Collection: Nonfiction

Is your smartphone tracking your every movement? Is the microphone recording all your private conversations? Did aliens help to build the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza, and what were they trying to tell us? Is the food industry colluding to make us addicted to sugar? Prepare yourself for s...

This book contains a mix of originally written exam-style questions, and questions adapted from past HSC exams. The tests cover the entire syllabus, whilst allowing you to focus on each dot point throughout the year. Most importantly, each question comes with a detailed solution at the back of th...

This book contains originally written exam-style questions covering the entire Year 11 syllabus. Each question comes with a detailed solution at the back of the book, showing you exactly what you need to write to attain full marks, as well as advice from a past high-achieving student to help you ...

A lobster might seem an unlikely object of aspiration. But lobsters, unlike humans, do not biologically age. In this book, naturopathic nutritionist Bridget Hancock illustrates how diet and lifestyle can complement Western medicine in pursuit of these goals. This simple, digestible guide takes re...

Bahay Kubo brings children together through personal narratives which envelopes (Filipino) values and concerns, recognised as intimately and inextricably linked to broader, global political issues. Bahay Kubo begins with a story about a Crab whose family were taken away by fishermen, and conseque...

This book brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the world's longest migrations, visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica, a chilling minus 89.2 C), see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, a...

Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a former architect turned farmer she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, loving, truthful. They talk about the future. ...

Young Writers Showcase 2023 contains a broad selection of highest-scoring major works presented by students in the English Extension 2 course for the 2023 HSC. This impressive anthology includes short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, critical responses, scripts and podcasts.Authors' notes fo...

The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems. Almost everyone thinks they have one, but nobody knows what it is. For thousands of years the soul was an 'organ', an entity, somethi...

Whether your children are struggling with unhealthy competition, or with jealousy and resentment, or you are unsure of how to help as a parent, this accessible book is filled with top tips, relatable stories and forward-thinking techniques designed to transform how your children interact with one...