All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
$44.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight. On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But ...Show more
The Last Correspondent: Dispatches from the frontline of Xi's new China by Michael Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
It was just after midnight when China’s notorious secret police came knocking. A late-night visit to his Shanghai laneway house by China’s notorious secret police triggered a diplomatic storm which abruptly ended Michael Smith’s stint as one of Australia’s last foreign correspondents in China. After fi ...Show more
Broken: Children, Parents and Family Courts by Camilla Nelson, Catharine Lumby
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A devastating account of how Australia's family courts fail children, families and victims of domestic abuseThe family courts intimately affect the lives of those who come before them. Judges can decide where you are allowed to live and work, which school your child can attend and whether you are even p ...Show more
Blockchain Chicken Farm - And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside by Xiaowei Wang
$26.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: FSG Originals X Logic Ser.
In Blockchain Chicken Farm, the technologist and writer Xiaowei Wang explores the political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead, they find that ...Show more
Smuggled: A history of illegal journeys to Australia by Ruth Balint, Julie Kalman
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
‘The sea was rough, waves a few metres, falling on top of us. We were just waiting and hoping and praying that we were going to make it.’ – Taozen, proud Australian, proud HazaraSmuggled offers a previously unseen glimpse into the dangerous and shadowy world of people smuggling. It shares harrowing true ...Show more
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
$49.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
From the global bestselling author of The Big Short, the gripping story of the maverick scientists who hunted down Covid-19 'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell Fall in the air right before the leaves change ...Show more
Isis - A History by Fawaz A. Gerges
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
An authoritative introduction to ISIS, from a leading authority on jihadism The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one ...Show more
The Dawn of Language: How We Came to Talk by Sverker Johansson
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message? Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language ...Show more
The Psychic Tests: A deep dive into the world of believers and sceptics by Gary Nunn
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Award-winning journalist Gary Nunn investigates psychics, mediums and astrologers to understand their uncanny power and whether it's used for good or evil. Gary has always been a sceptic. His sister Taren, an avid believer, consults mediums to navigate a family trauma. When Gary reports a news story abo ...Show more
Long Half-Life: The Nuclear Industry in Australia by Ian Lowe
$34.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Australia has been directly involved in the nuclear industry for more than a century, but our involvement has never been comprehensively documented. Long Half-life tells the social and political history of Australia’s role, from the first discovery of radioactive ores in 1906 to contemporary contentious ...Show more
Rattled by Ellis Gunn
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Rattled tells a frighteningly honest story of what it feels like to be pursued by a stalker.What if your life were suddenly transformed by anxiety and fear? The fear of being alone, the anxiety compelling you to stay in public places and avoid predictable routines. The horrible uncertainty of not knowin ...Show more
The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore by Peter Laws
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The Frighteners follows the quest of Peter Laws, a Baptist minister with a penchant for the macabre, to understand why so many people love things that are spooky, morbid and downright repellent. He meets vampires, hunts werewolves in Hull, talks to a man who has slept on a mortuary slab to help him deal ...Show more