Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

Dive deep into your relationships, discover the secrets of compatibility, and embrace the power of numbers--from a Numerology expert. Numbers have a way of following you throughout your life. Birth dates, anniversaries, ages, lucky numbers--they're always there.? Numerology reveals the significan...

Chanting is more than just words. In Mantra Meditation, renowned Kirtan artist Radhika Das introduces us to the world of modern chanting and reveals its profound origins, showing us that we do not need to be a good singer, a yoga practitioner, or a follower of any religion or set of beliefs to ex...

Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1200 language groups, many of them still isolated from the outside world. In Australia, this complex region tends to make the news only in times of crisis- military coups i...

Drawing on over a hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today's highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed. Bui...

Every negotiation is an opportunity to connect, collaborate and create value. If you want better business outcomes, you need the confidence and skill to ask for what you want - and get it. The Negotiation Playbook: Strategies That Work and Results That Last shares tactics and tools to boost your ...

Work - who does what tasks in society, and what they get in return - is at the heart of social justice. Even today, the gender system brings about a gendered division of labour that is both cause and consequence of men's greater status and power. These dynamics limit what we can do and be, unfair...

We all feel it -- the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the zombies on their phones in the street, and sometimes they're us. We stare in pity at the four people at the table in the restaurant, all on their phones, and then we feel t...

An expansive anthology of creative non-fiction, memoir, graphic storytelling and more from a stellar line-up of Autistic gender-diverse and women writers While the 'nerdy white man' stereotype of Autism dominates in media and popular culture, other Autistic people miss out on seeing themselves, t...

Delve into the beguiling history of witches and uncover a fascinating world laden with myth, magic and superstition. The Story of Witches offers a tantalising insight into the dark past and modern fascination with the occult in its many forms. Demonic and deviant or liberated and revered, witches...

"Apple calls its headquarters the greenest building on Earth. Microsoft announces an ambitious commitment to carbon negativity while simultaneously sponsoring an oil conference in Saudi Arabia. American businesses, communities, and individuals assiduously measure their carbon footprints, then imp...