Collection: Adult Non Fiction

This is celebrated landscape designer Paul Bangay's inspirational story of creating Stonefields, one of Australia's most beautiful country gardens. The Garden at Stonefields reveals the triumphs and trials of designing and building this extraordinary house and garden -- Paul's most challenging an...

Paul Bangay's celebrated Victorian property, Stonefields, has now been under his expert care for 15 years. Today, the garden is mature and more beautiful than ever - from the vibrant autumn colours in the woodland and evocative dormancy of winter to the jubilant flowering of the crab apple in spr...

Making infant feeding decisions relies on parents having access to evidence-based information - but when it comes to formula feeding that can be hard to come by. Commercial interests and misunderstandings about the way breastfeeding is promoted can mean that important knowledge about formula feed...

This is a simple yet complete everyday health guide full of practical solutions, natural remedies, and holistic health perspectives. Every aspect of your health is covered with: Diet - What's good, what's not so good? And the benefits of such simple ingredients as gelatin, olive oil, almonds, fat...

Packed with over 200 beautiful colour photographs this is a stunning illustrated guide to Australia's remote country- to iconic landmarks, outback pubs, distant stations and magnificent national parks.

Batch-baking, like batch-cooking, is all about making enough in advance to enable a quick transformation with little to no effort. A quantity of dough can either be chilled or frozen to be baked later, while a dry mix can be pulled from the shelf to create delicious treats at a moment's notice. T...

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and writer Richard Dawkins opens Chapter 2 of his bestseller The God Delusion by saying that the God of the Old Testament is "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction" and goes on to list nineteen negative character traits. Now in God : the...

A wisecracking foreign correspondent recounts her experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan while sharing cautionary observations about the region in its first post-Taliban years and the responsibilities of the U.S. and NATO.

:An essential comic-book journey from the creators of Queer: A Graphic History that will change the way you think about gender. Is masculinity toxic? Why are public toilets such a political issue? How has feminism changed the available gender roles -- and for whom? Why might we all benefit from c...