Wars: A Scanimation Book - 11 Iconic Scenes from a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Imagine: the first Star Wars book that actually moves, bringing to life the most memorable scenes from the epic: Obi-Wan battles Darth Maul, The Millennium Falcon zooms away from an exploding Death Star Luke rides a galloping Tauntaun, Yoda twirls his green lightsaber, Boba Fett blasts up, up and away And of course the most memorable scene of all red and blue lightsabers flashing, Luke and Dar...
Neymar - 2017 Updated Edition - The Unstoppable Rise of Barcelona's Brazilian Superstar
From a young age, Neymar was identified as a future great of world soccer. Since his move to Barcelona in 2013 he has progressed at an unstoppable rate, not simply coping but thriving under the pressure of expectation. Having established himself as a vital prong alongside Messi and Suarez in Barcelonas attack, 2015/16 saw him vying to take the starring role. His performances made him a serious ...
Notorious - The Life and Fights of Conor McGregor
The Dubliner has achieved more in three years with the Ultimate Fighting Championship than anyone in the twenty year history of the organization. From an unknown prospect in 2013 to the first man to hold two world titles simultaneously, McGregors knockout-filled march through the featherweight and then lightweight rankings sent shockwaves through the world. But as effortless as McGregors heroi...