Vacationland - True Stories from Painful Beaches
Vacationland - True Stories from Painful Beaches
Presents a memoir of the author’s cursed travels through th...

Cricket's Strangest Matches - Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket
Cricket's Strangest Matches - Extraordinary but true st...
Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricke...

Too Scared To Cry - And other true stories from the nation's favourite foster carer
Too Scared To Cry - And other true stories from the nat...
A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering s...

The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology - True stories from the world's best writers
The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology - True stories from ...
Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher ...

Flak - True Stories from the Men who Flew in World War Two
Flak - True Stories from the Men who Flew in World War ...
Michael Veitch’s life-long obsession with the aircraft of t...

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stories from Around the World
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stori...
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in...

Marriages Are Made In Bond Street - True Stories from a 1940s Marriage Bureau
Marriages Are Made In Bond Street - True Stories from a...
In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, tw...

Graphic Content : True Stories from Top Creatives
Graphic Content : True Stories from Top Creatives
63 top creatives speak out on art; inspiration; life; and ra...

The Best Australian Yarns - And Other True Stories
The Best Australian Yarns - And Other True Stories
Best Australian Yarns is a substantial and definitive collec...

Answers from Heaven - Incredible True Stories of Heavenly Encounters and the Afterlife
Answers from Heaven - Incredible True Stories of Heaven...
Answers from Heaven is for anyone who has ever wondered if t...

True Stories of Survival
True Stories of Survival
Ten true stories of survival against the odds: from shark at...

Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from ...
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the N...

The Moth - All These Wonders - 49 new true stories
The Moth - All These Wonders - 49 new true stories
Includes five Australian stories from Magda Szubanski, Omar ...

Magical Thinking - True Stories
Magical Thinking - True Stories
From the bestselling author of “Running with Scissors” and...

Vacationland - True Stories From Painful Beaches

The First Christmas and Other Bible Stories From the New Testament

A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition containing 16 of the best-known New Testament stories retold for children, by Enid Blyton, one of the world’s best-loved storytellers. The perfect Christmas gift. ’Enid Blyton’s retelling of Christ’s own stories and the meaning of His time on Earth is full of love – Christ’s love for us, our love for each other – and Enid’s caring and timeless love for...

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 Hamlet’s BlackBerry ’An essential guide for the true storyteller.’ – Chloe Hooper, award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction It’s etched into our neurological pathways; we ...

Illustrated Stories from Aesop

This new collection of Aesop’s fables is sumptuously illustrated by Giuliano Ferri and presented as a hardback gift edition to be read again and again A fully illustrated collection of more than thirty of Aesop’s timeless fables, retold specially for children, including ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’, ‘The Boy who Cried Wolf’ and ‘The Lion and the Mouse’. This luxury, cloth-bound gift edi...

Paris for One and Other Stories

A collection of 11 unmissable short stories from the Number One internationally bestselling author of Me Before You and After You ’Lots to cheer about in Moyes’ first collection of short stories. If you want romance, the title story and its hapless heroine Nell will give it to you in spades’ Red ’Moyes somehow manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love’ Sunday Express...

Born a Crime - Stories from a South African Childhood

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times – Newsday – Esquire – NPR – Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily ...

Don't Worry, be Grumpy - Inspiring Stories for Making the Most of Each Moment

Laugh aloud even as you look at life anew with these stories from the bestselling author of Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? In 108 brief stories with titles like “The Bad Elephant,” “Girlfriend Power,” and “The Happiness License,” Ajahn Brahm offers up more timeless wisdom that will speak to people from all walks of life. Drawing from his own experiences, stories shared by his students, ...

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...

Besieged - Stories from the Iron Druid Chronicles

***OVER A MILLION COPIES OF THE IRON DRUID BOOKS SOLD*** ’American Gods meets Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden’ SFF World Discover this action-packed collection of short stories featuring Atticus O’Sullivan – the two-thousand-year-old tattooed Irishman with extraordinary powers from Kevin Hearne’s New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles. - In ancient Egypt, Atticus raids a secret cham...

How to do a liver transplant - Stories from my surgical life

`Iloved Kellee Slater’s book. And not just because she’s a transplant surgeon andI have had a liver transplant. At times I felt like she had been reading mymail!’ - Derryn HinchWheneverything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out `Cross-clamp!‘Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, ithas been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all ...

The Near and the Far - new stories from the Asia-Pacific region

From 21 of the best writers in the Asia-Pacific region comes a collection about finding connections where you least expect them. It’s a sweltering night in Kuala Lumpur, and a journalist is protesting in a city on the edge of meltdown. It’s post-9/11 San Francisco, and a woman meets her foster child, who provokes painful reminders of her past. It’s contemporary Bangkok, and a writer’s encount...

Because I Was a Girl - True Stories for Girls of All Ages

Whether they’re 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 they’ve faced – and the dreams they’ve made come true. Featuring a who’s who of successful w...

Stories of Life at Sydney Cove

Following the success of ‘Across Great Divides: True Stories of Life at Sydney Cove’ this new edition, ‘Stories of Life at Sydney Cove’, is for readers aged 10+. When thirteen year old convicts, John Hudson and Elizabeth Hayward, are sent to a mysterious land at the end of the world, they have no idea what life holds for them. At Sydney Cove there are no roads, no fences, no buildings…just wi...

Dragons at Crumbling Castle - And Other Stories

Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster! Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers. But there’s a teeny weeny surp...

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stories from Around the World

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized national leader in women’s 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 women’s travel writing of the year. This title is the tenth in that series-The Best Women’s Travel Writing-pr...

From Brilliant & Broke to Inspired & Abundant - Inspiring Stories from Ordinary People with an Extraordinary Desire to C...

Have you ever asked yourself: ‘With all my training, knowledge, skills, background, attributes and brilliance …why am I still broke?’ Countless people find themselves in this same position, feeling broke both financially and physically, both spiritually and in their relationships. When you feel you’ve hit rock bottom, how do you get back up again? From Brilliant & Broke to Inspired & Abundant ...

The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner - And Other Stories

Poor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears – cheese sandwiches, socks . . . even a small yellow elephant on wheels! It’s becoming a real nuisance – and he’s allergic to rabbits. His friends at the Magic Rectangle can’t help, but the mysterious vacuum cleaner he ...

Usborne Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths

A fantastic compendium, this wonderful collection of Greek myths taken from “Usborne Young Reading” titles is a thrilling and informative read. Featuring the best-known of all the Greek heroes and monsters, with six stories starring Perseus and Medusa, Pegasus, Heracles, Odysseus, the Wooden Horse and the Minotaur. A section after the stories gives more details on the various gods and other Gree...

Cricket's Strangest Matches - Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket

Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of cricket Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll 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...

Yoga And The Quest For True Self

Not only a superb form of physical exercise, yoga is an ancient system for personal growth that promises happiness and peace in daily life, as well as enlightenment – “the soul awake in this lifetime.” Now, Stephen Cope – who is a trained psychotherapist as well as a yoga teacher – explains this path of transformation in vivid personal experiences and modern psychological terms to which we al...

The Children's Bible - Share the Greatest Stories Ever Told

This book is packed with children’s Bible stories, from the creation story, to the history of the Old Testament prophets, to the nativity story and Jesus’ resurrection. DK’s The Children’s Bible is a children’s book for ages 9-11. It features more than 150 of the best-loved stories from the Bible, covering both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Beautiful illustrations and colour phot...

Angels with Dirty Faces - Five Inspiring Stories

Collection of 5 short stories – The Little Princess, No Place for Nathan, Daddy’s Boy, The Wild Child and Scarlett’s Secret – previously available as individual e-shorts. A collection of inspiring and moving real life short stories from foster carer and New York Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Darby, whose parents keep her locked in her bedroom, and who arrives pale an...