Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal by David Walsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
It was the story that shocked the world: Russian athletics was revealed to be corrupt from top to bottom, with institutionalised doping used to help the nation's athletes win medals they did not truly deserve. There had always been suspicions, but now WADA had the clearest evidence of what had gone on. ...Show more
Knots and Splices by Colin Cyrus L;Jarman Day
$12.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Knots & Splices is the bestselling truly pocket-sized book on rope and wire work, splices, and all types of knots, and has been continuously in print for almost 50 years. It has become the basic handbook showing how to tie the most useful and indispensable knots, bends and splices and has sold world ...Show more
Great Australian Mysteries: Unsolved, Unexplained, Unknown by John Pinkney
$19.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Chronicles the most tantalising of Australian true mystery stories. It includes inexplicable disappearances, some which defy logic, unsolved murders, mystifying phenomena and scientific enigmas.
How the World Works by Noam Chomsky
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
According to The New York Times, Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with e ...Show more
The New Long Life: A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World by Lynda Gratton; Andrew Scott
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A practical guide to how we can flourish as longevity and technology change our world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where w ...Show more
How to Survive: Lessons for Everyday Life from the Extreme World by John Hudson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'A splendid book . . . I can't think of anyone I know who wouldn't benefit from reading it' - Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail'A brilliant, brilliant book' - Chris EvansWhat is the connection between crawling through a jungle and your 'to do' list? What can ejecting out of a stealth bomber teach you about th ...Show more
The Little Book of Economics by DK
$16.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This book is the perfect introduction to the subject of economics and economic ideas through history. From the earliest forms of currency to the Industrial Revolution, and from the birth of the stock market to free-market capitalism and globalized trade, The Little Book of Economics brings economic the ...Show more
Vida: Vida Goldstein a Woman for Our Time by Jacqueline Kent
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Vida Jane Mary Goldstein, feminist and suffragist, was born at Portland, Victoria. Her father was an anti-suffragist, but Jacob Goldstein supported his daughters to be economically and intellectually independent. In the 1890s she became involved in various social welfare activities and attended Victoria ...Show more
The Power and the Story - The Global Battle for News and Information by John Lloyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In this sweeping global survey, one of Britain's most distinguished journalists and media commentators analyses for the first time the state of journalism worldwide as it enters the post-truth age. From the decline of the newspaper in the West and the simultaneous threats posed by fake news and Presiden ...Show more
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2018 by Russ Radcliffe (ed)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
With Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, John Farmer, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Alan Moir, David Pope, David Rowe, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox, Paul Zanetti, and many more . . .
Godley - The Man Behind the Myth by Terry Kinloch
$59.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A comprehensive biography of General Sir Alexander Godley, presenting for the first time a fair and balanced look at his time as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) and II ANZAC Corps during World War I. While Godley is generally remembered as being a poor field commander, Terry Kinl ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 81: Getting to Zero; Australia's Energy Transition by Alan Finkel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The world is overheating, and despite god intentions and significant others, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions. In this lucid, persuasive essay, Alan Finkel maps Australia's energy transition. He focuses strongly on clean technologies, including the ...Show more