Collection: Adult Non Fiction

"Whether you've made the switch to a vegan diet or are just considering the change, cheese can be the breaking point that keeps you from breaking up. It's everywhere, and let's face it, it's delicious. Thank goodness there's Bailey Ruskus, aka Chef Bai, to hold your hand and show you that creatin...

A personal book about physical brain health and mental brain health, and how they coexist in two very different spaces. At the age of 31 Jamila Rizvi was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. When she shared her diagnosis with loved ones, good friend Rosie Waterland proposed the tumour eventually...

Sarah is a brown female doctor who emigrated to Australia in the 1990s. Her journey to becoming a paediatrician has been challenging, right from the schoolyard. As a minority, she was perceived as different. She tried hard to blend in, but she was unfamiliar to her peers. No brown heroines in the...

On 24 February 2022, residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, woke to the sound of explosions and gunfire as Russian forces attempted to seize Hostomel Airport. It marked the beginning of the first land war in Europe since World War II. Under the leadership of the charismatic Volodymyr Zelensky, a militarised...

The essential guide to the popular, beginner-friendly graphic design platform Canva For Dummies is a beautiful full-color reference, covering everything you need to create dazzling visual materials in Canva Free and Pro versions.

Journalist Cheng Lei's memoir is a powerful and harrowing account of her three-year ordeal in China that began with her arrest in August 2020. This is vivid and brave writing that offers a rare glimpse into China's ultra-secret state security prisons and what it takes to survive such incarceratio...

"Here was I with the status of little more than a telephone mechanic, taking out the biggest scientific expedition in history." In this way the legendary Charles Mountford immodestly described his biggest assignment: to lead an expedition of American and Australian scientists to Arnhem Land in no...

Forget the latest gadgets, the humble freezer is the unsung hero of every home kitchen! In Cook Ahead, Justine Schofield shows you how to make the most of yours, saving time and money in the process. Justine covers everything you need to know about freezing, from organisation, storage and labelli...

Learn how to create a sound, profitable business plan that will take your business to the next level Whether you're starting a new business or you're looking to revitalise your strategy, Creating a Business Plan For Dummies covers everything you need to know. This step-by-step guide shows you how...

In this exceptionally positive and encouraging book, Stephanie Dowrick frees the journal writer she believes is in virtually everyone, showing through stories and examples that a genuine sense of possibility can be revived on every page. Creative journal writing goes way beyond recording events. ...