Collection: Non Fiction

This book begins with the legend of the cyclops and the storytelling at the heart of the Mediterranean culture. Christofi travels to salt lakes, crusader castles, mosques and the town deserted at the start of the 1974 war. He retells the bloody history of Cyprus during the twentieth century and c...

A culinary journey along the enchanting Danube River, where food is not just sustenance but a testament to the history, heritage and the enduring spirit of its people.

True crime icon John Silvester has been reporting on Australia's criminal underbelly for over forty years. Navigating the murky intersections between the lawmakers and lawbreakers, Silvester has drawn on a lifetime's work rubbing shoulders with the good guys, the bad guys and the downright dirty.

This cat-and-mouse story of a vast FBI sting operation reveals how the criminal underworld has become a globalized economy in its own right--one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries.

The first work of character-driven nonfiction to passionately, lucidly, and sensitively explore the legal practice of medical assistance in dying, now in paperback"Copies of this book should be in every doctor's office in the country, to educate patients and doctors themselves!" -Diane Rehm, inte...

'A moving testament to the life and work of an extraordinary woman and the country-changing power of journalism' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times'A murdered mother's fight for truth and justice lives on through the words of her youngest son' Angelina Jolie'A work of rare vividness and authority,...

Review: Sister Helen Prejean traces the historical underpinnings of executions in the United States, demonstrating that it is no accident that over 80 percent of executions in the past twenty-five years have been carried out in the former slave states. She also raises profound constitutional ques...

A greyhound catching the mechanical lurewhat would he actually do with it? Has he given this any thought?Bostroms previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies changed the global conversation on AI and became a New York Times bestseller. It focused on what might happen if AI develo...

It's time to talk about the menopause openly, to dispel the myths and inform every woman of their choices for this important stage of life. Dr Louise Newson is one of the UK's leading medical experts on the menopause; the doctor "who kick started the menopause revolution". Having transformed the ...

The internationally bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil Wara slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.