Collection: Non Fiction

Contemporary, timeless, established gardens at a scale never seen before. A garden that cannot be seen in one glance entices people to step outside with a sense of wonder. Landscape designer Paul Bangay has an extraordinary ability to envisage scale and create gardens that feel as though they've ...

"Bill Gates is one of the most powerful figures of the past four decades. But the world-famous public image he has so carefully crafted is not the whole truth. In this explosive new book, Anupreeta Das (finance editor of the New York Times) takes you behind the façade. From his early years, when ...

Take to the skies with this beautifully illustrated anthology of some of the world's most fascinating and best-loved creatures. Featuring every major bird group, from majestic soaring hawks to delicate darting hummingbirds, The Bird Book reveals the diversity of bird anatomy and behaviour alongsi...

Whether you're parenting teens, toddlers, or anything in between, this book empowers caregivers by providing age-appropriate sex education and advice on navigating difficult conversations around bodies, consent, puberty, and LGBTQ+ issues.

Virginia Trioli knows that enduring joy is often found not in the big moments but in the small. And as a dedicated, almost obsessive, foodie, she believes that food gives us the perfect metaphor for how to seek, recognise and devour the real flavour of life. When the main course is heavy going or...

The story of Australia's black convicts has been erased from our history. Recovering it in this deeply researched, fascinating and richly illuminating book, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh understanding of this fatal shore, and shows how empire, slavery, race and memory have shaped who we are.

A captivating and original street-level account of a vexing and troubled region. In the tradition of Barbara Demick and Katherine Boo, Black Square presents an evocative, multidimensional portrait of post-Soviet life under the shadow of Putin.

The 10th anniversary edition of the landmark book on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. A decade ago, marine biologist Dr. Wallace J.

You don't need an expensive gym membership or fancy equipment to reach your fitness goals. In Bodyweight Workouts for Beginners, trainer Sean Bartram shows you how simple and effective it can be to focus your workouts on bodyweight and agility exercises.

"When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend: there is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, Ruzo - now a geoscientist - hears his aunt mention that she herself had visited this stran...