Collection: Nonfiction

In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the rock 'n' roll era. Kevin John Simmonds was a charismatic crook whose brazen crime spree had scored him a lengthy prison sentence. But as he was led from court, he boasted, 'They'll never hold me.' Two...

When Pat Cummins unexpectedly became Australia's 47th Test captain at age 28, he inherited a team with a long and storied history, but also one on the cusp of reinvention. It was the beginning of a personal leadership journey for him, a unique moment of challenge and pressure that would see him b...

This indefinitive collection brings together under one cover the very best comic writing - parody, poetry, prose, plays, philosophy and political treatise - by Australia's greatest living television host. From 'I Was Scott Morrison's Schnoodle' and 'Around the World in One Pair of Underpants' to ...

Record levels of women are retiring in poverty - the current figure is 1 in 6 in Australia. Should we be surprised when women earn less than men, shoulder the load when it comes to unpaid work at home, and take more and longer breaks from paid work to have children?

Start your day feeling energised, focused and ready to conquer your goals What's holding you back from being your most productive self? Do you often feel like you're surviving, rather than thriving? If you're overwhelmed, unfulfilled or burnt out, you need to discover Productivity Joy. Whether yo...

Out of the Blue is an utterly compelling and honest memoir reaching back into Anthony's family and his childhood to starting up his first band, The Cockroaches, with his two brothers while still a teenager himself. Anthony's university studies in early childhood education led him to forming the e...

Colm Toibin's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year.Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Toibin first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a re...

Generations raised after the Second World War took for granted a world of stability and prosperity, and with it the waning of ancient hatreds. Recent decades have been more sobering. Instability and extremism have returned in force. As Shalom Lappin explains in this worrying book, an upsurge of a...

Every negotiation is an opportunity to connect, collaborate and create value. If you want better business outcomes, you need the confidence and skill to ask for what you want - and get it. The Negotiation Playbook: Strategies That Work and Results That Last shares tactics and tools to boost your ...

2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announces that Alexei Navalny is dead. The news sends shockwaves around the world. In Murder in the Gulag, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to reveal wha...