Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs

"A fast-paced, rollicking account of how paranoia and conspiracy theories have long been major elements within the GOP and how these forces came to triumph under Donald Trump, AMERICAN PSYCHOSIS offers readers a brisk, can-you-believe-this journey through this netherworld of far-right irrationali...

"How vast then is forgetting -- of language, of places, of the dead? Are these even things that can be measured? They are not -- but they can be described." Amnesia Road is a powerful literary consideration of historic violence in two different parts of the world, the seldom-visited mulga plains ...

Two journalists tell the story of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, focusing on a group of activists and how a draconian 2019 law led to them to the streets and resulted in a brutal crackdown.

Islam is the fastest-growing faith community in Britain. Domes and minarets are redefining the skylines of towns and cities as mosques become an increasingly prominent feature. Yet while Britain has prided itself on being a global home of cosmopolitanism and modern civilisation, its deep-rooted r...

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics tells the thrilling story of one of the greatest intellectual leaps of all time. Over two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology and biology, set...

We know the stars, and have tamed most species that have crossed our paths; we've roamed the world over and travelled to Space; we've mastered industrialisation then created technology that our grandparents couldn't have dreamt of. So, what's next? Ruby Wax builds on her exploration on forgivenes...

Revisionist in approach, global in scope, and a seminal contribution to scholarship, this original and thought-provoking book critiques traditional notions about Anglo-Indians, a mixed descent minority community from India.

Some of Australia's best political writing: a dazzling chronicle from the editor of The Saturday Paper. Drawn from the first ten years of The Saturday Paper, these editorials tell the story of a country in trouble. They are a penetrating account of the people who have led Australia, fusing charac...