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All Will be Well
At The Deep End
Baghdad Business School
Behind the Veil
Chasing Hornbills
Cold Hands, Warm Heart
Discovery Road
First Contact
Frigid Women
Good Morning Afghanistan
Green Oranges on Lion Mountain
Jasmine and Arnica
Junkie Buddha
MBA
Moods of Future Joys
Prickly Pears of Palestine
Riding the Outlaw Trail
Riding with Ghosts
Runner’s Guide to London
Soft Courage
Squirting Milk at Chameleons
Ten Lessons From the Road
The Ambassador’s Wife’s Tale
The Boy Who Biked the World part 1
The Boy Who Biked the World part 2
The Boy Who Biked the World part 3
The Good Life
The Good Life Gets Better
The Hopkins Conundrum
The Jungle Beat
The Mind Thief
The Queen’s Beasts
Thunder and Sunshine
Touch the Sky
Touching Tibet
Triumph Around the World
Zohra’s Ladder
Alastair Humphreys
Andy Brown & Tim Garratt
Diane Esguerra
Dorian Amos
Douglas Board
Emily Joy
Gwen Maka
Hayden Shearman
Heyrick Bond Gunning
Hilda Reilly
Julia Miles
Lydia Laube
Maria Katsonis
Mark Anstice
Michael Meegan
Morgan Tsvangirai
Nicola Naylor
Niema Ash
Pamela Windo
Robbie Marshall
Roy Follows
Simon Casson
Simon Edge
Simon Fenton
Sue & Victoria Riches
Tess Burrows
Waseem Mahmood

the mind thief

maria katsonis

“An excellent read. Had tears in my eyes.”

This is the powerful and moving true-life story of a high-flying Harvard graduate who fought a terrifying battle against depression and psychosis. The Mind Thief will make you laugh, cry, gasp and smile. Written with elegance and honesty, it is a harrowing account of a complete mental breakdown, but is ultimately uplifting.

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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain

Discovery Road

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“In the space of five years, I went from graduating at Harvard
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The Hopkins Conundrum
Simon Edge
A tragic comedy about Gerard Manley Hopkins and five shipwrecked nuns
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Chasing Hornbills
Simon Fenton
Chasing Hornbills is Simon Fenton's follow-up to Squirting Milk at Chameleons; the further adventures of the Accidental African
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All Will be Well
Michael Meegan
Based on his own travels through Africa, Michael Meegan shares his unique and inspiring insights into love, hope, compassion and happiness
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Soft Courage
Tess Burrows
Soft Courage is the story, told through the eyes of a soft toy penguin called Yannick, of the adventures of peace activist and mountaineer Tess Burrows
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£9.99
The Mind Thief
Maria Katsonis
This is the powerful and moving true-life story of a high-flying Harvard graduate who fought a terrifying battle against depression and psychosis
More info +
£9.99

recommended titles

At The Deep End
Morgan Tsvangirai
At the Deep End is the story of a man who, through everything he has endured, has remained committed to working for peace and democracy for all in his country, and in the process become a beacon of hope for a beleaguered nation
Chasing Hornbills
Simon Fenton
Chasing Hornbills is Simon Fenton's follow-up to Squirting Milk at Chameleons; the further adventures of the Accidental African
Discovery Road
Andy Brown & Tim Garratt
An inspirational tale of self-discovery, Discovery Road is full of adventure, conflict, danger and a mulititude of colourful characters. All told with refreshing honesty and great humour
Jasmine and Arnica
Nicola Naylor
Nicola Naylor had always been enthralled by India, but her travel fantasies dissolved when she lost her sight
MBA
Douglas Board
Why is so much of the world Managed By Arseholes? Were they born that way? Did they sweat to achieve it? Or did we send them to special schools to learn?
Riding with Ghosts
Gwen Maka
Riding with Ghosts is Gwen’s frank but never too serious account of her epic 7,500 mile cycling tour
Touching Tibet
Niema Ash
Niema Ash was one of the first Westerners to enter Tibet when its borders were briefly opened in 1986, visiting at a time when tourists were few
Zohra’s Ladder
Pamela Windo
Pamela Windo chronicles her love of Morocco and its people in this wondrous collection of true stories, peeling back layers of history, paint, and finely embroidered fabrics to find the truths in the mysterious and the exotic

Blog

Yes, judge a book by its cover – but which one?
The cover is what turns the text into a book, writes Simon Edge – fresh from helping design the cover for his novel The Hopkins Conunudrum
Chasing Hornbills: the movie
In a dazzling short film from Senegal, author Simon Fenton gives a colourful glimpse of what we can expect from his new book Chasing Hornbills.
My day on the 'Deutschland'
How a day on Brunel’s SS Great Britain in dry dock in Bristol helped Simon Edge set the scene for his novel about Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Wreck of the Deutschland.
10 ways to be happy
Emily Joy: the case for nominative determinism! When reading her Green Oranges on Lion Mountain, I was reminded of various articles on How To Be Happy
The essence of hope and the joy of taxes
A road trip around the UK will give plenty of proof of the ways in which your two pounds here and there have helped to give young actors and athletes a better chance of success. At least this “tax” is paid willingly.
Where am I on the Mental health spectrum?
We are all on the spectrum. We are all walking along a cliff top; most of us most of the time keep at a safe distance, but it is possible, at any given time, that we might stray too close to the edge or even be swept off, depending on the prevailing wind and other conditions outside our control.

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