Collection: Nonfiction

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Fo...

A beautifully illustrated celebration of the life and work of fashion visionary Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen's creative vision stunned and shocked the fashion world for over 15 years, with his avant-garde theatricality leading many to call him the enfant terrible of British fashion. He cr...

A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. When Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt, he overthrew the hated Persian overlords and was welcomed as a saviour. He repaid them by showing due reverence to their long-held t...

Flowers, fruits, herbs, resins, woods, spices. From bloom to bottle, the subtle art of perfume has always had its roots in the natural world. From sunny mandarin to sweet violet and from luscious fig to fresh thyme, the right combination of ingredients can transport you to a world of sensory asso...

A grand, sweeping history of the evolution of morality across the entire existence of humankind. For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving them into our cities, laws and customs....

Benjamin Graham taught the philosophy of "value investing"--Which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies. Over the years, market developments have proven Graham's strategies. While preserving Graham's original text, this revised edition includes ...

The exclusive inside story of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. Whyman, fully embedded across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, follows decorated drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, Team Principal Toto Wolff, and the extraordinary men and women that design, build and race the team's cars as they...

As Australia and India battle for the World Test Championship, today's pre-eminent cricket writer, Gideon Haigh, has captured a century of fierce rivalry between these two cricketing superpowers: from Bradman and Hazare to the unforgettable tied test of '86, Warne versus Tendulkar and Australia's...

A celebration of the iconic movie director behind Moulin Rouge and Elvis. Icons of Cinema: Baz Luhrmann explores the fascinating and flamboyant career of one of the world's best-loved movie directors. Famous for his lavish style and his stunning portrayal of tragedy and love, Luhrmann is known as...

This is the account of how, for four years, British and Allied codebreakers decrypted secret SS and Gestapo messages detailing the mass killings of the Holocaust, and how the Germans in turn deployed cryptanalysis to try to conceal their persecution of Europe's Jews. The compelling and fast-paced...