Collection: Nonfiction

18 largely forgotten but fateful conflicts. Accounts of pivotal battles, explaining each side's maneuvers and tactics, capturing the chaos ahd carnage of warfare and revealing the chain of events that led to its greater significance in world history.

The first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Salvador Dali staged in Australia. Brings together more than 200 works in all media including painting, drawing, watercolour, etchings, sculpture, fashion, jewellery, cinema and photography.

Contains facts and figures on a wide range of insects from the gross to the everyday, describing what bugs or insects are, their body structure, habits, environment, and why they are or are not beneficial to man.

Covers the principal diseases and conditions that occur in cattle and is essential reading for all those who own, or care for, cattle.

A personal guide by two respected architects to over 100 gardens throughout Japan, with notes on history, access and a glossary of terms. Provides a general introduction to garden culture, from its historical background to its spiritual and design bases.

A collection of thirteen retold Buddhist tales from all over Asia, illustrating various aspects of Buddhist thought.

Hunting and elusive, studies of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life these translations capture their delicate balance of the tragic and the absurd.

This book describes Operation Enduring Freedom and explains that the Taliban regime was overpowered and the al-Qaeda network sanctuary in Afghanistan is largely gone.

David Austin examines the historical development of the rose and discusses its place in the garden scene. He then selects and describes the best and most beautiful roses for todays gardens in chapters on Old Roses, Hybrid Teas and Floribundas...

Features 20 clearly presented, easy-to-follow knitting patterns. In this title, the characters of the Noahs Ark story are brought to life, two by two. A choice of 20 projects to choose from, including zebras, tigers, giraffes and a lion and lioness