Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

The World in a Grain is the compelling true story of the hugely important and diminishing natural resource that grows more essential every day, and of the people who mine it, sell it, build with it -- and sometimes, even kill for it. It's also a provocative examination of the serious human and en...

The World Is Not Big Enough is the story of one woman's journey to understand the human cost of a broken system. At once an investigation into the murder of a refugee and an exploration of Australians' collective guilt, The World Is Not Big Enough explores the ways we are all hurt by migration po...

"Over the past few decades, China has climbed the ranks of the global powers with staggering speed. Its vast economy and growing regional aggression make it a threat to supersede the United States as the world's dominant power. But this outcome is far from inevitable. Like neighbouring Russia-whi...

An essential guide to religion that explores and explains the history and key teachings of the world's main religions, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism, alongside ancient and little-known beliefs. Learn everything you need to know about the central practices, important figures...

With a new afterword from the author, this book answers the ultimate question what happens to the Earth when human beings disappear? "On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They ...

An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us).

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the ...

This is a book about the place where biology meets behaviour - and where sexual differences in our bodies most closely translate into gender differences in the mind. In this timely twenty-first century reboot of the seminal bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are from Venus, Whipple travels far a...

Author has a personal connection to the WA wreck of the Alkimos, as the stories he recounts make clear.