Dottir - My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion by Katrin Davidsdottir; Rory McKernan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Dottir is the inspiring and poignant memoir from two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of "Fittest Woman on Earth" twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the tit ...Show more
The Girl Who Touched The Stars by Bonnie Hancock
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
A gripping account of the record-breaking circumnavigation by iron woman Bonnie Hancock. It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig. 254 days, 12,700 kilometres, sea sickness, sharks, crocodiles and ocean. Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records on her fastest ever ...Show more
Holidays by William McInnes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Remember those long, languid holidays when the only decisions to be made were what to pack in the Esky and who should get the front seat on the drive to the beach? Let William McInnes reignite your nostalgia for holidays past, and give you a taste of the boundless opportunities that await in holidays to ...Show more
Wild Things: How We Learn To Read and What Can Happen If We Don't by Sally Rippin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
In this exploration of dyslexia, ADHD and neurodivergent people, best-selling author Sally Rippin asks: What happens to kids who don’t learn how to read? And how can we help? When Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, the best-selling children’s author assumed it would sort itself ...Show more
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obses ...Show more
Reading Lessons: The books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter by Carol Atherton
$42.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
An English teacher's love letter to reading and teaching- an eye-opening journey through the books we read at school, the impact they made on us then and what we can take from them now. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can ...Show more
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A memoir HB by Grace Tame
$49.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertainty - by trauma and strength, sadness and hope, terrible lows and wondrous highs. As a teenager she found the courage to speak up after experiencing awful and ongoing child sexual abuse. This fight to find he ...Show more
How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator by Theodore Papakostas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a spectacularly iconoclastic take on the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’, becomes the springboard for a dialogue that ...Show more
The Stoic Mindset: 10 Ancient Lessons for Modern Life by Mark Tuitert
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
Olympian Mark Tuitert unpacks the wisdom of Stoicism, providing ten powerful lessons for a more fulfilling and balanced life During the 2010 Olympic speed skating final, Mark Tuitert wasn't thinking about winning, but about Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus and Zeno - philosophers belonging to an ancie ...Show more
Good Arguments: What the art of debating can teach us about listening better and disagreeing well by Bo Seo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction
At a time when every disagreement turns toxic, world champion debater Bo Seo reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.
Fearless - Style, Beauty, Life by Trinny Woodall
$49.99 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Find your style. Increase your confidence. Uplift your life. Throughout my life, I have encountered fear and I know how much it has stopped me in my tracks. I want every woman to be able to move forward, to feel empowered at every stage of their lives.This manual includes all the advice you might expect ...Show more
Portable Magic - A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
$45.00 AUD
Category: Adult Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The Times Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow ...Show more