Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

A resourceful handbook for modern couples who want to celebrate their marriage in a nontraditional, financially reasonable way, whether an elegant dinner party, a courthouse ceremony, or a weekend camping trip in a national park.

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...

This book will show you what a narcissist looks like and how their emotional abuse impacts the lives and relationships of their families. Many emotionally abusive behaviours from parent to child have become socially acceptable; because they're so prolific, they're normalised. Furthermore, humans ...

During the early colonial era, Australias Aborigines often warned British settlers to beware of huge, ape-like creatures that lurked in the rugged mountains and deep forests of the island continent. Their people, they said, had been encountering the hairy horrors since time immemorial. They knew ...

People are drawn to cults for a number of reasons, but commonly they attract people whose current religion or lifestyle is lacking -- it's too restrictive, it's not restrictive and holy enough; it doesn't seem to offer solutions for a chaotic and dangerous world, it doesn't let them have enough s...

Wrestling with fear doesn't have to be a negative experience. This book offers an approach to life that unlocks a new way of thinking and being in the world, one that leads directly through the center of the anxieties we seek to avoid. Written in the style of an owner's manual, a guide to being h...

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few". So begins this beloved American Zen book. In a single stroke the sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. In the fifty ...

By dipping into this little book of simple Zen Buddhist sayings, you can calm your anxiety and return serenity to your soul. Are you feeling stress and anxiety from the demands of daily life? Do you feel overwhelmed by your to-do list and the constant deluge of information from all quarters? Are ...

Trying to live a zero waste life while simultaneously raising a family can feel almost impossible at times, but Anita Vandyke, author of A Zero Waste Life, is here to help. A Zero Waste Family is a gentle thirty-day guide highlighting the lessons Anita learned during her first year navigating mot...

"Astrology has taken the world by storm-millions of people around the globe use the positions of the stars to guide them in life, love, career, and more. In this comprehensive resource, leading contemporary astrologers lend their expertise to take cosmic self-care to the next level with detailed ...