Collection: Nonfiction

The book covers the status of Australia.s water resources and their future prospects, the many values we hold for water, and the potential for using water more effectively to meet the growing demands of cities, farmers, industries, and the environment

Philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro offer intriguing answers to life's questions. Can infidelity be good for you? What does it mean to stay true to yourself? Must we fulfil our potential?

Babette Smith traces the stories of hundreds of convicts over the eighty years of convict transportation to Australia. Putting a human face on the convicts' experience, she paints a rich picture of their crimes in Britain and their lives in the colonies.

A history of the bushrangers who terrorised the highways & back roads of regional Australia for a century from 1788. This diverse group of criminals varied from 'gentlemen' to outright psychopaths, from hold-up merchants to murderers.

Thunderstorms describes how lightning forms, why thunder always follows it, and how a storm can bring hail, flooding, or tornadoes.

Gaddis shows what the underlying dynamics of the cold war conflict were, how changes in society were as important as changes in government and how ideas of morality affected, or not, what politicians did. [Jacket]

Discover how pushing and pulling forces make rolling toys work. See forces in action my making a rolling toy and trying a fun experiment!

This book takes readers on holiday to Italy. They'll learn all there is to see and do, while learning about geography and Italian culture

The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization. This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation - from 3000 B.C. to the present day - in an easy-to-follow and concise manner

Takes the reader to the Solar System's mightiest volcanoes. From Kilauea volcano in Hawaii and Mount Etna in Sicily, it leaps to the Moon. The three largest volcanoes of Mars, Olympus Mons, Alba Patera and Arsia Mons are also profiled.