Collection: Nonfiction

For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coalmining areas. She found a war zone. Here, towns and districts are dying - home-owners and farmers forced out by mining, broken in spirit and in health.

Covers the literature and folklore of gorillas, as well as giving scientific information such as their habitat, distribution and social organisation.

If your teacher commuted to school in a plane; if you had to watch out for bulls rather than traffic; if your pick-up was done by a horse - you probably went to an outback school. These stories capture the experience of life growing up in the outback.

Provides historical maps of Europe from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

Well-known writers share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives.

Geography -- History -- Government -- Economy -- Environment -- Lifestyle -- Religion -- Language -- Arts -- Leisure -- Festivals -- Food.

A natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, this book explores the compelling idea that we are - and have long been - using up Earth's soil

A miscellany of genuine legal stories drawn from Australian legal history as well as its modern law. If there is any change of focus, this work looks at the people of the law through the prism of established or changing legal doctrines and processes.

This inspiring guide to the world's most glamorous flower reveals the limitless fascination of orchids - uncovering the secrets of their structure as well as providing the key to growing these exciting plants at home.

This intensely personal account of one foot soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam established Tim O'Brien's reputation as the outstanding chronicler of the Vietnam experience for a generation of Americans.