Books - Non Fiction
Pain-Free Living
The Pain-Free Living Diet, which is suitable for sufferers of both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, is based on a simple fisherman’s diet of fish, rice, bread and fresh herbs and vegetables.…
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Paper Cranes
Cheryl Koenig’s life changed forever the day her twelve-year-old son Jonathon was involved in a horrific car accident. Given little chance of survival, Jonathan was in a coma for six weeks and doctors predicted that even if he did pull …
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Parenting Girls
The most complete book on parenting girls. Doctors,teachers, researchers, a health professional and the well known author Susanna de Vries provide a wealth of information and advice on the pleasures and pitfalls of bringing up girls from babyhood to maturity. …
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Paris Dreaming
How the City of Light gave her lessons in life: an Australian beauty journalist shares her obsession with Paris – the city that has been her guide through a lifelong journey of self-discovery.
Katrina Lawrence first fell in love with …
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Partners & Crime: The true stories of eight women and their lives with notorious men
What attracts some women to dangerous men? It’s not always about the thrill of living on the edge and hooking up with bad boys – their motivations are more complex than that. Investigative journalist Rochelle Jackson asks eight women about …
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Peter Ryan: The Inside Story
The compelling story of both the best-loved and most vilified Police Commissioner Australia has ever known, this book explores the controversies that dogged Peter Ryan’s reign in NSW, the political skulduggery, the media maneuvering and the strengths – and fatal …
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Petria Thomas: Swimming Against the Tide
Petria Thomas captured the hearts of millions of Australians with her gold medal-winning performance at the Athens Olympic Games. Her triumphs in Athens capped an illustrious and gutsy twelve-year swimming career that generated headlines and accolades in equal measure. Here, …
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Pioneer Women, Pioneer Land: Yesterday’s Tall Poppies
This book looks closely at those women in early Australia who were the “tall poppies” of their time. Charmingly illustrated with painting that reflect their lives.…
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RAAF Black Cats
The secret and dangerous operations of Australia’s Pacific War Catalina crews told for the first time.
In March 1945 Reg Cleworth, a navigator on PBY Catalina seaplanes flying out of Darwin, went missing in action. No details were ever given …
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Raising Girls Who Like Themselves
The seven qualities that enable girls to thrive in a world that tells them they are flawed.
When you raise a girl who likes herself, everything else follows.
She will strive for excellence because she has faith in her ability …
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Rebel Women Who Changed Australia
Visionaries, pioneers, activists and artists – women who made a difference to Australia
An updated and condensed edition of Susanna de Vries’ Great Australian Women, this is a celebration of women who broke the mould, crashed through the ceilings, …
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Roden Culter, V.C.
Roden Cutler, V.C. is the story of Sir Roden Cutler, war hero, diplomat and former Governor of New South Wales – a widely respected, and widely loved, figure whose life encompasses major moments in Australian and international history.…
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Running Like China
‘When I was eleven years old Mum told me, “One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.” Even before I heard these words I was always a child who crammed intense joy into tiny pockets …
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Sam and the City: Modern Love: How the Blog Generation Do It
Sam and the City is a sharp witted manifesto for modern girls and guys trying to make sense of the new dating jungle. It’s as reassuring as a late-night chat room. It’s a must have for the single, the tied-up …
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Saving Private Sarbi
Sarbi’s story, and those of the other brave Australian Army dogs in Afghanistan, will resonate with anyone who has known the unconditional love of man’s best friend, and understands the rewards of unbidden loyalty, trust and devotion. It will appeal …
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Saving Zali
Saving Zali is a mother’s account of every parent’s worst nightmare: a diagnosis of cancer with a shocking prognosis.
In 2009, Lisa and Andrew Venables were told their eighteen-month-old daughter Zali had Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis, or LCH, a cancer resistant …
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Seekers, Sinners & Me
‘To have Jack determinedly walking with me was his precious gift. I had heard other pilgrims talking of the transformative powers of the Camino. God knows, I could do with some transformation, but I didn’t dare hope for anything so …
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Sex at 6pm
‘With each passing month in which I didn’t fall pregnant […it] felt as if an invisible wall had been erected between me and the world, where families were preparing dinner in brightly lit kitchens.’ Sex at 6pm is an honest, …
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Sex, Drugs and Meditation
Mary-Lou Stephens was lucky to make it into her forties. Therapy and AA helped her recover from her upbringing in an evangelical household; her habit of shoplifting through drama school; her addictions to food, drugs and alcohol; a string of …
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Sex, Lies & Relationships
Every working day psychotherapist Ruth Simons listens to tales of bad sex, jealousy, inhibition, trust betrayed, passion lost and bad communication. In this manual of real-life problems and practical solutions, she brings all her years of experience as a psychotherapist, …
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