Personal growth

Challenging and tender, these poems are a rite of passage. Philip Gross's much praised previous collection, Deep Field, explored the loosening connections between the self and language in his refugee father's old age.

A gift book for your mother, a lifetime of precious memories for you. Mum, Tell Me is a gift book that gives you the chance to ask your mother all those questions you'd always wondered about, and plenty you hadn't.

Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds.

Jessica Huie went from being a teenage mother, expelled from school and staying in a hostel to having a glittering career in public relations, founding two award-winning businesses and earning an MBE from the Queen.

Renowned activist, filmmaker and civil rights lawyer Valarie Kaur made headlines when her 'Breathe and Push' speech on how to survive in a time of rage went viral with 30 million views worldwide.

In folk history and religion, from the Shakers to Zen, simplicity has generally been considered a good thing.

This is a book of fifty short stories. They are all written to be read out loud. This is part of my advocacy of the value of story telling in aiding individual and community well being ...

Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks? There's a good chance your smartphone is to blame...