Collection: Large Print Non Fiction

Australians have always loved to step out in nature, whether off-track or along a marked route. Bushwalking -- an organised long-distance walk in rugged terrain that requires maps and camping equipment, or a family day out -- is one of our most popular pastimes. This landmark book, now updated, w...

On Wednesdays, Robert J. Hawke Australia's 23rd and oldest living prime minister has welcomed Derek Rielly into his home to share fine cigars and irreverent conversation.On a sun-soaked balcony, the maverick young writer and the charismatic old master talk life, death, love, sex, religion, politi...

When Dana Jennings and his son were both seriously ill - Dana with prostate cancer and his son with liver failure - their 12-year-old miniature poodle‚ Bijou‚ became even more than a pet and a teacher. She became a healing presence in their lives. Now Dana has expanded his thoughts about Bijou‚ a...

Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for presi...

Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite un...

The second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan, Barabara Butcher was the first to last more than three months. In What the Dead Know, she describes how just from sheer luck of having her arm in cast she avoided a boobytrapped suicide. Later in her career, she describe...

Gathering in the park or strolling through the farmer's market, fellow pet owners become familiar. In this special space, an encounter with an old acquaintance changed Martha Teichner's world. Her friend knew someone who was dying of cancer and desperate to find a home for her dog, Harry. He was ...

Everything you need to know to plan for your own safe, financially secure, healthy, and happy old age. For those who have no support system in place, the thought of aging without help can be a frightening, isolating prospect. Whether you have friends and family ready and able to help you or not, ...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. AUSTRALIAN. In this exuberant and compelling memoir of family and childhood, readers will be swept away by Tom Dusevic's verve, warmth and honesty. Suburban Sydney in the 1970s is an adventure playground, especially for a busybody, free - range kid with energy, big appetit...

Growing up poor, fatherless and unwanted in a small Canadian town in the 1950s, Patricia Barton had plenty be sorry about. Spitting out the host at her Holy Communion it seemed that she had even failed God. After years of abuse and neglect, Patricia ran away from home at the age of 13, searching ...