| Author: | Chris Connors |
| Category: |
Essays and Opinion |
Take a journey through the awe-inspiring world of luxury consumer goods, where money is no object and if you need to ask the price then you know you can't afford it. From cars, planes and boats to watches and clothing, it's all about quality, luxury, rarity and prestige. Big ... read more
| Author: | Bill Oddie |
| Category: |
Biography |
In a sense this book is a garden-based autobiography of Britain's most famous birdwatcher. The main narrative covers Bill's personal relationship, not only with his present garden, which was described by the Daily Mail as "Probably the most bizarre back garden in Brit... read more
| Author: | Anne Lamott |
| Category: |
Writing and Reading |
'Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the ... read more
| Author: | Colm T Ib N |
| Category: |
Writing and Reading |
| Author: | Susan Boyle |
| Category: |
Biography |
The extraordinary personal story of the Scottish woman who became a global superstar overnight One year ago, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain’s Got Talent touched th... read more
| Author: | Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt |
| Category: |
Politics |
The New York Times bestseller! Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walki... read more
| Author: | Brian Jay Jones |
| Category: |
Biography |
George Lucas by Brian Jay Jones is the first comprehensive telling of the story of the iconic filmmaker and the building of his film empire, as well as of his enormous impact on cinema. At once a biography, a business manual, and a film history, George Lucas will, for the fir... read more
| Author: | Michael McGirr |
| Category: |
Essays and Opinion |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
Here are forty texts to read at some stage in your life: forty texts that can enrich you in all manner of ways. Some are recent, like Harry Potter; some ancient, like Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetr... read more
| Author: | Bill Gammage |
| Category: |
History |
| Awards: | Winner of ACT Book of the Year Award 2012 and Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History 2012 and Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2012 and Queensland Literary Awards: University of Southern Queensland History Book Award 2012 and Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards, Individual Category 2011. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2013 and ABIA Australian General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2012. |
Reveals the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people in presettlement Australia
Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park,... read more
| Author: | Noah J Goldstein, Steve Martin & Robert B Cialdini |
| Category: |
Essays and Opinion |
Most of us are only too aware that, whatever roles we have in today's fast-moving world, much of our success lies in getting others to say 'yes' to our requests. What many people might not be aware of, though, is the vast amount of research t... read more
| Author: | Gary Ward |
| Category: |
Wellbeing |
| Author: | Lee Kernaghan; Colin Buchanan (Contribution by) |
| Category: |
Biography |
Lee Kernaghan has created his place in the history books of Australian Music and continues to grow his audience with every new album.
Lee Kernaghan is "the Boy From the Bush," an iconic star and 2008 Australian of the Year whose music has shaped a... read more
