Collection: Large Print - Nonfiction

Like their modern counterparts, Victorians knew how to love and hate in equal measure. The archives are brimming with stories of all kinds of atrocities, including husbands murdering their wives, suicidal lovers, and mistresses taking revenge on their love rivals. They range from the truly dreadf...

"This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just beginni...

One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off blood to one of ...

Michael's observations illuminate the quirks, horrors and delights of all aspects of doctoring, from casualty to the psychiatric ward. He tells us what it really feels like to be on call 24/7 and introduces us to a mixed cast of patients.

A hundred years ago in October 1917 members of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade participated in what is now regarded as the last great successful cavalry charge. Waving bayonets overhead in the dying light, they raced across six kilometres of exposed ground in Palestine, surprising the well...

Lydia Laube worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat, & battling administrative apathy, Laube kept her sanity & got her passport back. This is the hilarious account of an Australian woman's battle against the odds

Tim Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4's THE ARCHERS since 1982. He is also the Earl of Portland - without an estate or riches - and the voice of 'Mind the Gap' on the Piccadilly Line. Timothy takes the reader behind the scenes of 'The Archers', the longest-running drama ...

In 1949, Staff Nurse Georgie Edwards is asked to chaperone medical students undertaking their practical exams, when suddenly the penny drops. Georgie wants to learn to diagnose and treat, too. Against the odds, she wins herself a place to study medicine at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital. Once...

Meet devoted dogs who have displayed incredible traits of courage and love as they accompanied man into battle

Having always dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66, Billy Connolly is finally heading off on the ride of a lifetime. Travelling all 2,488 miles of this epic road, known as 'The Main Street of America.