Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

Viktor E Frankl

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or didn't) with the experience. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest - and ...

Grandpa and Thomas

Pamela Allen

'With each new title, Pamela Allen still manages to come up with something special for her infant readers; Grandpa and Thomasis one of her best.'MagpiesThomas and Grandpa go the beach. It is an Australian summer. The sun is shining, the gulls are screeching and the sea is singing. Together they build a ...

Church of the Open Sky

Nat Young

What makes for a surfing life? With a blaze of groundbreaking performances and a swag of titles claimed from all over the world to his name, Australian world champion surfer Nat Young might know. His seventieth birthday inspired some reflection on exactly that, and on the waves and characters that have ...

Extraordinary Old Dogs: Uplifting True Tales of Remarkable Seniors

Laura Greaves

Puppies are wonderful, but there is something truly special about an old dog. It's the grey muzzle and salt-and-pepper eyebrows; the face that says 'been there, sniffed that.' It's the plodding gait; the long naps in the sunshine; the undiminished wonderment at the beauty of the world. And more than any...