Toughen Up
Michael Hill
Michael Hill has had just about every possible experience in business: from lie-awake-at-night nerves to the joy of unexpected success. He’s reshaped the landscape under his feet and he has ventured into new territory. Once, he was an outsider in his industry; the cheeky start-up who nobody expected to succeed. Now, his business continues to innovate and pioneer new markets. This book encapsulates the ingredients of Michael’s philosophy. He’s watched tycoons rise and fall, competitors enter and leave the market, staff grow and develop. He has made big mistakes, been ripped off, misjudged situations – and he has learned from it all. And all those lessons have distilled into a strong philosophy of business and life. | | Leaving the World
Douglas Kennedy
At age thirteen, Jane makes a vow to herself and to her feuding parents: she will never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose. Years later, she falls unexpectedly pregnant and begins to warm to the idea of motherhood, but a devastating turn of events takes the decision out of her hands. Her familiar world torn apart, Jane resigns from her job, cuts all ties with friends and family and moves to a place where no one will find her. But when a young girl disappears, prompting a high-profile police investigation, Jane is drawn in. Convinced that the person at the heart of the case is much closer to her new community than anyone realises, she has to make a decision: stay hidden or bring to light a shocking truth. | | Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox
'This reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, slightly stooped, and pinched, would be alarming if it were not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across the face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" – but I already know the answer... it just gets better from here.' Struck with Parkinson's disease at the height of his fame, Fox has taken what some people might consider cause for depression and turned it into a beacon of hope for millions. Here he writes about the personal philosophy that carried him through his darkest hours, and speaks with others who have emerged from difficult periods. With humour and wit, Fox shows how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognising the gifts of everyday life. | | A Lion Called Christian
A. Bourke and J. Rendall
In 2008, YouTube.com featured an extraordinary two-minute film clip that became an overnight phenomenon. It shows the remarkable, highly moving reunion of two men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s George Adamson, who would introduce him into his rightful home in the wild. This book tells the story of how John Rendall and Anthony ‘Ace’ Bourke, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought a boisterous lion cub in Harrods for 250 guineas and took him home to their flat... which he soon grew out of.
With stunning photographs of Christian as a cuddly cub in Chelsea and a magnificent lion in Africa, this is a unique and extraordinary story of its time, and is destined to become one of the great classics. | | 206 Bones
Kathy Reichs
A routine case turns sinister when Dr. Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation that she missed or concealed crucial evidence. Before Tempe can get to the one man with information, he turns up dead. And the heiress isn’t the only elderly female to have appeared on Tempe’s gurney recently. Back in Montreal, three more women have died, their bodies brutally discarded. Tempe is convinced there’s a link between their deaths and that of the heiress. But what – or who – connects them? Tempe struggles with the clues, but nothing adds up. Is some unknown foe sabotaging her? It soon becomes clear. It’s not simply Tempe’s career at risk. Her life is at stake too. |