Collection: Nonfiction

How did we come to be? A complete, uncomplicated guide to the science of life, the universe and everything How did everything start? And how did we come to exist? In this one book Oxford Professor Tim Coulson seeks to simply explain what science tells us about the history of the universe from the...

Twelve amazing species of trees that can teach us about our past, present and future. In Twelve Trees, Professor Daniel Lewis takes us around the world - from Australia to the United States, from Easter Island and Mexico to Cameroon - and introduces us to twelve tree species that epitomise the ma...

Throughout her multi-faceted career, Venus Williams has earned four Olympic gold medals, 21 Grand Slam titles, and built two companies. Along with her sister, Venus became the first female African American minority owner of an NFL team, Miami Dolphins. All her successes are tied to one simple pro...

One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wan...

As climate change continues to intensify, the outlook for life on Earth often seems bleak. Yet hope for the future can be found in the "rescue effect," which is nature's innate ability to help organisms persist during hard times. Like a thermostat starting the air conditioning when a room gets to...

A 5-step guide for how to better connect with the people around you, from a wellbeing educator with a mission to 'change the way the world feels'. Healthy relationships are the heartbeat of life: research tells us the number-one thing that keeps us happy is who we have around us. The best way to ...

This fiercely funny memoir is set in Melbourne during the 1940s. The entrenched Protestant-Catholic divide of those times informs the narrative. Juxtaposed is the gulf between Melburnians and the thousands of Yanks stationed in their city following Pearl Harbor; the dizzying effect on the women h...

Tick off the biggest bucket list trips with this definitive guide to 100 of the world's greatest travel adventures. See Norway's dazzling aurora borealis; dive into the heart of the Coral Triangle; tour Japan's epic temples and cities - with spectacular photography, itineraries and travel expert ...

From the outside, Seana Smith lived an enviable life. An Oxford graduate, a successful career with the BBC and Sydney's Channel 9, a bestselling author, happily married. But behind this perfect life she had a secret: Seana was a drinker, and alcohol was slowly taking away her life, destroying her...

Is this how democracy dies? The Coming Storm is Gabriel Gatehouse's brilliant exploration of how conspiracy theories are tearing America apart. It's a story that takes you down a rabbit hole - one that both the US as a nation and he as a journalist fell through - to unpack an epochal shift in pol...