Collection: Non Fiction

We think of babyhood and old age as polar opposites on the spectrum of life. Yet they are profoundly linked. Our early experiences set us up for a lifetime of good mental and physical health, or for future health challenges. 1,001 Days will explore the vital and often overlooked factors that dete...

The most severe crash in the history of Wall Street took place over several days in October 1929, starting on Black Thursday and culminating on Black Tuesday resulting in the loss of thirty billion dollars of paper wealth. The events of 1929-and the lessons it taught the world-would reverberate t...

"As the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires. In India a generation committed to independence must decide whether to support 'the Raj' or fight alongside the Japanese. One military family is bitterly divided. Will it be the brother who serves under...

Can America survive Donald Trump? Three award-winning Washington Post reporters offer the definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequential presidential campaign in US history. Three award-winning reporters offer the definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequentia...

Since 2021, tens of thousands of readers have devoured the Ask Shameless weekly columns on dating, friendship and self-development, written by the Shameless podcasters and a team of talented young Australian writers. In 4 am, Zara and Michelle have curated forty of their very best columns alongsi...

Abbey Lea, A Killiney History: The Life of Marino Before it was the residence of the Australian Ambassador in Ireland

Push the boundaries of abstract art with a mix of media and methods, with the guidance of expert artist Helen Kaminsky. With this stunning book, explore the possibilities of mixed media in new and impressive ways. Helen's love of colour and experimentation is carried through layers of imagery and...

"The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives. We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public ins...

Behind every criminal man is a young, glamorous woman profiting from his crimes. Or, at least, so the media suggests. Felicia Djamirze is a counsellor, an advocate for women's justice, a three-time Miss Australia winner and a convicted drug dealer.

A searingly honest and darkly funny account of what it was really like being in the British Army in Iraq (including all the bits they probably hoped you'd never find out). We share all the hardships, fears, and occasional lunacy of military life as Owain and his men try to navigate a war gone bad...