Collection: Nonfiction

India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world. In the millennium and a half from c. 250 BC to 1200 AD, Indian art, religion, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world - a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacifi...

Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt was remembered as the acme of kingship, a model to be closely imitated by his successors. William Shakespea...

"You should come with me to Dolpo next year," said Ade. No further encouragement was required. Dolpo was the land of the snow leopard immortalised by the American author Peter Matthiessen. Without hesitation I said I was going. I wanted to follow in the footsteps of Matthiessen and I dared to hop...

A story of the tender power of animals to heal broken humans. Tim Husband was born into a Jehovah's Witness family who spent their weekends delivering God's Word. Struggling to fit into this orthodox community, he found refuge in the bush, collecting and caring for injured animals. At fourteen, T...

The construction of the Overland Telegraph in 1870 is an extraordinary feat of engineering and a wild gamble that nearly went terribly wrong.It was the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth century Australia, but it very nearly collapsed in the face of monumental obstacles.

Over 500,000 years ago, a single gene mutated. It spread over time, becoming critical in the journey that transformed our earliest ancestors into fully modern humans, capable of navigating the entire planet and beyond. A few thousand years ago, humans started outsourcing knowledge to writing, dis...

Learn how to create modern handwoven accessories using traditional techniques with Woven. Tabara N'Diaye will teach you how to apply traditional basket-weaving techniques to create modern accessories to elevate your style. With a collection of 15 projects, including a beach bag, backpack, straw h...

The Seriously Good Veggie Student Cookbook shows you how to ditch the takeaways and make meals you actually want to eat -- with 80 delicious recipes. We all know the benefits of going meat-free - but when you're a student with limited shelf space, a tight budget and little kitchen experience, cre...

From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more. He trained all summer and took the gruelling selection course for the commandos, earning the prized green beret on hi...

A disengagement epidemic is costing workplaces globally Eight point eight trillion per year, with two hundred and eighteen billion of that in Australia. Employees are searching for answers on how to operate in the post-COVID working world in a way that feels right for them. They don't need more ...