Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World by Henion Leigh Ann
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Heartfelt and awe-inspiring, Leigh Ann Henion's Phenomenal is a moving tale of physical grandeur and emotional transformation, a journey around the world that ultimately explores the depths of the human heart. A journalist and young mother, Henion combines her own varied experiences as a parent with a p ...Show more
Lion Attack!: I'm Trying to be Honest and I Want You to Know That by Oliver Mol
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From the inaugural winner of the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers comes a hilarious, energetic coming-of-age story that isn't quite like any other book you'll read this year.Oliver is a writer who's just moved cities. He doesn't have any friends yet; he can't get his surly flatmate, Mark, to cr ...Show more
Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman
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A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on collision with his aging mo ...Show more
A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion by Fahim
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Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France's top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, ...Show more
Forged from Silver Dollar by Li Feng
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Li Feng grew up in Mao's communist China with her mother's motto burning in her ears - success demands two things: unconditional sacrifice and absolute mental focus. Finally breaking free of her mother's overbearing clutches and fleeing to Sydney as an adult, Li struggled to make sense of her own lost c ...Show more
Lunch in Paris: A Delicious Love Story, with Recipes by Elizabeth Bard
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In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pav? au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? Lunch in Paris is a m ...Show more
Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard
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When Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up the spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris, they thought they had found their perfect home. But life had other ideas.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Life Lessons from Space by Chris Hadfield
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"Hadfield is a genius, a man of science and technology and no first-timer to the universe."-New York Post Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live ...Show more
Mothers and Others by Natalie Kon-yu
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'When are you having children?' 'Why didn't you have another child?' 'Well, I guess that's your choice, but...' They are questions asked of women all the time. Beneath them is the assumption that all women want to have children, and the judgement that if they don't, they'll be somehow incomplete. And th ...Show more
Unforgettable by Scott Simon
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'I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?' Unforgettable is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's ...Show more
The Daughterhood: The Good, the Bad the Guilty of Mother-Daughter Relationships by Natasha Fennell and Ingle Roisin
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When Natasha Fennell's mother was diagnosed with a progressive illness, she wasn't ready to do deal with the inevitability of what this would bring. Sitting outside the hospital after visiting one day, Natasha wondered how she would cope when her mother was gone.Had she been a good enough daughter? Wou ...Show more
Two Turtle Doves A Memoir of Making Things by Alex Monroe
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Two Turtle Doves is the story of a life spent making things. Growing up in 1970s Suffolk in a crumbling giant of a house with wild, tangled gardens, Alex Monroe was left to wreak havoc by invention. Without visible parental influence, but with sisters to love him and brothers to fight for him, he made n ...Show more