Collection: Adult Non Fiction

From Sir Jack Brabham (first to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design) to Tom Angove (inventor of the wine cask), from Bruce Thompson (introduced the first dual flush toilets) to Mary Fortune (the first female author of detective fiction) - here are the world's great ideas, inventions, feat...

Tropical gardens are man-made paradises on earth: The seductive perfume of exotic flowers, gently splashing water and unimaginable shades of colors provide the beholder with the setting for a dream.

Sam Pivnik is the ultimate survivor from a world that no longer exists. In 1939, on his 13th birthday, Sam Pivnik's life changed forever when the Nazis invaded Poland. On 14 occasions he should have been killed, but luck, his physical strength and his determination not to die all played a part in...

Using the investigative and research skills that he is known for, Chris Masters turns his attention to the contemporary digger - war fighter, peacekeeper, street-level diplomat and aid worker - linking the pioneering approaches to warfare of General Monash's time to the challenge of what lies ahe...