Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

Sex traces where all the facets of human sexuality came from, starting at the creation of sex approximately 2 billion years ago and chasing it down our evolutionary family tree from dinosaurs to primates and the earliest humans until we arrive at the present, revealing why humanity's array of pas...

Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about 'minds' that are not human? That is the question explored in this ground-breaking book. Award-winning science writer Philip Ball...

After 30 years of his entitled Millennial life, one world-changing pandemic and a seismic shift in Australian politics, “comedian” Tom Ballard has had enough of the smashed avocado jokes. He’s furious at the raw deal his generation and those to come have been given, and he’s pretty sure things ca...

Power Play is an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world, from the trailblazing Julia Banks. Having won the 'unwinnable' seat that secured the Coalition Government majority in 2016, Julia Banks shocked Australia when she announced she would stand as an in...

Featuring entries on 100 unmistakably Australian things (in no particular order), from the lovable to the naff, this book is chock-o-block with entertaining and fascinating facts about the things we all know, love or love to hate.

Planning A Wedding For Dummies covers everything you need to know to pull off the perfect celebration on your big day. This book even makes it fun! We take the stress out of wedding planning, simplifying the whole process and giving you the tools you need to plan and execute a memorable day. Send...

"In these engaging and erudite essays, critically acclaimed writer Julian Barnes explores what is involved when we change our minds: about words, about politics, about books, about memories, about age and time."-- Publisher description.

In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present day crises, and how to prepare for future outbreaks? At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Ka...

Unlock the mystical powers of crystals. For thousands of years crystals and gemstones have adorned princesses, prophets, kings, and warriors, but they have also been used to invoke powerful healing energy and used as divination tools. The ancient Babylonian astrologers believed that white quartz ...

The Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of Jewish and almost all of Christian history, however, most believers have understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rath...