Collection: Nonfiction

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...

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 ...

In January 2024, in a period of personal crisis, Gideon Haigh abruptly started writing the story of the night his seventeen-year-old brother Jasper was killed, finally facing how it had shaped the rest of his life. Seventy-two hours later he stopped. Dark, raw and revealing, My Brother Jaz is how...

This is an essential seasonal Korean slow-food cookbook, featuring 80 recipes and foundations presenting traditional Korean technique with native Australian produce. Breakout star chef Jung Eun Chae makes everything from scratch in her home kitchen on the outskirts of Melbourne, from dubu (tofu) ...

Thoughtful, uncomplicated, satisfying family food shared by and for people seeking nourishing meals that makes them feel good. The Good Farm Cookbook brings you sustaining and flavour-packed food that is good for your body and for the planet. With the authors' combined expertise in nutrition and ...

A gripping, real-life thriller following the authors' attempt to uncover the truth about one of the world's most wanted men. Karl Lee, alias Li Fangwei, plays a key role in the secret struggle between the world powers, bypassing Western sanctions to supply dictators with the weapons they need to ...

'Art, annotated' brings together over 3,000 years of the finest paintings and sculptures from all over the wold. Combining stunning reproductions of each work of art with precise annotations and visual analysis, it is an expertly curated and comprehensive selection of the finest art ever created....

This is your guide to baking a stunning tart, every time, from acclaimed pastry chef Gareth Whitton. Featuring 50 different recipes: from beloved classics such as Plain Old Lemon and Vanilla Custard to more out-of-the-box offerings like Black Forest Tart; savoury crowd-pleasers like Mushroom and ...

Andreas Papadakis unlocks the secrets to the best handmade pasta of your life - as served and revered at his beloved Melbourne eatery, Tipo 00. Melbourne food people and out of towners in the know quickly formed a queue at Andreas Papadakis's tiny city eatery when word of his astonishingly good p...