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It can be a challenge to think of new things to do or places to visit with grandchildren. These three books recently published in New Zealand have given me lots of ideas for little adventures and projects that we can do with them.

By TASMINA PERRYPublished by Hachette New Zealand in TPB on 14 August 2012 / RRP $36.99How ...

Noel Harris - aka 'Handbrake Harry' - is a New Zealand sporting legend. A colourful, and sometimes outlandish character, Noel has always stood out for his singular riding style, his optimism, commitment, sense of humour and straight-shooting sincerity.

It's August already. My, the year seems to have flown by, or is it I am just getting older? Well yes, I am sadly. A lifetime seems so short. When you are young, you think that it is a long time but life has a habit of creeping up on you ever so fast.

The embers in the fire were fading fast. Edwin glanced over at his wife Miranda and he could see sadness in her eyes.

Osama Bin Laden is dead. The President of the United States knows it. The world knows it. And SAS hero Joe Mansifeld knows it. He was in the right place at the right time. Or maybe, the wrong place at the wrong time.

Marking the 20th anniversary of Travcom's celebrated annual travel media awards, the association has collaborated with New Holland Publishers to produce an anthology of the best short travel stories by Kiwi writers.

She has been dubbed the "Happiest Olympic Worker" and is now a YouTube sensation - her deadpan humour has certainly put a smile on the face of nearby onlookers.

The untold stories of the young women who went out to India in search of marriage.

Granddad Grayburn hailed from Yorkshire along with my Nannie in the early 1890s. They settled in Mid-Canterbury and built a modest home in the tiny little township of Hinds.