Title: A Second Wind
ISBN: 9781451697049
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Cover: Soft
Pages: 272
Synopsis:
As the descendant of two prominent French families and director of one of the world’s most celebrated champagne houses, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not someone in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his wife being diagnosed with a terminal illness, a paragliding accident left him a quadriplegic.
Passing his days hidden behind the high walls of his Paris townhouse, Philippe found himself the modern equivalent of an “untouchable”—unable to reach out to others, as others were afraid to reach out to him. The only person who seemed unaffected by Philippe’s condition was someone who had been marginalized his entire life—Abdel, the unemployed, uninhibited Algerian immigrant who would become his unlikely caretaker. In between dramas and jokes, he sustained Philippe’s life for the next ten years.
A Second Wind, the basis for the major motion picture The Intouchables, is the inspiring true story of two men who refused to ask for help, and then wound up helping each other.
The Story that inspired the major motion picture -
The Intouchables
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Price: $16.00 (Inclusive of GST)
Title: Blue Nights
ISBN: 9780007432905
Publisher: Harper Collins
Cover: Soft
Pages:
Synopsis:
From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter.
Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old.
Blue Nights opens on July 26, 2010, as Didion thinks back to Quintana’s wedding in New York seven years before. Today would be her wedding anniversary. This fact triggers vivid snapshots of Quintana’s childhood — in Malibu, in Brentwood, at school in Holmby Hills. Reflecting on her daughter but also on her role as a parent, Didion asks the candid questions any parent might about how she feels she failed either because cues were not taken or perhaps displaced. ‘How could I have missed what was clearly there to be seen?’ Finally, perhaps we all remain unknown to each other.
Blue Nights — the long, light evening hours that signal the summer solstice, ‘the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but also its warning’ — like The Year of Magical Thinking before it, is an iconic book of incisive and electric honesty.
Price: $19.80 (Inclusive of GST)
Title: Little Prisoners
ISBN: 9780007436606
Publisher: Harper Collins
Cover: Soft
Pages: 304
Synopsis:
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. The shock that strikes Casey and her family when Ashton and Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two dirty, frightened little waifs stand before them, huge eyes staring around their new surroundings. Ashton -- 9, Olivia -- 6, have the same urchin look; hair running wild with head lice, filthy nails and skin covered in scabs. And the smell is horrific. The eldest two children of a group of five siblings, Casey had only been told they were coming two days earlier. But it was an emergency, temporary placement, and they were only due to stay a couple of weeks! Casey is desperate to help these poor, lost children, who have been taken away from their family because they were considered at risk, but before she can even start to understand the horrific things that have happened in the past, she has to teach them the most basic of behaviours. Ashton and Olivia have no barriers and no sense of what's right and wrong -- her challenges begin with the toilet and eating habits. The weeks roll into months and the months roll on, but bit by bit the children are starting to feel like they truly belong to a family, for the first time. With this new found security and love, gradually they start to reveal what really happened to them and their siblings at home, and slowly Casey can help them start to rebuild their young lives.
Price: $17.12 (Inclusive of GST)
Title: One Direction
ISBN: 9781438002019
Publisher: Barrons
Cover: Soft
Pages:
Synopsis:
They're the biggest music sensation to arrive in the United States in years. Young audiences on both sides of the Atlantic cheered One Direction through the X-Factor competition--and with their arrival in America, kids have gone wild over their brand-new Columbia Records album release "What Makes You Beautiful." Now, American audiences can test themselves by measuring their true trivia knowledge about this super British-Irish boy band. One Direction: Test Your Super-Fan Status is packed with cool quizzes, tricky trivia questions, word searches, crossword puzzles, and much more. Every feature is designed to test each fan's knowledge about Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. Kids will also love a bonus feature--eight pages of color photos of the band's five stars that includes a tricky "Spot the Difference" puzzle. Every fan of this hit band will want to grab a pen, then start turning the pages and answering the questions. When they've reached the last page they'll know exactly what kind of One Direction fan they really are!
Price: $12.84 (Inclusive of GST)
Title: Awaken Your Child's Financial Genius
ISBN: 9781612680767
Publisher: Publisher Group West
Cover: Soft
Pages:
Synopsis:
Kiyosaki expands on his belief that the school system was created to churn out 'Es' / Employees... those "A Students" who read well, memorize well and test well... and not the creative thinkers, visionaries and dreamers –entrepreneurs-in-the-making... those "C Students who grow up to be the innovators and creators of new ideas, businesses, applications and products.
The book urges parents not to be obsessed with their kids' "letter grades" ("good grades" might only mean they or the student themselves were successful in jamming a square peg into a round hole...) and focus, instead, on concepts, ideas, and helping their child find their true genius, their special gift. The path they can pursue with a love and true passion.
Robert showcases success stories of "C Students" who grew up to be phenomenal successes – and HIRED those "A Students"(attorneys, accountants, and other school-smart specialists) to work in their businesses... while the more average students, "B Students," often find themselves in government-type jobs...
Not surprisingly, Kiyosaki will coin his own definitions of what "A," "B," and "C" stand for as he gives parents and their children bits of wisdom as well as insights and tools for navigating an ever-changing world... an Information Age world where the ability to change and adapt, understand relationships, and anticipate the future will shape their lives.
Price: $33.17 (Inclusive of GST)
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