Collection: Nonfiction

Subject: With evocative text and spectacular photography, Cecilia shares the joys and challenges of adapting to an inhospitable climate. Her story begins in the darkness of polar night, and the allure of her remote location is revealed gradually as sunlight returns months later. Through personal ...

You don't need an expensive gym membership or fancy equipment to reach your fitness goals. In this book, trainer Sean Bartram shows you how simple and effective it can be to focus your workouts on bodyweight and agility exercises. Increase your strength, improve mobility, burn fat, and define you...

Discover the world with this beautifully designed atlas, packed with maps, flags and country profiles all wrapped up in a handy, compact package. The first section contains a series of 12 global thematic maps on subjects as diverse as Ocean currents and languages give a general introduction to th...

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, visual guide to pregnancy on the global market Just discovered you're pregnant? Feeling a little bit overwhelmed? The Pregnancy Encyclopedia is here for you. Ten detailed chapters cover everything you need to know throughout your pregnancy and beyond from nutri...

Uncork an infamous history and discover the unending appeal of one of the world's most popular spirits. From its original in the Caribbean, rum is now distilled the world over, with new varieties and myriad flavors reeling in fresh audiences all passionate about the drink. Join Ian Burrell, Globa...

An Unlikely Survival takes us through three-quarters of a century of welfare politics in Australia, to contests about political principles, and about what we think is the common good. As both economy and society were transformed, the need for government assistance, alongside the growth of civil s...

Just over a century ago poetry was all the rage in Australia. Newspapers and magazines published it, entertainers and elocutionists performed it on stages across the country, and ordinary Australians recited it in schools, local halls and suburban parlours. Yet this communal experience of poetry ...

Was Menzies's unprecedented electoral success merely a matter of luck, or did he make fortune bend to his will? On 30 November 1954, Robert Menzies became Australia's longest serving prime minister, a record he has held ever since. Between the closely fought 1954 and 1961 elections, the Coalition...

Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, Senator Kamala Harris is committed to speaking the truth. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in a community that cared deeply about social justice and, from facing prejudice at a young age, Harris never hid her passion for doing what is right. ...

The ghosts of today don't live in castles or stately homes, they're in normal houses and workplaces, witnessed by people just like you and me. But are they the dead returning from the "undiscovered country" of death, or the product of that equally mysterious location, the human mind? Danny Robins...