The Forgotten Children
David HillRRP: £8.99
In 1959 David Hill’s mother – a poor single parent living in Sussex – reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in Australia where, she was led to believe, they would have a good …
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Cork Dork
Bianca BoskerRRP: £10.99
The Independent’s 2017 Book of the Year and a 2020 London Eater recommended read for lockdown’If Malcolm Gladwell were to write a book about wine, the results wouldn’t linger much more pleasurably on …
Daughter of the Territory
Jacqueline HammarRRP: £9.99
Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline’s childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin …
Elephant Dawn
Sharon PincottRRP: £14.99
In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded and arriv …
Not Right in the Head
Michelle WyattRRP: £14.99
Michelle Wyatt’s mum always joked with the family that if she ever developed Alzheimer’s like her own mother-Michelle’s grandmother-they should put her in a home and throw away the key. When she did u …
The Horse Whisperer
Andrew FroggattRRP: £14.99
Andrew Froggatt has special skills as a horse whisperer: He can train the wildest horse and he’s worked with thousands of horses over the years, from wild, untouched horses, pony club ponies, riding f …
The Sound of Summer
Jim MaxwellFor more than four decades Jim Maxwell has called the cricket for the ABC. Since 1973 he has covered over 250 Test matches, including six tours to the West Indies, seven to the subcontinent, over fift …
Disrupted
Dan LyonsRRP: £12.99
Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old …
Prick With a Fork
Larissa DubeckiRRP: £12.99
Before she was one of Australia’s top restaurant critics, Larissa Dubecki was one of its worst waitresses. A loving homage to her ten-year reign of dining-room terror, Prick With a Fork takes you wher …
Behind the Tape
Lance BurdettRRP: £14.99
Lance Burdett was in the police force for twenty-two years, in a variety of high-level roles: head of negotiation team; running 111 centre; intelligence management; protection squad and emergency resp …
Mrs D is Going Without
Lotta DannRRP: £12.99
Lotta Dann was in trouble – her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she tried to cut down, she found it nearly impo …
Women I've Undressed
Orry-KellyOrry-Kelly created magic on screen, from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon to Some Like It Hot. He won three Oscars for costume design. He dressed all the biggest stars, from Bette Davis to Marilyn Mo …
A Fig at the Gate
Kate LlewellynRRP: £9.99
In A Fig at the Gate, author Kate Llewellyn, now in her seventies, embraces a new phase in her life, asking the question, ‘How does one live well?’Following the joyful crafting of her gardens in the B …
Things That Matter
Dr David GallerRRP: £14.99
In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital.Weaving his …
Raising the Perfectly Imperfect Child
Boris VujicicRRP: £14.99
Nick Vujicic, who was born with no arms or legs, has overcome steep challenges to now live what he describes as a ‘ridiculously good life’. Nick, who travels worldwide and inspires millions via speaki …
How (Not) To Start an Orphanage
Tara WinklerRRP: £12.99
Tara Winkler first arrived in Cambodia in 2005 and was taken to visit a small orphanage in Battambang. The children were living in extreme poverty, which had a huge impact on Tara. She determined to c …
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