Second Hand Non-Fiction

More than 150 inspired-and inspiring-novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they...

We need the US for defence, but we only need defence because of the US...

**Highly Commended, Oral History Australia Book Award 2024** HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia...

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort became one of the most infamous names in American finance:...

As an antique dealer, Athol Salter has peddled in other people's stories for over sixty...

The story of three brothers who lived at the Ballarat Orphan Asylum, suffering cruelty and...

A humanist manifesto for the age of AI. Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative...

Following the runaway success of his Big Book of Numbers and World of Numbers, Adam...

A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the...

This is the epic story of life on Earth, uniquely retold through some of the...

Part survival guide, part cookbook, ABC TV's much-admired Juanita Phillips opens up her personal life...

Including a preface by HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne. The Australian doctor saving the...

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's 29th prime minister, tells the remarkable story of his life in this...

What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on earth as...

The much-admired, critically-praised and bestselling biography of Queen Victoria, from one of Australia's most admired...

The national bestseller, Phosphorescence is a beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can...

'I want life. I want to read it and write it and feel it and...

WHEN PARADISE TURNS TO CHAOS, WHO WILL SURVIVE? An incredible true story of murder, romance...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Vivid and empowering' GILLIAN ANDERSON 'A stunning...

Britain's most passionate Francophile takes us on a wonderfully rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque...

A perfect book for anyone wishing to learn more about our local star, eclipses and...

What does the F word mean to you? The must-read book for 2018. Follow @feminists...

For many people, long-legged spiders, blood-sucking ticks and venomous scorpions are the stuff of nightmares,...

Bertie Kidd is a highly organised individual, who was one of the country's most prominent...

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths...

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents explains why saving...

Dark, sharp, blackly funny and powerful, this is memoir, wielded as weapon, with the tightly...

'Jaw-dropping . . . Read then pass it on' STYLIST, Book of the Month 'I...