The Growing Story

A beautiful memoir of unexpected pregnancy, of growing things and caring for plants, and how they return the favour.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoA...

DescriptionA lot of people want to change the world, but what can we learn from those who have tried? Counterculture Crossover is a remarkable memo...

Reducere. Bannack is a story of adventure and self-discovery set in the time of the Civil War and vigilante violence. Sixteen-year-old Billy Mayfair, kicked ...

Reducere. Pioneer Girl is the true story of Grace McCance Snyder. In 1885, when Grace was three, she and her family became homesteaders on the windswept prai...

A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories.

Throughout it all, her indomitable spirit - and her vivid sense of humour - kept her alive. A vivid, intimate and darkly funny account of a life le...

Brought up amid near-Dickensian squalour in the tough East End of Glasgow and sexually abused by her uncle, Janey married into a Glasgow criminal f...

Reducere. "I couldn't find any meaning in my life when I was out there. I'm sure as hell not going to find it in here. This is the grand finale of a life poo...

That one of them, the visionary Mark Zuckerberg, had the maturity, strategic smarts and luck to keep his company ahead of its rivals anchors the ta...

DescriptionAuthor/artist Hyeon-Ju Lee's The Happiest Tree is a wonderfully emotional story of life and growing up that will pull at the heartstring...

Reducere. "Words are powerful, " Grandma told Justice. "They can be used in powerful ways to do good or to do harm. That's why it's important to always be ca...

A personal story from the child of corner shop owners that explores how these tiny open-all-hours shops changed our country -- as heard on Saturday...

This book is about a man who had a dream at a very tender age and lived the dream despite all the odds that were stacked against him. With his miss...

Reducere. What will you do if your child gets sad and upset because you won't buy him a new toy? How can you teach him to be thankful for what he already has...