The Art of Happiness

The Dalai Lama

Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness. -H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness So popular and so rarely understood, this Nobel Peace Prize winner...

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

Ian Kershaw

The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of historyThe modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless conte...

Tearaway Coach

Neridah McMullin

When Fenton and his father catch the coach to Geelong, they have no idea that their driver of the team of powerful horses is the famous Edward Devine - 'Cabbage tree Ned'-or of the incredible adventure that lies ahead.A breathless story of bushrangers, danger, daring and escape as Fen finds himself hold...