On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Lone-adventurer Tim Cope travelled the entire length of the Eurasian steppe on horseback, from the ancient capital of Mongolia to the Danube River in Hungary. This formidable 6,000-mile journey took three years to complete. It is a journey that has not been completed successfully since the days of Gengh ...Show more
In Their Branches: Stories from ABC Radio National's Trees Project by MILLER, GRETCHEN
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A very special collection of over one hundred stories, memories, and reflections on trees that have had a special meaning in the lives of Australians, from ABC RN. We all have a favourite tree. We scaled their trunks in childhood, planted their saplings in memory of someone we loved, and carried their s ...Show more
Dirty Secrets : Our ASIO files by Meredith Burgmann
$12.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In this moving, funny and sometimes chilling book, leading Australians open their ASIO files and read what the state's security apparatus said about them. Writers from across the political spectrum including Mark Aarons, Phillip Adams, Nadia Wheatley, Michael Kirby, Peter Cundall, Gary Foley and Anne Su ...Show more
How to Use eBay and PayPal by Todd Alexander
$14.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
eBay has changed a lot in the two years since the last edition. Today, more than 78 per cent of all items available on the site are fixed price and the vast majority of these items are new. eBay is no longer just the site for second-hand items sold at auction. This fully revised edition of HOW TO USE EB ...Show more
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Fascinating and provocative, Ariely's The Truth About Dishonesty is an insightful and brilliantly researched take on cheating, deception and willpower. Internationally bestselling author Ariely pulls no punches when it comes to home truths. Previous titles PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL and THE UPSIDE OF IRRATI ...Show more
101 Things You Should Know About Math by Tim Fox
$19.98 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This engaging and entertaining guide with 101 facts includes everything from pie charts to timesaving tricks for problem solving. With step-by-step explanations, this guide makes maths simpler and easier. It is suitable for children aged 10 to 12. What's the difference between a rhombus and a square? Ca ...Show more
A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
All families have their myths and Juliet Nicolson's was no different: her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita, her mother's Tory-conventional background. A House Full of Daughters ta ...Show more
Speaking Out: A 21st-Century Handbook for Women and Girls by Tara Moss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
An accessible and practical handbook for women on speaking out safely and confidently. Worldwide, less than one out of every four people we hear from or about in the media is female and men outnumber women in parliament by more than three to one. If half of humanity's experiences, perspectives and poss ...Show more
Australia's Best Unknown Stories: And Tales You Thought You Knew... by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'Not only are there many things we don't know, we should never be too sure about the things we are sure we do know.'..From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this collection of classic Australian stories.the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising.. ...Show more
Stop at Nothing - The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull by Annabel Crabb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In Stop at Nothing Annabel Crabb brings all her wit and perceptiveness to the story of Malcolm Turnbull. This is a memorable look at the Prime Minister in action - his flaws and achievements - as well as his past lives and adventures. Drawing on extensive interviews with Turnbull, Crabb delves into ...Show more
100 Years: Wisdom from Famous Writers on Every Year of Your Life by Joshua Prager; Milton Glaser
$24.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself--the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerm ...Show more
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water, and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It ...Show more