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Many Ways to Say I Love You
Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Inspirational words on parenting from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, for new parents and those whose children are grown.
Fred Rogers has long been a wonderful resource for parents, offering their children entertainment and education through his enduring television show....
Memory's Last Breath
Field Notes on My Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY NPR
"For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders'] words are truly enlightening.... Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia."---Maria Shriver, NBC's Today Show
A "courageous and singular book" (Andrew Solomon), Memory's Last...
What I'd Say to the Martians
And Other Veiled Threats
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Jack Handey is one of America's favorite humorists, from his New Yorker pieces to his Deep Thoughts books and Saturday Night Live sketches. Now, in What I'd Say to the Martians, Handey regales readers with his incredible wit and wacky musings.
by Mitch Albom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that...
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else
The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.
From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names...
Unsung Ordinary Men
A Generation Like No Other
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
After spending over three years in the horrific prisoner-of-war camps, including those along the Thai-Burma Railway, Sally Dingo's father Max was one of the fortunate ones: he came home. And yet, like most of the 22,000 Australian POWs of the Japanese, he would not, or could not, talk about what happened...
Carpathia
The extraordinary story of the ship that rescued the survivors of the Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Cunard steamship Carpathia receives a distress call from the new White Star liner Titanic. Captain Arthur Rostron immediately turns Carpathia northwest and sails full speed through the dark night, into waters laden with icebergs, on a rescue mission that will...
A Fist in the Hornet's Nest
On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2004
When war broke out in Iraq, every major U.S. network pulled its correspondents from the scene. Despite the risk, Richard Engel stayed. As our tanks entered Baghdad in April 2003, he was there, bringing the Iraqi war into American homes as a stringer for ABC news. Determined to deliver the whole Middle...
Where Spirits Dwell
Fascinating True Life Stories of Haunted Houses and Other Paranormal Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
WHERE SPIRITS DWELL unearths the creaking, spine-chilling moments when ghosts appear in suburbia. Alongside infamous Australian haunted homes, like Junee?s Monte Cristo Homestead and Annandale?s haunted Abbey, WHERE SPIRITS DWELL also takes readers inside other haunted dwellings including schools,...
Spirit Sisters
Australian Women Reveal True Life Stories of the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
SPIRIT SISTERS illuminates the very personal ghost stories of ordinary Australian women. Journalist Karina Machado has listened to many of these stories and within these pages captures the sorrow, fear, comfort and hope that go along with them. Here she passes on their secrets and shares those incredible...
by Jean-Paul Bell
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
You see, I'm not really a doctor. Not a medical doctor, that is. I'm something a bit more unusual. I reckon I have the best job in the whole world - I'm a clown doctor.' Jean-Paul Bell Imagine being a child in hospital, away from the home and feeling sad, frightened, lonely or in pain. This is where...
All Fishermen Are Liars
True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2004
Just before Christmas, Linda meets up with her best friend and fellow fisherman Alden Leeman for lunch and a drink at the Dry Dock, a well-worn watering hole in Portland, Maine. Alden, the captain of Linda's first fishing expedition, has seen his share of mishaps and adventures at sea. When Linda...
Queen Meryl
The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
A captivating and inspiring portrait of legendary actress Meryl Streep and her work, Queen Meryl explores the fearless icon's trailblazing roles in film, her feminist activism, and the indelible mark she's left on pop culture.
Meryl Streep is the most celebrated actress of our time. She's a...
The Tournament
A Novel of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2003
A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament.
"If you didn't know better you'd think this city had gone crazy. The streets of Paris are full of celebrities and media, and out at the stadium the crowds are already huge...