Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

"We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form -- like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissin...

On a foggy November day in 1589, when one of the five daughters of Robert and Elizabeth Throckmorton suddenly fell sick, no one in the small English village of Warboys could have predicted the terrifying events that would follow, or envisaged that four years later, in April 1593, the Throckmorton...

A Witch's Bestiary delves through ancient mythological records and esoteric occult sources to encounter and catalog the denizens of the unknown. It takes the reader on a journey through the most fantastical tales of animals previously known to only a precious few. These supernatural beasts are st...

Modern witch Emma Griffin offers readers a beginner's guide to witchcraft. Discover your authentic self and unleash the powerful witch within. This book is your guide to navigating a magical life. It's easy to lose your way, but The Witch's Way Home will help you to reconnect with your heart so t...

MAGIC, SPELLS & ALCHEMY. This sparkling, in-depth examination of theories and techniques from around the world will help you reach higher levels of magickal insight and success. Each chapter features examples of tried-and-true magickal techniques gathered from the annals of folk magick around the...

A powerful, personal and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia's most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant. History is turning. In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama's declaration of the 'end of...

A powerful message to help women break free from comparison and competition, embrace God's purpose, and realize a life without rival.

A masterful and deeply troubling expose, "Witness" is the culmination of almost five years' work for investigative journalist Louise Milligan. Charting the experiences of those who have the courage to come forward and face their abusers in high-profile child abuse and sexual assault cases, Millig...

Britain's best known classicist Mary Beard shows how history has treated powerful women. With examples ranging from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Elizabeth Warren, Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, how we look at women who exercis...

What if you aren't depressed? What if you don't have chronic fatigue? What if you are just... angry? In a world where patience is a virtue and being a good girl is for life, women are never allowed to truly express their anger - and it is making us ill. After a lifetime of being told to repress i...