The moving and compelling true story of the clipper ship Ticonderoga, struck by plague as it was bringing immigrants to Australia in...
This is a collection of 11 short stories set on, by, or near the sea, using it as a metaphor for dark...
The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, by an award-winning historian.
Sonam is a young girl, growing up in Taliban-controlled Kabul, Afghanistan, where music is banned. Then one day, she hears an amazing...
A celebration of contemporary and historical women and girls, told through information, maps, quotes and photographs, bringing their achievements into the limelight...
Director Robert Kimber has said the theme of the play can be encapsulated in the idea of ‘moving on’ but at the...
A moving and fascinating account of the gruesome post-WWI search for some of the 45,000 Australians who had died in France and...
British naturalist, author and award-winning television presenter, Stephen Moss, goes on a fascinating journey through the many influences on the English language...
A profound look into the way our bodies change, from puberty, pregnancy and gender dysphoria to anorexia and even death, using both...
The book is designed to be a guide, a workbook for the reader to use over a month. It offers tips and...
An adventure over 5 books, providing a mashup of Frank Baum’s Oz books, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the...
This is a moving true account of the incredible journey through mental illness and back by neuroscientist Barbara Lipska when she discovered...
In this board book edition for ages 4 or 5, the Little People, Big Dreams series looks at the life of Mexican...
A board book version for young children of the Little People, Big Dreams series about inspirational women. This edition focuses on the...
Based on the BBC television series, Civilisations, historian, television presenter and author David Olusoga presents a look at the two-way interaction of...
Based on the BBC television series, Civilisations, professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard, presents a look at art and history,...
Award-winning author, social commentator, and political activist, Barbara Ehrenreich, investigates how ‘wellness’ has replaced ‘health’ (ie not being sick), persuading us that...
A look at 99 unusual career possibilities from being a taxidermist or airplane repossession agent through to a court sketch artist, greeting...
Author Isabel Sánchez Vegara continues her series of illustrated children’s books that focus on women who had shown courage and strength, and...
Debate over correct pronunciation has existed for centuries but, as English becomes more and more of a global language of communication, the...