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
The Jackal by J. R. Ward
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp Ser.
'Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic' Angela Knight 'Hot, sexy, unique, intriguingly wicked' Christine Feehan _______________ The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sinner brings another hot adventure of true love and ultimate sacrifice The location of the glymera's notorious prison cam ...Show more
Nomad Century by Gaia Vince
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
We are facing a species emergency. With every degree of temperature rise, a billion people will be displaced from the zone in which humans have lived for thousands of years. From Bangladesh to Sudan to the western United States, and in cities from Cardiff to New Orleans to Shanghai, the quadruple threat ...Show more
Unholy Trinity: The Hunt For The Paedophile Priest Monsignor John Day by Peter Hoysted; Denis Ryan
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Category: Non Fiction
One policemen's desperate and moving account of how he tried for decades to bring a paedophile priest to justice - but was blocked by not only the Catholic church, but by his own Police Force.
On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
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Category: Non Fiction
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid be ...Show more
Nothing But The Truth: Stories of Crime, Guilt and the Loss of Innocence by The Secret Barrister
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Just how do you become a barrister? And why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? If it's such a great occupation, how come you work 100-hour weeks for less than minimum wage? And why might a practising barrister come to feel the need to reveal ...Show more
The Lost Girls by Ava Benny-Morrison
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Category: Non Fiction
The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter Khandalyce and how the case was cracked. How did two girls go missing for six years and nobody noticed? In August 2010, dirt bike riders discovered human bones in the notorious Belanglo State Forest, where, years earli ...Show more
The Little Red Writing Book by Mark Tredinnick
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Category: Non Fiction
"The Little Red Writing Book" is a book on technique, style, craft and manners for everyone who writes and wants to do it better. It is a manual of good diction, composition, sentence craft, paragraph design, structure and planning. Enriched by examples of fine prose from great writers including Tim Win ...Show more
Why Read The Classics? by Italo Calvino
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Category: Non Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
"Why Read the Classics?" is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an ...Show more
On Sleep by Fleur Anderson
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Category: Non Fiction
On Sleepis the story of our love-hate relationship with slumber. Part-time insomniac Fleur Anderson ponders the big questions- Why can't I sleep? Do politicians and other high-fliers ever admit they too are exhausted? Do they get enough sleep to make sensible decisions? Where is society heading, and why ...Show more
Rough: How violence has found its way into the bedroom and what we can do about it by Rachel Thompson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
How violence has found its way into the bedroom and what we can do about itA bad sexual experience.A grey area. Not rape but... A violation - these are the terms we use to describe the experiences we don't have words for. The way we talk about topics such as sex, consent, assault aren't fit for purpose. ...Show more
Why You Should Give a F*ck About Farming by Gabrielle Chan
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Category: Non Fiction
'Australia has no national food security policy. No national agriculture policy. We know what has been going on with water allocations and there is still no national response. Those with the means and access shop at farmer's market and order their brunch referring to the origins of their eggs, bacon, bu ...Show more