The Double Life of Herman Rockefeller by Hilary Bonney
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In January 2010 a law-abiding, church-going father of two from Melbourne's leafy eastern suburbs didn't come home after a business trip and his burnt remains were found in a northern suburb - the wrong side of town - a week later. A police investigation uncovered the shocking truth: Herman Rockefeller m ...Show more
The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners by Margaret Visser
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This is the book on the way we eat. Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life, Margaret Visser takes on the sweeping history of table manners, from the civilizations of ancient Greece and medieval Europe to the way that technology has altered, and continues to alter, ...Show more
Hard Cuddles by James 'The Hammer' Harding
$32.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This is the graphic, authentic and often humorous auto-biography of a young man's journey into Melbourne's underworld and nightclub scene in the recent past. 'The Hammer' was a feared enforcer capable of inflicting indescribable pain on anyone that stood in has way. Supreme violence and a manipulative ...Show more
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, v ...Show more
This Book Will Send You to Sleep by K. McCoy, Hardwick
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Sleep smarter'The indispensable bedside classic' Leland Carlson, Assistant Vice President of the Dull Men's ClubThis Book Will Send You to Sleep makes no claims to be fun or interesting. It is a book you can read in full confidence that you will find absolutely nothing to stimulate your brain. A book, l ...Show more
My Life with Murderers - Behind Bars with the World's Most Violent Men by David Wilson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'Hugely insightful and thought provoking . . . I read it from cover to cover in one go' - Emilia Fox'With characteristic brilliance and admirable sensitivity, Wilson illuminates the complex causes of their often horrific crimes' - Professor Simon Winlow, Vice President of the British Society of Criminol ...Show more
The Last Stone by Mark Bowden
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The true story of a cold case, a compulsive liar, and five determined detectives, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author and "master journalist" (The Wall Street Journal). On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washi ...Show more
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World - Essays by Barry Lopez; Rebecca Solnit (Introduction by)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A "lyrical" (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists. "Mesmerizing . . . a master observer . . . whose insight and moral clar ...Show more
Dead Man Walking: The Murky World of Michael Mcgurk and Ron Medich (PB) by Kate McClymont
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
We all know Sydney is full of corruption and crime, but none of us expected to read about a Sydney businessman being shot in the back of his head, in his driveway, in front of his nine-year-old son, in Cremorne. Nor that the order would come from a Point Piper millionaire. Kate McClymont is Australia's ...Show more
Hack Attack : How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch by Nick Davies
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Award-winning journalist Nick Davies spent more than six years uncovering the truth about the crimes at the News of the World. Hack Attack is the definitive, inside story of the whole scandal. This book tells for the first time how Davies and a network of rebel lawyers, MPs and celebrities worked tirele ...Show more
Scribbles in the Margins: 50 Eternal Delights of Books by Daniel Gray
$21.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
We lead increasingly time-poor lifestyles, bombarded 24/7 by petrifying news bulletins, internet trolls and endless noises. Where has the joy and relaxation gone from our daily lives? Scribbles in the Margins offers a glorious antidote to that relentless modern-day information churn. It is here to remin ...Show more