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  The Captain's Run - How the...

  Gregor Paul

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  How the captains of the last 50 years have gone about leading the world's most successful rugby team. 
    
  The job of All Blacks captain comes with a scrutiny that puts it alongside the prime minister in terms of profile and public expectation. It takes a strong, confident and assured personality to captain a team where failure is never tolerated. 
  The Captain's Run is a behind the scenes journey into the world of All Blacks captaincy. It reveals how the great captains dealt with the pressure of the toughest job in world rugby, how they coped with failure, and what they would have done differently, if given their time again.  
  HarperCollins Australia 2022

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - Early...

  Jules Verne

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  The ideas and inventions of mankind on many occasions have their roots in the minds of authors. From Interplanetary journeys, time travel, robots and cyborgs to voice control, organ transplants, mobile phones and even the internet are just some that began as mere inky black on paper as thrills and adventures. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - Early Science Fiction - An Introduction 
  2 - Cool Air by H P Lovecraft 
  3 - Master Zacharius by Jules Verne 
  4 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London 
  5 - The Park of Kings by Alexander Kuprin 
  6 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  7 - The Tachypomp by Edward Page Mitchell 
  8 - What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien 
  9 - The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov 
  10 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 1 by Robert W Chambers 
  11 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers 
  12 - Into the Sun by Robert Duncan Milne

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  Ian's Ride - A Long-Distance...

  Karen Polinsky, Ian Mackay,...

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  While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Ian Mackay crashed his bike into a tree on campus. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mackay adapted to his new life with the help of his dedicated family, particularly his mother, Teena Woodward, and a group of quirky friends. After years of despair, and against all odds, he became an inspiring leader, an innovator with Apple, and a world-record-breaking athlete. In this intimate memoir based on more than one hundred hours of interviews, journal entries, and more, writer Karen Polinsky recounts with Ian his accident and determined recovery, in which he discovered the healing power of nature and community. 
   
   
   
  Ian's Ride is both a personal journey and an adventure quest for nature lovers, endurance athletes, and anyone struggling with a life-changing loss or diagnosis. This deeply moving true story examines how we exist in our bodies, adapt to and overcome adversity, and above all what makes our hearts tick.

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  The House of Hidden Meanings - A...

  RuPaul

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  ***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** 
  From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag. 
  Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul. Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known. 
  In The House of Hidden Meanings, RuPaul strips away all artifice and recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography life-story, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history. 
  Here in RuPaul’s singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living—a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly. 
  A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag. “I've always loved to view the world with analytical eyes, examining what lies beneath the surface. Here, the focus is on my own life—as RuPaul Andre Charles,” says RuPaul. 
  If we’re all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare. 

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  Forget Having Kids I'm Having...

  Dane Reid

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  "Are you tired of being asked when you're going to start a family? Are you tired of feeling guilty for not wanting kids? Well, put those feelings aside and say hello to the ultimate guide to embracing the childfree lifestyle - 'Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun'. 
  This hilarious and relatable book is here to show you that being childfree is not only acceptable, it's something to be celebrated! With anecdotes and stories from real people who have chosen to not have kids, this book will have you laughing and nodding along. 
  From the joys of spending your hard-earned money on yourself to the freedom of being able to travel the world without worrying about finding a babysitter, this book covers it all. It's the perfect read for anyone looking to break free from society's pressure to procreate and discover the many benefits of a childfree life. 
  So if you're ready to put down that baby carrier, grab a glass of wine, and dive into the world of not-parenting, 'Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun' is the book for you. It's time to embrace the childfree lifestyle and have some real fun."

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  3 Stories - Without Character...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.   
   
  01 - 3 Stories - Stories Without Character Names 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton 
  04 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

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