Collection: Adult Non Fiction - History & Military

For the ten years from 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory - and of Australia's role in the subsequent international struggl...

A fresh, funny and furious look at the terrible advice women have been told for centuries. Stroll with Kaz Cooke through instructions on how to day-drink, wear a dress made of arsenic, pretend you're an idiot, have sex with a billionaire biker, curtsey, get properly harassed at work, exercise you...

The details behind Ypres, synonymous with the destruction, trench warfare, poison gas, and military stalemate of WW1. Through narrative, eyewitness accounts, and images, this book explores the first and second battles of Ypres. A medieval town known for its textiles, Ypres became infamous during ...