All posts tagged "non fiction"
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Incest, Murder and a Miracle, by Cheryl & Robert Cuccio, with Morgan St James
This is the shocking but true story about what really happened before, during and after the high-profile murder case of Cheryl Pierson in 1986 and what drove her to arrange a murder of her father.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Sons of Guns, by Matt Watson
An insightful and inspiring book about generations of men in the same family who shared the dedication, courage, toughness and desire to make it in the AFL.
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990Books & LiteratureBook Review: In the Land of the Magic Pudding, edited by Barbara Santich
A wonderful collection of poetry and prose from books, letters and journals along with magazine and newspaper articles on the history of Australian food, cooking, dining and etiquette.
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824Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Immeasurable World, by William Atkins
More than a travel book, Atkins provides details of religious history and doctrines, geography, art, environmental issues and the politics of the regions he writes about, reminding us that true discoveries are still out there through the people we meet, rather than the places we visit.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Hell Ship, by Michael Veitch
The moving and compelling true story of the clipper ship Ticonderoga, struck by plague as it was bringing immigrants to Australia in 1852.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Good Hustle, by Dr Polly McGee
A spiritual alternative to all the business bibles that dominate the market, combining the ancient wisdom of yoga with contemporary business practice in a blend of mindfulness, spirituality and entrepreneurial action.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Meltdown, by Chris Clearfield & András Tilcsik
As our lives increasingly depend on the smooth operation of complex systems such as our power and water supplies, communications technology, hospitals and public transport, Meltdown analyses why systems break down and what we can do to prevent it.
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2.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Accelerate Your Wealth, by Dale Gillham
An instructive and useful guide for beginners and experienced investors alike to attaining wealth responsibly in the stock market. It dispels the many myths of investing and breaks down investment jargon.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Captured Lives, by Peter Monteath
Peer behind the barbed wire drawn around people deemed threats to Australia's security during the two world wars. Civilians from enemy nations, even if born in Australia, were subjects of suspicion and locked away in internment camps as prisoners-of-war, some shipped from the other side of the world.
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848Books & LiteratureBook Review: Imperial Twilight, by Stephen R Platt
The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, by an award-winning historian.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World, by Katherine Halligan
A celebration of contemporary and historical women and girls, told through information, maps, quotes and photographs, bringing their achievements into the limelight to inspire children of all ages.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: More Than Happiness, by Antonia Macaro
In More Than Happiness, author Antonia Macaro questions the modern perceptions of Buddhism and Stoicism by analysing the foundations which form the two philosophies.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Voyage Through Space, by Katy Flint & Cornelia Li
A picture book aimed at children ages 5 to 8, where one junior astronaut and her space dog take a journey through the solar system to visit the Sun, the planets and asteroids beyond, learning about each along the way.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Missing in Action, by Marianne van Velzen
A moving and fascinating account of the gruesome post-WWI search for some of the 45,000 Australians who had died in France and Belgium, in order to bring closure to families and to provide the fallen with a fitting burial.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Mrs Moreau’s Warbler, by Stephen Moss
British naturalist, author and award-winning television presenter, Stephen Moss, goes on a fascinating journey through the many influences on the English language as he examines the origins of bird names.
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845Books & LiteratureBook Review: Shapeshifters, by Gavin Francis
A profound look into the way our bodies change, from puberty, pregnancy and gender dysphoria to anorexia and even death, using both medical knowledge and case studies.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Zero Waste Life in Thirty Days, by Anita Vandyke
The book is designed to be a guide, a workbook for the reader to use over a month. It offers tips and ideas to assess your current lifestyle and find ways to work towards decreasing the level of waste you produce.
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938Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind, by Barbara Lipska
This is a moving true account of the incredible journey through mental illness and back by neuroscientist Barbara Lipska when she discovered she had three tumours on her brain.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress, by David Olusoga
Based on the BBC television series, Civilisations, historian, television presenter and author David Olusoga presents a look at the two-way interaction of first contact with old civilisations, and how art has represented progress through the ages.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Civilisations: How Do We Look? / The Eye of Faith, by Mary Beard
Based on the BBC television series, Civilisations, professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard, presents a look at art and history, and the intersection of art and faith, examining how we make sense of it all both in and out of its original historical context.
