Collection: Adult Non Fiction

The Everything Guitar Chords Book, 2nd Edition is your comprehensive guide to mastering guitar chords. This book takes you on a journey from the most basic chords to the most complicated ones featuring clear, easy-to-follow diagrams of each chord as well as links to online audio of 100 essential ...

A comprehensive new overview of expressionism, tracing its evolution from the nineteenth century to the present day. Expressionist artists believed in the art object's ability to communicate emotion, irrespective of any representational or narrative content. In this comprehensive introduction to ...

Readers will learn how to enhance their individual beauty with this illustrated guide to face massage from the founder of The Moments YouTube channel Ksenija Selivanova. Unlock your inner glow with face massage. Discover facial massage and face yoga routines to transform your physical appearance ...

Teenage Sammy has been in care from the age of nine. His mother has tragically spent much of his young life in and out of prison. Sammy has never found a safe haven and has been passed from pillar to post. When he arrives with Casey Watson, he is a closed book, but he slowly begins to open up. Ca...

From the eastern rainforests to central deserts, Australia is home to some 900 species of birds. This book covers over 400 Australian bird watching sites conveniently grouped into the best birding areas, from one end of the country to the other. This includes areas such as Kakadu in the Top End a...

If weaning is new for you, The First Foods Book is packed full of helpful hints and advice from experts, tasty tips from real parents, handy meal planners and lots more. Covering every step of the weaning journey, from six months to a year, no matter what your approach, from pea-fect purees to ba...

Christine thought a year in South Korea would hit the pause button on her messy life. Her dad's death had left her anxious and depressed, and her career in musical theatre had reached a new low of shopping-centre kids' shows. When she found herself pulled over by the side of the road, dressed as ...

Whether you want to explore Belém Tower, sample pastel de nata, or be swept away by a Fado performance, the local Fodor's travel experts in Lisbon are here to help! Fodor's InFocus Lisbon guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify yo...

Whether you want to explore the High Line, see a Broadway show, or grab a slice of pizza in Brooklyn, the local Fodor's travel experts in New York City are here to help. Fodor's new york city 2025 travel guide includes: an illustrated ultimate experiences guide to the top things to see and do mul...

The Midwife Mumma brings you a must-have guide to the first twelve weeks after your baby is born. After all the build-up and focus on pregnancy and birth, the fourth trimester is often swept aside. But as every new mum knows, the first twelve weeks after birth are possibly the most challenging an...

An easy, straightforward, and fun guide for learning fractions and its counterparts. Fractions For Dummies is the perfect strategy guide for both understanding and using one of math's most common (and most challenging) topic areas. You'll explore current solving strategies for fraction-related pr...

A visual love letter, in Funga Obscura ecologist Alison Pouliot guides us through the forest to share stunning photographs and writing on fungi across Australia and the globe.

A solid business plan is crucial to the ultimate success of your start-up or small business. But don't fret, your friends at For Dummies are here to help! Getting Started in Business Plans For Dummies gives you the fundamentals you need to let your business really take flight. Inside, you'll find...

Time management and personal development expert Brian Tracy presents his simple, powerful, and effective system for setting and achieving goals. Each chapter introduces a principal key in reaching your goals, along with a toolkit full of both comprehensive insights and actionable steps. Using the...

Countless Christians are deconstructing the fear-based faith they were handed, but many don't want to give up on God-they want to love and be loved by Jesus without hateful or abusive theology. If you're one of those believers, this feminist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming devotional will take you ...

The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the shameless pretender who took the credit, from the popular author of Rum. Ask Google "Who discovered gold in Australia?" and you'll promptly get 'Edward Hammond Hargraves'. Hargraves has for decades received the fame, fortune and adulati...

Great Coastal Walks Australia showcases the best coastal tracks in each state to explore on foot. It features a range of unique locations to take in Australia's most spectacular coastal scenery, from Sydney's iconic beaches to remote wilderness destinations. Journey with Australia's best bushwalk...

If you are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, conventional medications aren't always effective - and they often have disturbing side-effects. What if there was a completely different treatment?

Neko Case has long been revered as one of music's most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In The Harder I Fight The More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candour and precision to a...

A blue-skinned god with four arms, a festival of colors, a cosmic tortoise carrying the world on its back... Hinduism is one of the world's oldest -- and most imaginative -- religions. In this book, you discover the history, beliefs, and traditions of this popular faith. In read-friendly style, i...

A History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. In this book, Bonhomme explores how six pivotal diseases -- Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and C...

The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. A History of Women in 101 Objects tells a new story of female history, revealing the evolution of the role women have played in soc...

For over twenty years, Ittay Flescher has worked as an educator, journalist and peacebuilder in Melbourne and Jerusalem. When he woke up on the morning of October 7, 2023 to the sounds of rocket sirens over Jerusalem and later saw the devastation of Gaza in response, the grief and sadness that en...

Discover how to treat everyday acute issues confidently and safely using homeopathic remedies at home. By matching the characteristic symptoms of common complaints with the correct homeopathic treatment, you can unlock your body's incredible natural ability to heal. This guide offers a comprehens...

The wish of Pope Francis was for "hope," on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025 and the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now. "Hope" is the revelatory first-ev...

Shari Franke's childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother, Ruby Franke, enforced a severe moral code while maintaining a façade of a picture-perfect family for their YouTube channel 8 Passengers, which documented the day-to-day life of raising six children for a staggering 2.5 milli...

In House Rules, Emma Beryl Kemper, principal of her eponymous interior design firm, breaks down this often intimidating topic, defining 100 insightful rules to help you transform your space into a home you'll never want to leave. Organized into categories -- some broad, like Gathering Inspiration...

Our wellbeing is ultimately founded on fulfilling relationships. Yet how effortlessly misunderstandings, disagreements and conflicts arise with those we care most about! Our political and legal systems promote an adversarial approach to resolution, and pop-psychology labels encourage us to pathol...

A practical guide to buying less and caring more for your clothing. Leah has always loved making clothes and she's also always cared deeply about environmental issues. In an era of fast fashion where far too many clothes are being made and discarded, she reinvents the clothing she already owns in...

Strongmen are rising. Democracies are faltering. How does tyranny end? Tyrants project invincibility, but all of them fall. This is because they face critical weaknesses that can form a fatal trap. Whether it's their inner circle turning against them or resentment of elites in the military, the m...