Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing

If ever there was a book with "potential best seller" written all over it, that book is What Am I Taking? - The Australian Consumer's Guide to Pharmaceutical Drugs. It's a simple easy-to-understand guide to safe medications use, including concise profiles of 100 of Australia's most-prescribed med...

What is love? Who am I without my relationships? What is the relationship between myself and society? One of the world's greatest philosophical teachers, Krishnamurti, offers his inspiring wisdom on a core feature of life- our relationships. From parents to partners and colleagues to friends, Kri...

This has a voice like no other book - talking in well-travelled areas in a completely dynamic new way. Shelley cuts out the routine self-help processes and with full force sincerity offers something that really works. Shelley challenges readers to be honest about where they are in life, and what'...

A powerful exploration of dementia from bestselling novelist Nicci Gerrard, written with painful personal understanding and brilliant insight. Dementia is an unmaking, a de-creation - an apocalypse of meaning. Since my father's slow-motion dying, and his actual death in November 2014, I have been...

Do you have questions about eating disorders that you are afraid to ask? How about questions you did ask, but couldn't get an answer to? From the causes of eating disorders to the most effective treatment approaches, this guide offers honest answers to difficult questions. Drawing on their experi...

We like to sit in air-conditioned comfort, yet each year millions of ordinary people train in CrossFit boxes, compete in Tough Mudders, and challenge themselves in Spartan races. They are connecting with their environment and, whether they realise it or not, unlocking their hidden evolutionary po...

What Every Parent Needs to Know delves into the latest research on child brain development and applies it to real-life scenarios that all parents face. This isn't one person's opinion or experience of parenting. Director of Education at the Centre for Child Mental Health, Margot Sunderland, toget...

Oprah Winfrey, sharing stories from her own past, and a renowned brain development and trauma expert discuss the impact of trauma and adversity and how healing must begin with a shift to asking, "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?"

When did we stop wanting to grow up? Why are we reaching out less and complaining more? What has sparked our growing skittishness at everyday annoyances, and what's behind our frequent talk of 'special' and 'deserving'? What Happens to Our Kids When We Fail to Grow Up? explains how to recognise w...

Laura couldn't wait to meet her new baby. But as she went into labour things began to go wrong and Laura started to struggle. A traumatic birth, anxiety about the baby, sleep deprivation, a slow recovery - all these things piled up until Laura (like any new mum) felt overwhelmed. As many as 8 out...