Collection: Nonfiction

'No Road Leading Back' is the remarkable story of a dozen prisoners who escaped from the pits where more than 70,000 Jews were shot in the Lithuanian forest after the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe in 1941. Anxious to hide the incriminating evidence of the murders, the S.S. enslaved a group of J...

Welcome to every golfer's 'must play' list. Great Golf Courses Australia nominates the top locations down under. Features a range of unique locations, from the major metropolitan courses to stunningly diverse locations such as King Island, Kalgoorlie and Port Fairy. It's a best of the best list o...

Tyrants project invincibility, but all of them fall. This is because they face critical weaknesses that can form a fatal trap. Whether it's their inner circle turning against them or resentment of elites in the military, the masses alienated by cronyism or revolutionaries plotting in exile, tyran...

In 2014 Tim Peck's career was at its peak. After reaching his goal of working in the Homicide Squad, he had enjoyed rapid promotion through the ranks, working high-profile cases and managing complex operations, throwing everything into his career. But internally he was struggling - with depressio...

It is still difficult for many people to acknowledge that they are struggling to cope, particularly in jobs with a culture of toughness, where resilience is a given: first responders, the military, miners, construction workers. Craig was one of those people, and this down-to-earth, accessible and...

The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever. On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz. Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded ...

This book contains profiles of wayward wives, mad mothers, scandalous sisters, and damsels that, quite frankly, caused others a lot of stress in the ancient world. With the ever-growing popularity of mythological retellings, Lizzy Tiffin has written the guide to all of the baddies of ancient Gree...

Reveal the true potential of forty kitchen staples: sardines, chickpeas, lentils, oats, tahini and many more - with five easy and modern recipes for each. Everyone's kitchen has a cupboard filled with tins, jars and packets that looked inviting on the supermarket shelves, but you haven't yet got ...

Medicinal herbs aren't just for traditional medicinal preparations, they are also a wonderful way to complement a healthy diet. The Medicinal Garden is the perfect guide to revitalising your health with ingredients you can grow and forage yourself. From edible treats to therapeutic remedies, unea...

Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media moguls from William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk and on his own unique experience of working for (and being sued by) the Murdochs. What's gone wrong with our media? The answer: its owners. From William R...