New non-fiction

The Believer
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Reset
In Reset, renowned economist Ross Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches will not work.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

We See It All
What are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? Jon Fasman journeys from the US to London - one of the most heavily surveilled cities on earth - to China and beyond, to expose the legal,...
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Queens of Jerusalem
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
One of the world's greatest innovators and practical problem-solvers tackles the biggest global problem of our time.
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Ruby Princess
In the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2020, the luxury cruise liner Ruby Princess docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, the gateway to Australia.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Greetings from Trumpland
Zoe Daniel's new book is a timely reflection on how the Trump presidency has changed the world.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

We Are Bellingcat
We Are Bellingcat tells the story of how a school dropout created a whole new category of information-gathering and galvanised citizen journalists to solve some of the biggest stories of our time, using just their computer...
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Flesh Made New
The dazzling promise of stem-cell treatment: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hype
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Spymaster of Baghdad
The Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of the Falcons- the top-secret Iraqi intelligence unit that infiltrated the Islamic State.
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Return to Uluru
When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Bag Man
The wild crimes, audacious cover-up, and spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the White House
$45.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Think Again
The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking- learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Salmon
In his new global food history, the internationally bestselling author says if we can save the salmon, we can save the world
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

In the Eye of the Storm
Tells the remarkable story of AIDS volunteers who engaged in a struggle for life against death. For the first time, by focusing on individual life stories, this book explores the crucial role of the men and women who volunteered...
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Mission Economy
The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. This book asks if the same level of boldness could be applied to the biggest problems of our time.
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapons market--the most secretive, invisible, government-sponsored market on earth--and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global...
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

White Feminism
An analysis of how corporations are cashing in on feminism and how white women have excluded women of colour.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Pain: The Science of the Feeling Brain
Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this area.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Miracle Pill
An investigation into the global threat to health that modern, sedentary lifestyles pose today, and a blueprint for change.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Beat of Life
The heart is our most important - and perhaps most mysterious - organ. Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Is It Tomorrow Yet?
One of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it
$22.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The New Climate War
A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil-fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and to delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the...
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

How to Teach Classics to Your Dog
An introduction to the classical world for you and your canine.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Truth-Telling
If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Black, White and Exempt
These personal and often painful histories uncovered in archives, family stories and lived experiences reveal new perspectives on exemption.
$39.95Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Wars Without End
Written by senior Maori historian Danny Keenan, Wars Without End eloquently and powerfully describes the Maori reasons for fighting the Land Wars, placing them in the wider context of the Maori struggle to retain their sovereign...
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Coming of Age in the War on Terror
The generation born at the time of the 9/11 attacks are turning 18. What has our changed world meant for them?
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Killing Sydney: The Fight for a City’s Soul
Fairfax columnist, architect and former city councillor Elizabeth Farrelly presents a love song to the city of Sydney and an empassioned plea for its protection.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

This is Why I Resist
An unfettered call to anti-racist action by the activist, political commentator and public speaker, Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Promises to Keep
Democratic Senator Biden, one of the most recognizable figures in the U.S. government, presents an insiders look at life in the Senate, Washington politics, and American foreign policy.
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Culture is Life
A contemporary photography book that celebrates and shares stories of First peoples across the continent.
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Black Summer
Told by ABC journalists who were on the ground and broadcasting during our worst ever fire season, spearheaded by Michael Rowland
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Eating with My Mouth Open
Eating with My Mouth Open is food writing like you've never seen before: honest, brave, and exceptionally tasty. Lyrically written, Sam van Zweden offers a millennial response to classic food writers, revelling in body positivity...
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Intimacy and Solitude
Intimacy and Solitude starts with the most fundamental relationship of all: how you understand and care for your own self - knowing this will inevitably be reflected in your most essential relationships.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Berlin: The Story of a City
As Germany marks the thirtieth anniversary of its unification since the end of the Cold War, international bestselling-author Barney White-Spunner celebrates the history of one of Europe's greatest cities.
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Diet Compass
The answer to all questions about aging and nutrition.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Ageless
Ageless is a guide to the science driving biology's biggest story: why we get old, and how we can stop it.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

FLY: Financially Literate Youth
FLY - Financially Literate Youth is the perfect handbook for every young person who wants to be armed with the financial knowledge and confidence to set themselves up for success as they chart the course of their life.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia
A new, fully illustrated book from award-winning author Bruce Pascoe and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou that offers a deeper understanding of Australia and how best to travel and appreciate the heart of the country.
$45.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power
A bold and provocative look at white male power from the New York Times number one bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Lost Spells
Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but new in form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure, a new collection of 'spells' - acrostic poetry and artwork - by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie...
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Momentous, Uneventful Day
Has COVID-19 ushered in the end of the office? Or is it the office's final triumph?
$24.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Astonishing Rock Trivia
Trivia with a twist.
$24.95Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Best Australian Science Writing 2020
The annual collection - now in its tenth year - celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Dizzy Limits: Recent Experiments in Australian Nonfiction
Dizzy Limits collects the very best examples of the above mentioned experimental nonfiction from our most intellectually ambitious and creatively curious writers.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Bookseller’s Tale
This is the curious story of our long love affair with books. Whether comfort reads or cult novels, we carry them with us, inhale the smell of their pages, scrawl in their margins, and protect them from book thieves and bathwater....
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Post-Growth Living
An urgent and passionate plea for a new and ecologically sustainable vision of the good life.
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Fire Flood and Plague
Writers, scientists, historians, journalists and commentators consider subjects as broad as culture and the arts, working as a doctor, travel, domestic violence, security, immigration, the death of a loved one, geopolitics,...
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Friendly Fire: How Israel became its own worst enemy
A highly decorated Israeli military officer, leader, and former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet, sees the light on what his country must do to achieve a lasting peace between Israel and the...
$35.00Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Truth Is Trouble
Why did the sacking of rugby player Israel Folau over his homophobic social media posts become one of the nation's most polarizing controversies? How could one man's religious views activate so many people in modern Australia? And...
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Palace Letters
What role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr's plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in Australia's political history?
$32.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

The Climate Cure
An urgent and essential call to arms from one of Australia's most respected climate scientists, Tim Flannery. A compelling and solution-focused declaration of the action required to win the climate battle, and how change must...
$24.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
A lively and accessible history of humanity's greatest - and strangest - creation: money.
$29.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

A Series of Fortunate Events
Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific...
$24.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

A Life on Our Planet
A legacy-defining book from Sir David Attenborough, reflecting on his life's work, the dramatic changes to the planet he has witnessed, and what we can do to make a better future.
$39.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...

Witness
From the best-selling author of CARDINAL comes a searing examination of the power imbalance in our legal system - where exposing the truth is never guaranteed and, for victims, justice is often elusive.
$34.99Buy now
Finding stock availability...
Don’t see anything you like? Search our catalogue of over a million books.