Collection: Nonfiction

The Thai-Burma Railway was built with a slave labour force, 688 bridges and kilometres of railway track through thick jungle. The men of the Line died of starvation, torture and disease at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army - here are their stories

The year was 1928 when two young Hungarians decided to travel around the world on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with sidecar. This account of Sulkowsky's trip with friend Gyula Bartha gives a very clear-eyed view of the world in the 1930s.

Presents a collection of Bible stories to share with young children. It contains well known stories from the Old and New Testament which have been written for reading aloud.

Forced to flee Scotland at the age of five, she grew up without her mother, was married at fifteen and widowed a few days before her eighteenth birthday - a pattern of upheavel that was to characterize the rest of her life.

An Australian history series written with the Australian History Curriculum in mind. Australia's colonies were among the world's leaders in opening up the right to vote to all adult males & then all adult females, enabling anyone to stand for parliament.

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage. ANZANG sixth collection presents more than 150 of the finest photographs submitted to the competition

Few mammals have been so negatively named, but this book aims to reveal the true nature of the Tasmanian devil. Far from being a scavenging, ferocious oddity, it is a treasured and valuable wildlife species, and one that faces extinction.

Veritable tour of recent wrestling history, from Hulk Hogan's showdowns with Randy Savage to the gargantuan struggles between Undertaker and Batista. All are examined in what amounts to a brief for the wrestlers' inclusion in the hall of fame.