The Ginger Child

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A raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple’s attempt to adopt a child.But would you take a ginger child? A social worker asks Patrick Flanery as he and his husband embark on their …

Ajax the Kea Dog

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Together, Corey and Ajax traverse the steep high country throughout the South Island searching out kea nests. Their part in the kea conservation effort is essential and both Ajax and Corey can rightly …

Emergencies Only

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In 2015, Amanda McClelland was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, in recognition of an extraordinary career dedicated to making a difference. As a nurse and a humanitarian aid worker she has batt …

A Certain Light

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‘Life is not defined by the bad things that happen to us. It certainly isn’t for me.’Written for her young son so that he would know what had happened to his mother, Cynthia Banham’s inspiring family …

A Tokyo Romance

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‘The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life’ ObserverWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, wh …

Danger Music

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Eddie Ayres has a lifetime of musical experience — from learning the viola as a child, to playing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and moving to Australia to present an extremely successful ABC Class …

Equal Power

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Shortlisted for the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards (Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian)Why does power remain concentrated in the hands of men?And why do the problems of sexism sometimes feel just too bi …

Hired

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Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________The Times Round-up of the Best Non-fiction Paperbacks, 2019The Times Best Current Affairs and Big Ideas Book of the Year, 2018’A very discomforting bo …

In A Time Of Monsters

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Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East t …

Rocky Road

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In the early 1930s, the Australian family confectionery company Darrell Lea was a sensation, its shops stacked with delicious chocolates, marshmallows, nougat and much more in line with the company’s …

The Attachment

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Dear Ailsa, Sometimes I wonder whether the friendship that has caught us both – a most unlikely friendship I must confess – might find an echo in a far off Irish village somewhere in the wild, windy h …

The Face Pressed Against a Window

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Chosen as one of the Daily Mail’s Memoirs of the YearTim Waterstone is one of Britain’s most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone’s empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. …

Freedom Fighter

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The gripping story of one woman’s war against ISIS on the frontlines of Syria.Joanna Palani made headlines across the world when her role fighting ISIS in the Syrian conflict was revealed. She is one …

Journey to Health

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Social-media sensation Simone Anderson’s weight peaked at 169 kg. When she finally faced up to how overweight she was, she knew something had to change.Simone shared her progress on Facebook, to keep …

Slow

‘Dear Mr & Mrs Jones, I am writing to inform you of my withdrawal from the race to keep up with you . . .’Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she was close to having it all. Married to a wonderfu …

The Destiny Thief

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A master of the novel, short story and memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody’s Foolnow gives us his very first collection of personal essays, thoughts on writing, reading and living.I …