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Adult Non-Fiction
- In 2011, Virginia hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's most outspoken victim- the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison and whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But first and foremost she became known as a voice of courage and resilience for women everywhere. This is her story, in her own words. A story that has never been told in full before now. It demonstrates, with extraordinary power, that victims are made, they are not born. And that once you come to truly understand the horrifying impact of abuse, you would never think to question why a victim stays, or returns over and over again.
- In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. This is the powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront adversity and trauma of the darkest form, yet found the strength to move forwards, reclaim her voice and shine light on evil - advocating for others and fighting for a safer, fairer world.
Nobody's Girl
(Memoirs)
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
$36.99
- Hit the open road alongside four beloved personalities as they journey through the country’s most iconic drives and hidden detours with this book based on the SBS TV show. The heartwarming show stars actor Claudia Karvan, writer and performer Steph Tisdell, comedian Nazeem Hussain and author, food writer and critic Melissa Leong. With humour, adventure and cultural discovery at every turn, the hosts embark on iconic road trips, uncovering hidden gems, meeting locals and immersing themselves in the country’s vibrant communities and history.
Great Australian Road Trips
Smita Kunvarji
$36.99
- On September 1, 1939, ten-year-old Paul Cieslar’s peaceful childhood in the Polish countryside came to an end. German fighter planes roared overhead, and with them came the invasion of Poland and the chaos of war.
In No Heil Hitler, Paul recounts his extraordinary true story of survival, faith, and quiet resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland. As Seventh-day Adventists, Paul’s family refused to give the “Heil Hitler” salute or work on Saturday—their Sabbath. These simple acts of faith became bold defiance under the watchful eyes of the Gestapo.
Through Paul’s eyes, readers witness the - fear, hunger, and moral choices that defined his formative years. In a time when conformity meant safety, the Cieslar family’s courage to live by their beliefs stands as a powerful reminder of human resilience and spiritual conviction.
With moments of terror, glimpses of grace, and an unwavering commitment to truth, No Heil Hitler is both a riveting wartime memoir and a testament to the strength of faith in the face of evil.
No Heil Hitler!
(Military history)
Paul Ciesla and Jeff Steel
$34.99
- What secrets will Blanche d'Alpuget disclose to Derek Rielly over regular Friday lunches in her Sydney apartment? What was it like to be Australia's most notorious woman? Blanche discusses the domino effect her seminal biography on Bob Hawke had on the Labor Party and Australians, how vanity led her to spirituality and what it was like to survive breast cancer soon after Hawke's death.
An acclaimed writer, her work spans biography, fiction and essays. Blanche's ideas, in the current climate, are - to put it mildly - dangerous.
Among those interviewed for this revealing - biography are Hawke's daughter Sue, Blanche's son Louis, her former husband Tony Pratt, writer Thomas Keneally, actor Miriam Margolyes and ALP kingmaker Graham Richardson.
Nothing is off limits in these deeply personal and wildly frank conversations. Blanche is refreshingly candid as she takes us inside one of Australia's great partnerships and explores the liberation of life, love and sex at 80.
Fridays With Blanche
(Memoirs)
Derek Rielly
$34.99
- Former soldier. Deadly enemies. One fight for survival.
In a deadly game of cat and mouse, former Australian Infantry soldier Cable Martin faces his most dangerous mission yet: taking down a ruthless enemy — a rogue faction of ex-Australian Special Forces operatives who will stop at nothing to achieve their twisted goals.
When a chance encounter with an old comrade drags Cable into the shadows of modern crime, he finds himself hunted by Jack — an enigmatic and relentless leader hardened by the brutal battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Expert killers forged - by war, Jack and his team thrive on the thrill of the hunt, and Cable is their next target.
Outmatched and outgunned, Cable must rely on every ounce of his military training and instincts to survive. But these are no ordinary foes — they are predators who exploit weakness and kill without mercy.
Blood Hike
(Espionage & spy thriller)
Peter O'Hanlon
$32.99
- Ita Buttrose has been a defining force in shaping Australia’s cultural and social landscape for more than six decades. Now in her eighties, Ita is as passionate as ever about the many causes important to her, the future of Australia, and living meaningfully to the very end of our lives. In this captivating book Ita reflects on everything from sex to leadership with her characteristic wit, compassion and razor-sharp intellect. Fresh from the toughest job in Australian media, Chair of the ABC, Ita frankly discusses her time at the place she calls ‘an incredibly special Australian institution’. She also looks at the strengths and challenges of Australian society, and has some inspiring
- enveloping his team, Oliphant's push against US nuclear dominance drew suspicion from the CIA. He came under surveillance and was banned from entering the USA, the country he had given so much.
Unapologetically Ita
(Memoirs)
Ita Buttrose
$49.99
- After decades of research, Ozempic’s creator Novo Nordisk quickly became one of the most valuable companies in Europe. Now it struggles to keep up with its rivals in an explosive and lucrative market for weight-loss injections. The treatment is so effective that it’s already disrupted industries from healthcare to fast food to fashion. Financial investment has skyrocketed and public demand continues to soar alongside celebrity endorsements. Beyond million-dollar profits, countless lives could now be saved from preventable diseases, but one question remains: are these drugs too good to be true?
Through original reporting and rigorous - research, Aimee Donnellan uncovers the complicated history of a medical breakthrough that is changing the world, while raising difficult questions about inequality, morality, our beauty ideals and the pursuit of thinness. Along the way, Donnellan profiles the female scientist whose contributions to the discovery of GLP-1 were overlooked and some of the earliest Ozempic users share powerful testimonies.
Off The Scales
(Health & personal development)
Aimee Donnellan
$34.99
- The current thinking about any escapist behaviour is binary- either you have a 'problem' or you don't. But any 'dimmer' habit - whether it's alcohol, social media or any other behaviour or substance we use to self-soothe or avoid difficult emotions - exists on a spectrum.
In Undimmed, Cecily Mak presents a revolutionary approach to transforming our relationship with anything that dims our light. Rather than waiting until addiction appears, she offers a different approach that gives you the power, agency and choice to start making positive changes in your life. You'll learn how to address the root causes of escapist tendencies, cultivate self-trust - and heal so you can eliminate the need to 'dim' at all.
Undimmed will forever alter how you perceive so-called addiction, and empower you to break free from unhealthy habits, so you can live a life filled with clarity, connection and well-being.
Undimmed
(Self-help & personal development)
Cecily Mak
$36.99
- Labor's landslide victory on 3 May 2025 wreaked havoc across the political landscape. It triggered ministerial assassinations, trashed reputations, destroyed careers, fractured the Coalition, and threatened to fracture it again. It took the Liberal Party to the brink of extinction and turned Anthony Albanese into a Labor hero.
When the Coalition government was overthrown in 2022 after nine years in office, it was tempting to portray the loss as merely a personal repudiation of Scott Morrison. Then, when opposition leader Peter Dutton torpedoed the referendum on establishing an Indigenous Voice to parliament, his - standing as a political leader improved and the prime minister's nosedived. That was when, according to Niki Savva, the conservative Coalition thought it had the upcoming election in the bag.
But Niki had noticed the ground shifting- the emergence of the teal independents and the long-term threat they represented to the Liberals; the false dawn of Dutton saying no to the Voice referendum; and the overlooked reality, even back in August 2023, that, 'The 2022 federal election result was no ordinary defeat . . . It delivered last rites to the broad-church party that Robert Menzies created.'
Earthquake
(Political leaders & leadership)
Niki Savva
$36.99
- Spanning two decades-from the publication of her lightning-rod debut novel in the late 70s, to the throes of a consuming affair in the late 80s, and the messiness and pain of a disintegrating marriage in the late 90s-the diaries reveal the life of one of the world's greatest writers.
Devastatingly honest and disarmingly funny, How to End a Story is a portrait of loss, betrayal, and the sheer force of a woman's anger-but also of hard work and resilience, moments of hope and joy, the immutable ties of motherhood, and the regenerative power of a room of one's own.
How To End A Story
(Autobiography: literary)
Helen Garner
$59.99
- From Melissa Leong (aka fooderati) - the first female judge of MasterChef Australia and Dessert Masters, fashion obsessive and self-confessed contrarian - comes an evocative, sharp, darkly funny and often brutal account of what it's like to try, fail and scrape together the confidence to try again. She invites you to consider your own limiting self-beliefs ... and give them the finger.
These stories take place inside kitchens and television studios, on farms and even in an abattoir. Leong shares how her dream of being a concert pianist crumbled due to chronic pain, her struggles with racism and identity as a first-generation Singaporean Chinese woman, how blowing up her life to - reset her path was maybe (definitely!) worth it, and why going your own way absolutely is.
Guts
Melissa Leong
$34.99
- Adam Reynolds is a rugby league icon whose journey began in the heart of Redfern and took him all the way to the top of the NRL. From humble beginnings, Adam grew up surrounded by community, struggle and the relentless rhythm of footy being played on every corner.
In this gritty and powerful memoir, Adam shares his rise from a working-class kid with big dreams for a football career, to becoming a premiership-winning playmaker for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and now captain of the Brisbane Broncos, the NRL’s most supported club. He opens up like never before about the pressure of leading two of the game’s most iconic teams, the - heartbreak of his controversial Rabbitohs exit, and the rollercoaster ride that followed. For the first time, Adam reveals the personal battles behind the headlines – his family’s hidden struggles, the marital crisis that nearly broke him, and how legendary coach Wayne Bennett helped pull him back from the brink. He also sets the record straight on that infamous fight with a teammate on the eve of flying to Vegas.
On My Own Terms
(Autobiography: general)
Adam Reynolds
$49.99
- This is the story of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, penned by their National Presidente, Tony Vartiainen of Australasia and is a look at how the club started through to the future. It begins with the club's inception, featuring original members from over 40 years sharing their first-hand experiences. The story progresses to the tragic day at Milperra, which resulted in the deaths of seven individuals and led to one of Australia's longest-running trials. It discusses how the members dealt with the trial and the tragic death of the President Snotty in Parklea jail. With rare photographs of the club and its members, this book details how the organisation endured its
- early challenges, particularly during the trials following Milperra. It illustrates their resilience as they rebuilt the club, persevering through adversity, from murdered presidents to attacks on their clubhouses. Today, they continue to fight for their right to ride together, maintaining an unbroken brotherhood founded on love, loyalty, and respect. Everything written in this book is authorised by the club and its Presidente Tony Vartiainen.
Bandidos
(True stories)
Tony Vartiainen
$60.00
- In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the enigma of the Albanese government. With wide yet shallow support, will it change the country? Does it have big ideas, or is it content just to become "the natural party of government"?
Kelly gives a definitive account of Albanese's political style and asks what lies behind it. In speaking to a fragmented, disengaged electorate, the Prime Minister places a high value on moderation. Often that means ducking fights with entrenched interests. But this runs the risk of embedding an ever more unequal nation, led by a government that can seem gutless. - In this subtle and brilliant essay, Kelly explores whether Labor is still up for the good fight.
The Good Fight
(Politics & government)
Sean Kelly
$29.99
- Unlock the power of your breath. In this transformative guide, renowned performance and wellness coach Rory Warnock shares the secrets of breathwork. Drawing on years of experience and the latest scientific research, Unlock Your Breath delivers practical, accessible and powerful breathwork techniques tailored to every facet of your life. Beat Stress: Say goodbye to tension with quick, effective strategies. Sleep Better: Effortlessly drift into deep, restorative sleep. Elevate Fitness: Supercharge performance and recovery. Boost Focus: Sharpen your mind with techniques that hone concentration. Uplift Mood: Discover a happier, more content self. Whether it's transforming your nights or
- reinventing your days, a better you is just a breath away. Dive in, breathe deep and feel the change.
Unlock Your Breath
(Self-help & personal development)
Rory Warnock
$36.99
- Whether it's your mental health, an unfortunate rash, or a weird mole where the sun doesn't shine, there are certain subjects that are simply off-limits in polite company.
The fact is though, everyone has weird thoughts from time to time, a rash is often just a rash, and a mole is normally nothing to worry about. But occasionally these bodily malfunctions can indicate something more alarming, so we shouldn't delay talking about them with a medical professional just so we don't have to have an awkward conversation.
In This is Vital Information, Dr Karan dives into the weird and wonderful world of medical taboos and empowers readers with - the information they need to live longer and happier lives. Along the way, he explains why we all need to start talking openly with our friends, family and - most importantly - our doctors.
This is Vital Information
(Popular medicine & health)
Karan Rajan
$36.99
- Are you spending too much?Do you want to save for a home deposit, but don't know how?Do your finances need some serious unf*cking (but you're too embarrassed to ask for help)?
Mel Browne has been there herself, and she's now a financial educator. In the bestselling Unf*ck Your Finances she shows how we can change our thinking and get financially savvy.
She explains how to deal with debt, how to save without even realising it, and why budgeting sucks. Try Mel's 30-day financial detox, her money mindfulness plan, and how - to put on your big girl business pants.
Learn to financially adult and become not just financially unf*cked ... but financially well.
Unf*ck Your Finances
(Personal finance)
Melissa Browne
$24.99
- Discover how to harness your body's innate healing mechanisms to recover faster and more completely from a range of illnesses and conditions: from common colds and upset stomachs to UTIs, anxiety and much more. What if your body already has all the healing tools it needs - and you just need to learn how to activate them? In this groundbreaking book, Dr Victoria Maizes, a pioneer of integrative medicine, reveals the remarkable power of what she calls the 'rapid recovery reflex' - your body's built-in ability to restore balance and heal from illness, injury and stress. Drawing on forty years of medical experience and cutting-edge research, Dr Maizes shows that complete recovery is possible for a
- surprising and wide range of conditions when you know how to support your body's natural healing processes. From short-term ailments - like colds and sprains - to chronic conditions - like asthma and type 2 diabetes - to recovering from surgery, this book offers evidence-based strategies to heal faster and more completely. Inside you'll discover:Science-backed strategies that can speed up recovery from common ailments (like GORD, UTIs, anxiety, asthma, and eczema), chronic conditions, and even surgery. Surprising reasons why you should sometimes let your body's natural inflammatory response do its healing work. A personalized Recovery Toolkit with essential supplements, practices, and
- remedies for different conditions. Integrative tools that really work when managing mental health, stress, and anxiety. Rather than merely treating symptoms, Dr Maizes shows how to address the root causes of illness while providing practical tools for activating your rapid recovery reflex.
Heal Faster
(Health psychology)
Dr Victoria Maizes
$39.99
- 'Be careful what you wish for,' wrote Aesop, 'lest it come true.' Debra Dank had long been desperate to visit the National Archives, to paint a fuller picture of her family, to add flesh to the name-bones and the few precious stories she possessed. What she discovered would shatter everything she thought she knew about her family and her past.
She had been aware of her father's five siblings, some of whom had died before she could come to know them, but there were always whispers and gaps and silences. Certainly, her parents had experiences that affected how Debra grew up, but hers seemed to be one of the very few Aboriginal - families who had escaped having children stolen, who had viewed this horror from a seemingly safer distance. But the information she uncovered revealed that her paternal grandmother had given birth to ten children. Four had been taken from her.
Ankami is written from the perspective of those left behind, those who search always for the faces of stolen and lost Aboriginal children, now known only through a few cruel, thoughtless words written by a violent pastoral manager and a paternalistic colonial administrator, a footnote in a yellowed letter.
This is a story about absences and the - families who had escaped having children stolen, who had viewed this horror from a seemingly safer distance. But the information she uncovered revealed that her paternal grandmother had given birth to ten children. Four had been taken from her.
Ankami is written from the perspective of those left behind, those who search always for the faces of stolen and lost Aboriginal children, now known only through a few cruel, thoughtless words written by a violent pastoral manager and a paternalistic colonial administrator, a footnote in a yellowed letter.
This is a story about absences and the - secrets that come with them, about unknown but somehow still present family. It is a story about what those speaking silences may be trying to tell as families sit around fires at night or celebrate together at a festive table. It is a story about the lost opportunity to grow with aunts and dads, the knowledge not shared and learned, the memories not made and a love that must remain one-sided and yearning.
Ankami
(Memoirs)
Debra Dank
$32.99
- Drawing from extensive fieldwork in South Africa, South and East Asia, Cuba and New York, The Queer Politics of Pride explores and conceptualises the contemporary politics of LGBTQ+ Pride and queer activism in global contexts. Building on critical queer scholarship, the book includes the perspectives and critiques of grassroots queer activists and applies contemporary social, political and international theory to conceptualise Pride as part of the global processes of capitalism and the socio-political and spatial dynamics of gentrification.
By exploring the politics and controversies of Pride, Conway addresses broader - questions about the contemporary LGBTQ+ advocacy movement including the influence and place of corporate sponsorship and advocacy, relationship with state and international institutions and the rise of an LGBTQ+ global elite.
The Queer Politics of Pride: Global LGBTQ+ Activism and Homocapitalism
Daniel Conway
$44.99
- There is something about long, hot summer days that stirs our emotions. It's all about holidays, festivals, family and Christmas; a time for swimming, a hit of backyard cricket or firing up the barbie. It's the deafening sound of cicadas, the ticking of a backyard sprinkler, the pain of a wayward bindi or the sting of sunburnt shoulders.In this collection of nostalgic stories that will make you laugh and make you cry, William McInnes recalls moments in time and memories of summers past. He takes us back to the energy-sapping heat of Redcliffe in the 1960s and 70s, ruminates on budgie smugglers, remembers holiday road trips that went on forever and epic Boxing Day Tests that stopped fans in their tracks. This
- is a book about the Australia we are and the Australia we were - and the magic of those boiling-hot days when you wake up and know . . . it's going to be a scorcher!
It's a Scorcher!
(Humour)
William McInnes
$34.99
- ‘Here is how I start: I read Nietzsche. I read Nietzsche in bed, with a chest cold. I highlight things in green and draw exclamation marks in the margins. I text friends. You wouldn’t expect I could be having so much fun reading Nietzsche, I tell them. They are worried about their children, about lockdown, about money, about their marriages. I am reading Nietzsche, I repeat. I text them quotes from Nietzsche. They do not reply.’
Gemma Parker’s parents were impulsively itinerant, and her literary heroes were utterly committed to following their muse, dashing into foreign lands and up mountainsides. To write properly about nihilism, she herself - surely needs to go to Paris! But she’s stuck – by a job, by children, then by covid.
Nietzsche says that to be worth anything at all, art – and life – needs to break all rules and work itself out from scratch. As Parker reads the great philosopher’s work more deeply – and that of other celebrated nihilists Camus and Beckett – she discovers the life-affirming magic of believing nothing matters. And to find a way of being free, even at home.
The Mother is Restless & She Doesn't Know Why
(Memoirs)
Gemma Parker
$34.99
- 'Life is part chance, part circumstance, part choice. You don't get to choose everything that happens to you, but you always get to choose who you become in response.' Neale Daniher is in his thirteenth year of living with Motor Neurone Disease. His body is broken and he can no longer speak, but his mind is sharp and his capacity to give, unvanquished. With the terminal diagnosis came a choice: to retreat into the comfort of home and family, or to look for opportunity in the darkest of times. Neale - a thinker, a taskmaster, a competitor - chose to fight, not just for his life but for those who will be diagnosed in the future. His tireless work with FightMND has helped to mobilise millions of Australians to combat the cruel
- killer he calls The Beast. Neale shares with us what he wishes to pass on to his six grandkids, to help them harness the power of choice and make good decisions. Lessons on choosing your attitude, being courageous and accepting responsibility sit beside advice on practising gratitude, valuing actions over words and making the world a better place - all leading towards getting the most out of ourselves and staying in the driver's seat of our own lives.
The Power of Choice
(Self-help & personal development)
Neale Daniher
$39.99
- In Nightfaring, travel writer and ‘dark sky’ advocate Megan Eaves travels the world to better understand our deep connection with the night sky. Finding solace in the stars at a time of difficulty in her own life, she embarks on a journey that takes her from New Zealand to Uzbekistan, Italy to Japan, Germany to the Himalaya, exploring the many ways that we have depended on, feared and mythologised darkness culturally and historically. The constellations have guided humankind in navigation and husbandry since the very earliest cultures, yet as nocturnal cities bleach our skies and that deep knowledge is lost, are we also losing our connection with the wild, with stillness, with the possibility that self-
- knowledge and healing can come from darkness, too?
Nightfaring
(Expeditions)
Megan Eaves-Egenes
$36.99
- From the winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award for his first book, The River, comes this celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the quirky individualism of those who live beside it. The Coast is also the heartfelt and pertinent story of the issues facing our coast today and the resilience of communities at a turning point.
Chris Hammer travels the length of the east coast of Australia on a journey of discovery and reflection, from the Torres Strait to Tasmania; from an island whose beach has been lost forever to the humbling optimism of the survivors of Cyclone Yasi; from the showy beaches of Sydney to a beautiful - village that endures despite the loss of its fishing fleet.
The Coast is a relevant, satisfying and highly readable book, imbued with a sense of optimism and humour. Even as new economic imperatives emerge and the shift in our climate becomes apparent, we can revel in the heritage and character of our shores, reminding us why the coast is so important to all of us. This updated edition features a new introduction from Chris Hammer.
The Coast
(Earth sciences)
Chris Hammer
$36.99
- n July 2023, in the quiet Gippsland town of Leongatha, Erin Patterson-stay-at-home mother and true-crime devotee-invited her husband's devoutly Christian family to lunch. Within days, three of her guests were dead and the fourth was in a coma. They had all been poisoned by death cap mushrooms.
Two years later, Patterson stood trial, accused of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The court case gripped the nation and fascinated people all over the world.
Among those drawn into the drama were three renowned writers- Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein. Together, - they joined the daily media scrum at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts and spent long days immersed in the case's sinister and complex themes- love, hate, jealousy, revenge, marriage, money, mycology and murder.
The Mushroom Tapes
(True crime)
Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper
$36.99