Collection: Nonfiction

The Guide to Victorian Wildlife is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 662 species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds that inhabit Victoria and its territorial waters, including five species that occur nowhere else. Detailed and user-friendly accounts of each species include ...

From a great writer-legendary for his expeditions into some of the world's most forbidding places comes a sometimes-absurdist memoir of a most remarkable journey through British politics at the breaking point. Rory Stewart was an unlikely politician. He was best known for his two-year walk across...

By age seven, Rebecca Quin, a.k.a. Becky Lynch, a.k.a. The Man, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry, rough-housing with the neighbourhood kids, getting older and ...

A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe. The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the transformations that took place in Europe and beyond. What...

This remarkable treasury of tales and trivia will whisk you on a jaw-dropping journey through time and space, stopping off to marvel at only the obscure, the startling and the straight-up weird. In it, Edward Brooke-Hitching considers questions such as: Why is a cat technically a liquid and a sol...

North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation and exploration and are central to the imagina...

This literary inspired cookbook is composed of thirteen divinely delicious chapters, each focusing on a different story and discussing its edible motifs before bringing them to life and to your table with approachable, easy-to-follow recipes and hand-drawn illustrations. Inspired by Alessandra Pi...

D&D is often referred to as the single most influential game of all time. The beloved fantasy role-playing game is now in its fifth edition, and during its fifty years of existence it has impacted everything from the wider gaming industry and its most prevalent streamers to popular TV series like...

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union found itself unexpectedly challenged from within by a cohort of dissidents who eventually achieved global fame. Their struggle for the rule of law and human rights made them instant heroes in the West, where they appeared as democracy's surrogate soldiers behind the...

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of autism? Often, it's a boy who struggles with friendships, but who loves trains and is great at maths. While this may reflect the experiences of some autistic people, in recent years research and first-hand accounts have shown that ...

From the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat to MorningStar Farms, Boca Burgers, and more, plant-based meats are a growing trend for those who want to help the planet, animals, and their health but don’t want to give up the meaty flavors they love. In The Vegan Meat Cookbook, bestselling author Miy...

In Unprocess Your Diet in 30 Days, health expert Johannes Cullberg shares over 20 years of experience and lessons learned from the global food industry, and as a health coach, to help you avoid false food claims and discover the health benefits of swapping ultra-processed food for real food, for ...

When Tiger Woods went on an extraordinary majors run between 1999 and 2008, one man stood at his side: his caddie Steve Williams. Together Steve and Tiger dominated the PGA Tour and won an astonishing 13 major championships, their sights set on breaking Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 majors. Before th...

The book in question offers a concise and accessible overview of fundamental physics concepts, ranging from gravitational fields and momentum to general relativity and quantum uncertainty. It employs straightforward diagrams and clear explanations to elucidate these topics, making it suitable for...

A brave and imaginative memoir by the Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, detailing her healing journey and ground-breaking activism in the aftermath of her rape at Harvard. At a Harvard fraternity party in 2013, the trajectory of Amanda Nguyen's life was changed forever when she was raped. ...

The fastest growing demographic in Australia are retirees, with the number of people over 75 expected to double within 10 years. Retirement is often touted as a worry-free time - but it's also a time full of unique challenges. Retirement can be a jungle of decision-making. What sort of assets wil...

Retire Filthy Rich with Real Estate gives you a playbook for investing strategically and building lasting wealth. Inside, you’ll learn proven methods for achieving financial freedom, from your first real estate purchase to a six-property portfolio. Discover practical advice for navigating the com...

Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1200 language groups, many of them still isolated from the outside world. In Australia, this complex region tends to make the news only in times of crisis- military coups i...

Life in the Pitlane will detail the realities of life off the track; the good and the bad, with a particular spotlight on diversity and inclusion within the sport, and all the entertaining stories and behind the scenes details fans of F1 will be looking for. Replete with all the high-octane tales...

The open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the seafloor, is a vast and formidable habitat that is home to the most abundant life on our planet, from giant squid and jellyfish to anglerfish with bioluminescent lures that draw prey into their toothy mouths. Into the Great Wide Ocean takes r...