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A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl.The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century. Anne Frank kept a diary from 1942 to 1944. Initially she wrote it strictly for herself. Then, one day in 1944, a member ...

The recently retired 3-time Olympic gold medalist shares his favorite action-sports photographs and family albums in this personally curated illustrated autobiography.White chronicles his evolution from his childhood in California into becoming the world's best snowboarder and skateboarder, his trav...

'The most remarkable story of a most courageous woman' - Hon Judith CollinsThis is the astounding true story of one of the last female special operations agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII.Born in 1921, Pippa Latour became a covert special operations agent who parachuted ...

Sam Gibson, aka , is a bushman through and through: hunting, fishing, trapping and adventuring - he does it all. As an unruly teenager starting to get into mischief Sam's parents and teachers struck an unusual deal, letting him take time out of school to spend it in the outdoors, a path which would ...

Grace is both mysterious and hard to define. It can be found when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, building on our shared humanity, being kinder, bigger, better with each other. If, in its crudest interpretation, karma is getting what you deserve, then grace ...

When the Taliban were at the height of their power in 2001, Abbas Nazari's parents were faced with a choice: stay and face persecution in their homeland, or seek security for their young children elsewhere.The family's desperate search for safety took them on a harrowing journey from the mountains o...

The aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion is a story that has yet to be told by those who fought their own war against a brutal insurgency: the private security operators. Risking life and limb, often side by side with the US military but far more exposed, they were never to receive a hero's homecomin...

A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your Rehab'Extraordinary. A powerful story of redemption and hope.' Hon Lianne Dalziel CNZM, former Mayor of Christchurch'Bariz h...

A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older. 'Inspirational' - Observer A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older. Col...

The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's interest.From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts. The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, ...

For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger travelled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children. Cr...

A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity.Dai Henwood wanted to be a comedian even before he knew what a comedian was. He always knew there was something special in being able to make people laugh.Over a 25-year career, the much-loved Kiwi en...

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.No one expects the police to knock ...

One woman's solo sailing odyssey - from Land's End to the shores of Greece - explores the unexpected joy of solitude When Susan set sail from the south-west coast of England on her beloved sailboat, Isean, she was unaware this spontaneous departure would lead to a journey spanning several years and ...

This amusing and endearing hilarious memoir of a young New Zealand vet focuses on the trials and tribulations of being a newcomer to professional veterinary life in New Zealand and then in Newfoundland, southern England and Jordan. In The Ones That Bit Me!, there is sadness and personal challenge, t...

A serial rapist is stalking South Auckland in 1980s New Zealand and police are stumped - they can't seem to find the man they call "The Ghost" before he strikes again.In this incredible memoir of his nearly four decades as a police officer, David "Chook" Henwood tells the true story of how he and hi...

This is the memoir of Andrew Trotter, farmer and artist in Fairlie, Mackenzie, New Zealand.The book (54 pages) features many of his beautiful paintings.

The unforgettable account of Edith Eger's extraordinary survival of Auschwitz, with new material from Edith's teenage years. In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith was sent to Auschwitz and endured unimaginable experiences. When the camp was finally liberated, she was pulled from a pile of bodies...

It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?Welcome back to Clarkson’s Farm.The spring crop failed. Farming sheep, pigs and cows was hardly more lucrative (better off breeding ostriches…)But in the face of uncooperative weather, bureaucrac...

A loving memoir set in small-town New Zealand‘If I’d been asked to vote on it I would’ve said I’d landed at the centre of the universe. Standing on our corner of Sylvan Road and Victoria Street, with Te Mata Peak, the Tukituki River and the mad wilderness of Windsor Park to the back of me an...

Discover 30 inspirational stories from women who have harnessed the power of self-discovery and experienced amazing adventures around the world alone.Packed with candid first-person accounts from brilliant women including a retired nomad, a keen cyclist, a circus artist, a woman celebrating sobriety...

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight?Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent years str...