Inspiration

From the 1870s, a generation of bold women made mountaineering history

An award-winning, inspiring memoir of family, education and resilience. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and new tools to make the work your own. For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts...

Happiness grows when you notice it. Delight in this inspiring collection of witty quotes, wise ideas, and practical tips designed to encourage more happiness in life. With more than a thousand thoughts on how to attain happiness, you...

A hilarious gift for moms full of irreverent meditations that provide much-needed comic relief for the many inane (and insane) moments of motherhood.From the creator of the popular Mommy Cusses blog and Instagram account, this is the guidebook to staying...

Find your way to happiness with this wise, inspiring journey into the spiritual heart of Japan.In Eight Million Ways to Happiness, Hiroko Yoda invites readers on a transformative journey into the traditions that shape Japanese life. While millions have...

From bestselling author and TED speaker Dr Lucy Hone comes a timely and much-needed guide to surviving the silent epidemic of living loss - the kind that follows divorce, illness, estrangement, redundancy, infertility or any other life upheaval.Grief...

The final installment in the New York Times bestselling Stoic Virtues series: the essential, life-changing and hard-won virtue of wisdom. Wisdom depends on curiosity. It demands humility. It requires a willingness to learn from the past in order...

What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. And then you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal...

From the best-selling author of Aroha, Wawata, Waitohu and E Moko Dear Moko, comes a unique exploration of how to think about thinking, rooted in the wisdom of Māori culture. Dr Hinemoa Elder introduces us to a profound...

Jake Bailey knows all about adversity - but also about resilience.As head boy at Christchurch Boys' High in 2015, Jake delivered his end-of-year speech from a wheelchair, only a week after being diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form...

James Norbury meets Raymond Brigg’s The Snowman with a touch of Love, Actually... The first book from a hugely popular new Instagram talent For Lucy, hope can be found everywhere – in family, friendships and even the changing of seasons –...

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living is a practical, inspirational guide that combines the wisdom of the Dalai Lama's eastern spiritual tradition with human happiness expert Dr Howard C. Cutler's western perspective. From health, self-esteem, family and...

Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin- a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches. 'Life will sometimes...

Love is our only hope. It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks.In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Anne...

Learn how to create dynamic, original abstract art using easy techniques and nothing more than watercolor paints and a few pens. Let your creativity loose and start making art, without getting bogged down in detail or accuracy -...

'Although Alan Watts' famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision of Buddhism remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form.' - Publishers Weekly Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion presents six powerful essays by Alan...

A complex and truly timeless emotion, love - whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verses of outstanding beauty. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a...

Free yourself from depression, anxiety and insecurity, and instead build a rich and meaningful life, with the world's best-selling guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Over 1 million copies sold! In The Happiness Trap, Dr. Russ Harris provides...

From the best-selling author of Aroha and Wawata comes a new and inspiring journal to help you make deeper connections using the energies of Hina the Maori moon goddess and the power of aroha. Kia ora! Welcome to...

A compassionate and accessible guide to navigating mental illness by a world-renowned expert. 'Powerful and poignant, this book is for anyone who has struggled with mental health challenges' Lori Gottlieb ' An invaluable book' Andrew Solomon 'A unique,...

After hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Tim Voors recounts the second of three Great thru-hikes across America. The Continental Divide Trail (or CDT, as it is known) is the longest trail, at 3100 miles or 5000 km, through...

Books can be so powerful, helping us through tricky times, offering us wisdom we haven't learnt yet, showing us that there are people like us, or showing us the opposite, that other people live very different lives. Books...

Uplifting inspiration from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Wish I KnewWild Hope is Donna Ashworth's powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-acceptance and inspiration on the days we feel worn down, helpless or sad. Written...