All posts tagged "non-fiction"
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe
NON-FICTION: From Enron to the opioid scandal, an explosive, deeply-reported exposé that shows how McKinsey's has made the world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous over the last sixty years.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Great Achievers & Characters In Australian Cricket, by Roland Perry
SPORT: Bestselling cricket author and historian Roland Perry shines a light on the game’s biggest players and dramas through the ages in Great Achievers and Characters in Australian Cricket.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book, by Pandora Sykes
NON-FICTION: In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return to time and again and that helped make them the writers they are.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Novelist as a Vocation, by Haruki Murakami
NON-FICTION: In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: How to Leave Your Psychopath, by Maddy Anholt
SELF-HELP: How to Leave Your Psychopath is a candid account of the bizarre and frightening world of coercive control and abusive relationships from a woman who, until her eyes were opened, had spent her entire dating life trapped in them.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Why Do Birds Do That? by Gráinne Cleary
NON-FICTION: An entrancing, informative book filled with answers to many of the common questions we ask about birds and their lives.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: All Grown Up: Nurturing Relationships with Adult Children, by Celia Dodd
NON-FICTION: When children grow up and become adults we often assume, as parents, that our job is done. In fact it's just the beginning of a whole new stage in our lifelong connection.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Story of Russia, by Orlando Figes
NON-FICTION: Beautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, The Story of Russia is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history: sweeping, suspenseful, masterful.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Perfume, by Megan Volpert
NON-FICTION: Megan Volpert's Perfume carefully balances the artistry with the science of perfume.
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3.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Destined to Die Young, by Sally A. Hoedel
NON-FICTION: Destined to Die Young is the definitive examination of why the world lost Elvis Presley on August 16, 1977, when he was only forty-two years old.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Persians, by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
HISTORY: THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.
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947Books & LiteratureBook Review: Skin Deep, by Phillipa McGuinness
NON-FICTION: A book about skin, that wonderful thing that covers our body, acting as both barrier and receptor to life.
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985Books & LiteratureBook Review: Rogues: True Stories of Grifters Killers Rebels and Crooks, by Patrick Radden Keefe
NON-FICTION: From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Importance of Being Interested, by Robin Ince
SCIENCE: The popular comedian and presenter journeys through science, explaining why it should be for everyone - including enthusiastic amateurs.
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810Books & LiteratureBook Review: Suburban True Crime, by Emily Webb
TRUE CRIME: Featuring contemporary cases as well as some shocking historical murders you’ve probably never heard of, Suburban True Crime proves you shouldn’t say "it could never happen here".
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Rattled, by Ellis Gunn
MEMOIR: Alarming, and at times even darkly amusing, Rattled is a thought-provoking, heart-in-your-throat memoir that begins in outrage and ends with a celebration of the howling winds of change sweeping the globe.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Small Habits for a Big Life, Dr Rebecca Ray
SELF-HELP: Small Habits for a Big Life clears the way for readers to embark on their own path to change and provides exactly the right amount of support along the way.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Delicate Game, by Hana Walker-Brown
NON-FICTION: This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), concussive and sub-concussive trauma. It is also a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Great Experiment, by Yascha Mounk
NON-FICTION: One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Nothing But the Truth, by The Secret Barrister
LAW: Full of hilarious, shocking, and surprising stories from their working life, Nothing But The Truth tracks the Secret Barrister’s progress through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister.
