All posts tagged "non fiction"
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Atlas of Disease, by Sandra Hempel
A fascinating cartographic insight into the worlds most deadly diseases and epidemics.
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661Books & LiteratureBook Review: 2,024 Facts to Stop You in Your Tracks, by John Lloyd, James Harkin & Anne Miller
A bumper final edition of the most surprising, amazing, and hilarious facts on the planet from the clever-clogs at QI.
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2.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Success Habits, by Napoleon Hill
The habits that should define you if you want to achieve success in health, wealth and happiness.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Boats: Fast and Slow, by Iris Volant
This picture book for ages 4 or 5 upwards, explores the many kinds of boats created from the very earliest days of human existence.
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707Books & LiteratureBook Review: Breaking News, by Alan Rusbridger
A potted history of The Guardian alongside Rusbridger’s own journalistic career, primarily looking at the massive disruption of traditional journalism by the digital revolution, particularly when he was editor there from 1995 to 2015.
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3.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Secret Network of Nature, by Peter Wohlleben
A fascinating look at the vital inter-dependencies between we humans and all aspects of the natural world.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Steam Australia: Locomotives That Galvanised the Nation, by Tim Fischer
The fascinating story of steam transportation over ten vital decades of transformation in Australia's history, featuring over 300 exciting images from the superb National Library John Buckland collection of photography, many never seen before.
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2.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Persecution of the Templars, by Alain Demurger
A well-researched history of the downfall and persecution of the mysterious Knights Templar from 1305 to the burning at the stake of its leaders in 1314.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite, by Roger Daltrey
The autobiography of Roger Daltry, the lead singer of one of the most legendary bands of the last 50-plus years, The Who.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: I Am Never Bored: The Best Ever Craft and Activity Book for Kids, by Sarah Devos
A fun, practical book of 100 craft ideas for kids to do when they've got nothing else to do. Ideal for the upcoming long Christmas holiday break from school.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Made in Scotland – My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country, by Billy Connolly
Comedian Billy Connolly returns to the country of his birth and upbringing, acknowledging what went before and reliving the journey that made him the man we know and love to laugh along with today.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Skies Above My Eyes, by Charlotte Guillain
A little dog watches his master launch a paper plane from their apartment window. As it catches the breeze, it takes readers on an imagined trip through the layers of our atmosphere, out to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and then back again.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureInterview: Author Paul Ham on New Jerusalem
Author Paul Ham will be in Adelaide on 8 November to speak about his new book, New Jerusalem, but we caught up with him from his home in Paris before he began his book tour.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureCookbook Review: New York: Capital of Food, by Lisa Nieschlag & Lars Wentrup
Part cookbook, part travel guide, celebrate the diversity of New York city with something sweet, something savoury and something soothing from one of the many cultures that thrive in the city.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Taste the Arabic Proverbs, by Samia Bazzi
A fun and though-provoking collection of Arabic proverbs, primarily from Lebanon, with an English translation and explanation.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Master of Stillness, by Barry Pearce
The works of South Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, showcasing how his art evolved and developed, and documenting his life story, from how he was inspired by the South Australian landscapes, to his travels in Italy.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Päntsdrunk, by Miska Rantanen
Päntsdrunk is a refreshing take on the personal-development genre. Fresh out of Finland, it encourages drinking at home, alone, in your underwear.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Extraordinary Life of Pikelet, by Calley Gibson
The memoir of a rescue dog who takes on the role of foster-brother-extraordinaire to love and help pups with an unfortunate start to the world.
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722Books & LiteratureBook Review: Conan Doyle for the Defence, by Margarlit Fox
A well-researched true story of how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, fought tirelessly to right a terrible miscarriage of justice.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Anzac Biscuits, by Allison Reynolds
A fascinating culinary history of one of Australia’s iconic foods, taking us around Australia, New Zealand and England, through recipe books, family treasures, letters to and from soldiers in WWI, photographs and anecdotes to discover the origins of our iconic Anzac biscuit.
