Collection: Nonfiction

Canberra and the ACT boast a huge range of beautiful environments, making the region perfect for exploring on foot. Canberra's Best Walks introduces over 40 of the best walks for visitors and residents alike, ranging from fascinating city walks and leisurely lake-side strolls to more rugged track...

Whether you are a full-time vegan or you choose to cut out animal products whenever possible, there's no need to miss out on your favourite cakes. Baking without eggs, butter and milk is not only possible, but also easy and just as delicious as what you are used to baking. There are now so many a...

More than 150 visual timelines take you on unforgettable journeys through the lives of the great, the terrible, and the overlooked people of world history. This fascinating children's book focuses squarely on the biographies of a myriad of movers and shakers across millennia. It covers a diverse ...

The emu can't fly, but that doesn't stop it being one of the iconic animals of the Australian Outback. With long legs, huge claws, striking orange eyes, and an interest in pecking at anything shiny, the emu is both intriguing and just a bit scary.

What is a wallaby? Is it a kangaroo or not? Are wallaroos, quokkas and potoroos grouped with wallabies or are they all completely separate types of animals? The answers to these questions are intriguing and they reveal how diverse the marsupials in Australia really are.

Home can be a building, it can be a person, it can be a place. In Sweet Home 28 students from Dawurr Boarding House in Nhulunbuy have written heart-felt stories about what home means to them. In vivid detail, these stories take the reader from the sparkling turquoise waters of Blue Mud Bay, to th...

Fully revised and updated, Top Walks in Tasmania 2nd edition is the perfect travel companion for any explorer. Experienced travel writer Melanie Bell has crafted the perfect guidebook that details some of Tasmania's best walks, featuring tracks from the East Coast, Flinders Island and all the way...

Journal writing is an unrivalled way to understand and appreciate your 'one precious life'. Dr Stephanie Dowrick is an award-winning writer with a unique breadth of psychological insight and creative writing experience. Here she takes journal writing to a new level, sharing the gifts creative jou...

A personal finance title like no other, designed for total newbies and with the goal of helping you feel less ashamed about your attitudes around money, Know Your Worth is a very accessible guide to help you sort through the emotional baggage that's holding you back, from financial expert Victori...

English for NSW, Year 8 Stage 4 is a workbook to support the implementation of the NSW Curriculum. It targets the focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing and composing texts. Featuring a complete year of suggested units, each w...