In a time of heightened hostility towards experts, academics and scientists, the 2017 collection of the best Conversation articles and essays is a must-read. If proof were needed that academia makes an essential contribution to...

Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer.

Australia's foremost investigative journalist goes deep into the heart of our Special Forces long war in Afghanistan.

‘Kate says she doesn't know what to say about writing. When people ask, she tells them to prepare for a life of failure.'

For many returned service men and women, coming home is when the battle really begins. These are the stories that must be told.

In 1942, on the recommendation of 26-year-old Bob Santamaria, Australia's Catholic bishops created a clandestine church organisation to smash the Communist Party's massive trade union base. Soon, The Movement, working closely with...

The Sons of God are who Australia turns to in times of extreme crisis. The SOG's top-secret methods, advanced training and incredible bravery have made them the ultimate urban warriors in the war against high-level crime and...

The most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated field guide to Australia's unique birdlife.

The world's foremost writer on the dangers of sugar discovers the hidden value and advantages of being an anxious person.

When Elizabeth Cameron Dalman founded Australian Dance Theatre in 1965, she set out to create a company that would be radical, daring and new. Maggie Tonkin explores ADT's fertile, fifty-year history through interviews and...

Revealing, moving and confronting accounts of the reality of life in mandatory detention by those who've experienced it.

Buddhist philosophy has helped radio, television and comedy star Meshel Laurie survive many life crises. But when she found herself facing the end of her nineteen-year marriage, she realised there were no Buddhist books about...