Collection: Adult Non Fiction

'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.' It is 1935 and the Durrells have escaped the leaden summer skies of Bournemouth to arrive 'like a troupe of medieval tumblers' on the sun-drenched island of Corfu for a new life. Gerald Durrell's be...

The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Deirdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are...

Evolution is a series of bets, and no animal gambles the way humans do. This has led us to unprecedented ecological dominance, via the steepest odds and unlikeliest of outcomes, but our winning streak cuts both ways: the secret to our success may yet be our downfall. The Gambling Animal offers a ...

Founder of Keto Kamp and health expert reveals the main reason so many worldwide, including over twenty percent of Australians, are metabolically unhealthy, and provides a 30-day reset to restore their metabolism for good. Metabolic Freedom is for those who are fed up with the failed diet dogma o...

How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested. Lesley Head interrogates the ways the cultures of nature have operated in Australia across time, and how these ways of think...

A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia has been the most comprehensive field guide available on the subject since the first edition was published in 2003. As new species are discovered, known ranges extended and higher quality images become available, updated editions of the book have been wri...

It's almost impossible to feel confident we've made the right choice when we are constantly faced with conflicting data. From choosing the right school for our children to understanding major social and political events, making informed decisions can feel overwhelming. In a world overflowing with...

The Power of LIttle Steps is a guide to creating significant changes through small steps to achieve the life you want. Spiritual mentor Sheila Vijeyarasa shares personal experiences and deep insights to help you navigate life's unexpected turns and embrace new perspectives. Filled with inspiring ...

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot that explores tarot's radical political potential and its usefulness for the left. As an acclaimed occultist and scholar of the Kabbalah, Waite collaborated with artist Pamela Colman Smith to create what has become possibly the world's most famous tarot deck. The pi...

Harness the healing power of earth's energies with this accessible guide to the scientifically supported practice of grounding.

Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving B...

Off the beaten path, following unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are only beginning to understand. In fact, the latest...

A myth-busting, science-based guide that addresses the timeless question of how to manage your emotional life using tools you already possess.

Forget 'self-help' and embrace 'shelf-help' by discovering that books and reading may be the answer to your anxiety. You've recognized (like millions of us) that you're anxious. So, what now? Daisy Buchanan doesn't have the answer - but she's found something to soothe her incessant questioning. T...

From the icy oceans of our poles to remote coral islands, David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on planet Earth. Now, with long-term collaborator Colin Butfield, he shares the story of our last great, critical wilderness, and the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our ...

Unions are making a comeback. Labour disputes around the world have hit the headlines as unions take action to challenge inequality. But while media coverage has increased, understanding of unions has not. In this lively history of Australian unionism Liam Byrne seeks to illuminate what unionism ...

Does it feel like your body is failing you? It doesn't have to be this way. The thread that binds us is chronic pain, and conditions that limit us in countless ways. We live a shadow life, isolated by our pain. This struggle impacts our confidence at work, in our relationships, and leaves us vuln...

Maddy Alexander-Grout is an ADHD business coach helping neurodivergents to improve their money story. By sharing her own difficulties with money, spending, and debt, she shows you how to apply the lessons she learned in climbing back from over £40000 in consumer debt. But this book is not just ab...

What drives women to kill? Is it love, power, revenge? Women have been the perpetrators of many violent crimes throughout history, and this book uncovers the lethal instincts of lady killers. Filled with shocking true stories of female murderers across the globe, this anthology details their moti...

How to Retire on $3000 a Week is a comprehensive guide to property investing, designed to empower readers with proven frameworks, practical tools, and actionable strategies to achieve financial freedom.

In Hidden Scars, former NSW Police Officer Justyn Backhouse shares an unflinching memoir of life on the front lines, revealing the harrowing experiences and unseen toll of a 25-year policing career. Diagnosed with PTSD in 2021, Justyn wrote this memoir during treatment -- not only as a path to he...

The US-dominated world order has been replaced by a multipolar order, but its closest allies such as Australia seek to retain American primacy, adding dangerously to heightened geopolitical competition between the dominant and the ascendant power, China. Where the first great power shift of the t...

In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother who'd had to drop out of Howard University. She was working at Washington, DC's Rape Crisis Center when she got a letter from a man in prison saying he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist anymore. At first, she was furious. As a survivor of sexual viol...

Buffalo, Barrels, and Bourbon tells the fascinating tale of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, from the time of the earliest explorations of Kentucky to the present day. Author and award-winning spirits expert F. Paul Pacult takes readers on a journey through history that covers the American Revolutio...

Divorce is not just a legal process, it is an emotional one too. The break-up of a relationship can be a devastating, leaving you overwhelmed with anger and grief. As Charlotte Friedman shows, it doesn't have to be that way. She offers calm, therapeutic advice on everything from how to manage lon...

Even today, birds are hugely symbolic. From songbirds to seagulls, nightingales to morning larks, we still use the cultural language of the avian world. Doves bring peace, storks carry newborn babies. Robins mark Christmas, hens Easter. Blackbirds and thrushes herald the dawn, owls welcome in the...

After the Second World War, Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley embarked on a radical plan to replace Australia's century-old banking system with a single national bank. The proposal passed into legislation in 1947, igniting a nationwide wave of resistance.

Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights. Starting from his own Worimi country, where his family history is captured in the journals of the Austr...

Cybercriminals are constantly updating their strategies and techniques in search of new ways to breach data security -- shouldn't you learn how to keep yourself and your loved ones safe? Fully updated with information on AI, hybrid work environments, and more, Cybersecurity For Dummies is the gui...

We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages -- of civilisations, empires, human ingenuity and madness. In an invitingly tactile hist...