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  • A Story of Seven Summers

    Life in the Nuns' House

    by Hilary Burden ...
    From London journalist to owner of the historic, ramshackle Nun's Cottage and two alpacas (named Jack and Kerouac) and providore of local produce, this is Hilary Burden's journey.'Looking back over seven summers, I know that who I am is where I am. It might not be the secret to life, but it is the secret to this life . I'll tell you how that came to be and that will be the story of the Nuns' House ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Life On Pittwater

    by Susan Duncan ...
    This special story edition takes the words from Susan Duncan's bestselling A Life on Pittwater and offers a rare glimpse of a remarkable part of the world.Susan Duncan came to Pittwater when she impulsively bought a tumbledown, boxy little shack in Lovett Bay. The move changed her life forever, as she describes in her bestselling title, Salvation Creek. Now Susan lives in Tarangaua, the gracious ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Lessons in Letting Go

    Confessions of a hoarder

    by Corinne Grant ...
    It took a year to drag myself out of the mess. A year in which I lost my dearest friend and then promptly lost my way. A year in which I ran away overseas, came back and then ran away again. A year in which I learnt to let go, learnt to forgive and learnt to grow up. It was a big year. It was a lot of work. And I head-butted two people. Accidentally.Lessons in Letting Go is an honest, uproariously ... Read more

    $8.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Keeping Afloat

    Up A French Canal Without A Paddle

    by John Liley ...
    Keeping Afloat is a light-hearted tale of John Liley's exploits on the canals of France. John was working for a boating magazine when he was overcome with a dream of owning and operating a hotel-barge in France. Now, thirty years on, he tells of his often hilarious misadventures in the early days of setting up a business that would keep afloat. Characters such as The Whizzer, Mighty Min and ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • A Chateau of One's Own

    Restoration Misadventures in France

    by Sam Juneau ...
    Sam and Bud were ordinary first-time homebuyers in their early thirties. Their intention, in moving to France, was to create a simple life in a place where they could spend time with their children. The home they actually bought was a 17th century chateau in the Loire valley with over thirty rooms.Chateau Du Bonchamps had been the seat of noble families as far back as 1507. With only modest ... Read more

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  • From a Feudal Isle to Aotearoa

    After seven years of running their guest house and smallholding on the tiny feudal Island of Sark in the British Channel Islands, Chris and Ken Davies decided to have a two-year break.In 1972 they packed their suitcases and booked passage, with young son Roy,to New Zealand, calling at many exotic places en route.Arriving in Auckland, they bought a Bedford 18cwt delivery van and the three Davies ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Campervan Capers

    Campervan Capers, #1

    by Alannah Foley ...
    Series Book 1 - Campervan Capers
    CAMPERVAN CAPERSA Couple's First YearExploring the World of CampervanningWhat do you do when you've got itchy feet but don't want to uproot your life?Buy a campervan!At least, that's what this couple did.After a rather nomadic life, the author settles down with her partner in Cornwall, England. But, after a number of years, those itchy, old feet want to get on the move again.On a restless whim, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bon Courage

    Rediscovering the Art of Living (In the Heart of France)

    by Ken McAdams ...
    One year and one arduous home-renovation into their marriage, Ken and Bing head to the French countryside to celebrate their long-delayed honeymoon, swearing they're getting out of the home-fixing business for good. When they fall in love with the village of La Montagne Noire, they find themselves buying a fixer-upper and starting all over again-but this time, in French!McAdams recounts their ... Read more

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  • Two Men In a Car (A Businessman, a Chauffeur, and Their Holidays in France)

    by Mike Buchanan ...
    'A splendid romp. Vive la France!'Peter Mayle, author of 'A Year in Provence' and many other bestsellers'Mike Buchanan is the best kind of opinionated, middle-aged, middle-class Englishman abroad: the funny kind.'Andy Heslop'If you have a sense of humour, this book will put a big smile on your face. I laughed out loud many times. A refreshing absence of political correctness.'The lovely Maureen ... Read more

    $6.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Summer Spent Mending Fences

    by Rowena Jaye ...
    Buying a holiday home in France was something Penelope had wanted to do for years, but the experience doesn't go as smoothly as anticipated.Trouble starts when Penelope's boyfriend leaves her for the attractive French woman living next door. On top of the chaotic situation developing abroad, there are family and work issues at home to be dealt with. Penelope comes face to face with a pressing need ... Read more

    $3.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Food, Sex & Money

    by Liz Byrski ...
    From the bestselling author of A Month of Sundays, with new novel At the End of the Day out now."A relevant, enjoyable read for all women, and for men who seek to understand them" Good Reading"In a word: inspiring." Herald SunIt's almost forty years since the three ex-convent girls left school and went their separate ways, but finally they meet again.Bonnie, rocked by the death of her husband, is ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Narrow Minds

    The Narrow Boat Books

    by Marie Browne ...
    Series series The Narrow Boat Books
    In her debut memoir Narrow Margins Marie Browne saved her family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband, three children and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in search of a less stressful, alternative way of life.Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back into normality, they're pretty much back where they started, horrible house, no boat and the kids ... Read more

    $3.99 USD