Collection: Nonfiction

In March 2020, Russell Hill and Carol Clay went camping in the Wonnangatta Valley, a mysterious place deep in Victoria's High Country. The campers never returned, and only one person knows what really happened. Acclaimed true crime author Robin Bowles writes an engrossing account of how Jetstar p...

A guide to the 60,000-year-old healing system of the Aborigines revealed through one man's journey to overcome multiple sclerosis.

The powerful story of tragedy, triumph and romance in the Australian bush.Sam Bailey wanted a life on the land just like his father. He had it all planned - he'd finish his education, have a few years in the big wide world, and then return home to take the reins from his dad, get married and rais...

A "vivid and breathless" (Billboard) oral history of emo's takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional. If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000's rock scene...

An astonishing account of healing in the face of unimaginable horror. In 1945, twenty-five child survivors of the Holocaust, between the ages of four and fifteen, were welcomed to Sir Benjamin Drage's large country villa, Lingfield House. There they would receive the care of psychoanalyst, Anna F...

Revolutionary leader, Nellie Millergoorra, campaigns for an Aboriginal homeland to preserve Indigenous culture by advocating the prohibition of mining in Arnhem Land using a United Nations declaration to convince a disrespectful government to sign a treaty. Nellie will do whatever it takes to end...

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art stares into the dark heart of Australia's brutal colonial history and offers new insights into the first art of this country.Long before Britain's invasion of Australia in 1788, First Peoples' cultural and design traditions flourished for thousands ...

True crime icon John Silvester has been reporting on Australia's criminal underbelly for over forty years. Navigating the murky intersections between the lawmakers and lawbreakers, Silvester has drawn on a lifetime's work rubbing shoulders with the good guys, the bad guys and the downright dirty....

A unique non-fiction picture book that explores insect parasites that take control of other living creatures.

National Geographic Explorer and best-selling author Dan Buettner has travelled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity, which he found in the Blue Zones: places around the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives. In The Complete Blue Zones, Buett...