Books

Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei

A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb [...]

Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master (A Yogi’s Autobiography): Sri M

Sri M writes about his fascinating journey as a young man from the southern coast of India to the mystical [...]

In Patagonia: Bruce Chatwin

An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Bruce Chatwin’s [...]

Chasing the Monsoon: Alexander Frater

Each year, on the first of June, the summer monsoon arrives over Trivandrum at the southernmost tip of India. Its [...]

Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam

This is an enchanting spiritual memoir based in the 1950’s rural Vietnam. The author Quang lived in the deep [...]

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

The incredibly harrowing and miraculous voyage of British explorer Ernest Shackleton to reach the South Pole. They [...]

Persepolis: Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis is a graphic autobiography of Marjane Satrapi set in Iran during the islamic revolution. Being [...]

Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs

From renowned pop-up masters Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda comes an awe-inspiring tribute to the world’s [...]

Freedom at Midnight: Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre

The electrifying story of India’s struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published [...]

Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia

In 1959 a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and [...]

A World of Information: Richard Platt

A visually stunning collection of facts and figures for all the family to enjoyHow [...]

A Year in Provence: Peter Mayle

In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and [...]

The Madman’s Library – The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities From History: Edward Brooke-Hitching

https://youtu.be/sZ5GThEgi5k Edward Brooke-Hitching grew up in a rare book shop, with a rare book dealer [...]

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou gives an intimate portrait of her poignant life interwined with the civil war era told through a childs [...]

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux’s account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with [...]

Wonderstruck: Brian Selznick

Brian Selznick narrates a visualising compelling and an awe-inspiring journey of Ben and Rose. Part prose [...]

Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound [...]

Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure

It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a [...]

Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits

In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and [...]

Man’s Search for Meaning: Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor Frankl has lived through one of the worst crimes committed to fellow humans in the recent [...]

Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Surya Das

This book is for anyone who have experienced pain and struggling to let go. Lama Surya Das holds [...]

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Richard P. Feynman

Quirky and insightful book by Nobel prize winning scientist Richard

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Jean-Dominique Bauby

A memoir written by the author Jean-Dominique Bauby while he was in locked-in syndrome where he could only [...]

Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices: N.W. Walker

Informative book on gut health and juicing. Dr. Norman Walker was a proponent of raw juicing even in [...]