How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
$9.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Passionate, independent-minded non-fiction from the international bestselling author of The Corrections. Although his subjects range from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each piece wrestles with familiar themes of Franzen
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
$9.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Chasing the Scream, offering a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.What really causes depression and anxiety--and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and sta ...Show more
Snowing in Bali by Kathryn Bonella
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Category: Non-Fiction
It's snowing in Bali. Among Bali's drug dealers it's the code for a huge cocaine shipment having just landed. For the men who run the country's drug empires, it's time to get rich and party hard. Snowing in Bali is the story of the drug trafficking and dealing scene that's made Bali one of the world's m ...Show more
Made in America: An Informal History of American English by Bill Bryson
$6.50 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Bryson
"Funny, wise, learned and compulsive." (GQ). Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Ro ...Show more
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
$6.50 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more th ...Show more
Humankind - A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
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Category: Non-Fiction
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford'Made me see h ...Show more
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter
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Category: Non-Fiction
A take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization, and reason.
A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell
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Category: Non-Fiction
The compelling story of Paul Burrell's life in service to the Royal Family and the close relationship he shared with Princess Diana. It offers readers a unique insight into the life of the Royal household and many of the misconceptions that have grown up around the Princess. Hardback edition also availa ...Show more
Guinness World Records 2013 by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
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Category: Non-Fiction
Guinness World Records 2013 is crammed with new and updated records, and never-before-seen photography. Meet the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking parrot, and witness the fiercest predators in the ocean - you can see them in 3D with our new augmented reality app!
A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian
$12.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"Subramanian writes with empathy and exuberance, offering a much-needed glimpse into a world that too many of us don't even know exists. This is a book to give your little sister, your mother, your best friend, yourself, so together you can celebrate the strength of women and girls, the tenacity it take ...Show more