Prose: non-fiction books

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En Garde

En Garde

Author: Sarah Hanson-Young
ISBN: 9780733644467
Format: Paperback
$16.99

When Sarah Hanson-Young called out the abuse she received from male parliamentarians as slut-shaming, she sparked...  Read More >>

On Beauty

On Beauty

Author: Susan Johnson
ISBN: 9780733643828
Format: Paperback
$34.29

In On Beauty Susan Johnson explores the role of beauty in our lives, and in her life in particular: 'Sometimes I...  Read More >>

On Aunty

On Aunty

Author: Jonathan Holmes
ISBN: 9780733644504
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Australia's public broadcaster, “Aunty”, is about to turn 90, yet ABC has seldom been in this much trouble: budget...  Read More >>

On Artists

On Artists

Author: Ashleigh Wilson
ISBN: 9780733644405
Format: Paperback
$16.99

If we denounce the artist, then what becomes of the work that remains? The #MeToo movement is overturning a...  Read More >>

On Indignation

On Indignation

Author: Don Watson
ISBN: 9780733644214
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Don Watson takes us on a journey of indignation and how it has been expressed in his forebears. His ire towards...  Read More >>

On Sleep

On Sleep

Author: Fleur Anderson
ISBN: 9780733644023
Format: Paperback
$16.99

ON SLEEP is the story of our love-hate relationship with slumber. Part-time insomniac Fleur Anderson ponders the...  Read More >>

On Travel

On Travel

Author: Tony Wheeler
ISBN: 9780733643965
Format: Paperback
$16.99

An unashamed travel addict, Tony Wheeler writes about the joys of escaping home, satiating wanderlust, and why the...  Read More >>

On Privilege

On Privilege

Author: Julian Burnside
ISBN: 9780733644016
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Julian Burnside's grandparents lived in a world of handsome cars, elegant tennis parties and coiffed women. As a...  Read More >>

On Patriotism

On Patriotism

Author: Paul Daley
ISBN: 9780733644122
Format: Paperback
$16.99

How has militarisation come to define Australian valour? Why has commemorating the centenary of World War I dominated...  Read More >>

On Experience

On Experience

Author: David Malouf
ISBN: 9780733643866
Format: Paperback
$16.99

In this beautifully written, eloquent piece, David Malouf explores the connections between writing and the imagination...  Read More >>

On Digestion

On Digestion

Author: Gay Bilson
ISBN: 9780733644429
Format: Paperback
$16.99

With her trademark elegance and erudition, Gay Bilson embarks on a lively journey through cooking, recipes and home,...  Read More >>

On Passion

On Passion

Author: Dorothy Porter
ISBN: 9780733643972
Format: Paperback
$16.99

In On Passion, celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter delves head first into the passions, both literary and...  Read More >>

On Obsession

On Obsession

Author: Malcolm Knox
ISBN: 9780733643927
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Malcolm Knox contemplates love, Proust, soulmates in fiction, palindromic numbers and bloodlines, among other fixations,...  Read More >>

En Route

En Route

Author: Juliana Engberg
ISBN: 9780733644481
Format: Paperback
$16.99

First published in 2018 by Melbourne University Publishing.  Read More >>

On Freedom

On Freedom

Author: Tory Shepherd
ISBN: 9780733644276
Format: Paperback
$16.99

They're labelled as selfish, as deliberately barren , and sometimes as crazy old cat ladies, but increasingly women...  Read More >>

On Merit

On Merit

Author: Paula Matthewson
ISBN: 9780733644191
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Merit has very little to do with the increasing dominance of men in the modern Liberal Party. Yet Liberal women...  Read More >>

On Us

On Us

Author: Mark Scott
ISBN: 9780733643873
Format: Paperback
$16.99

How do we step outside our own echo chamber to understand others? What are we losing when we share fewer and fewer...  Read More >>

On Resilience

On Resilience

Author: Elisabeth Wynhausen
ISBN: 9780733644368
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Elizabeth Wynhausen tells the story of an extraordinary inspirational character and reflects on the mysterious quality...  Read More >>

On Hate

On Hate

Author: Tim Soutphommasane
ISBN: 9780733644252
Format: Paperback
$16.99

How is hate shaping our society? With the troubling rise of nationalist populism and the return of race politics,...  Read More >>

On Ecstasy

On Ecstasy

Author: Barrie Kosky
ISBN: 9780733643842
Format: Paperback
$16.99

In this vivid, biographical piece, provocative director Barrie Kosky explores the feelings of intense joy and delight,...  Read More >>

On Fairness

On Fairness

Author: Sally McManus
ISBN: 9780733644313
Format: Paperback
$16.99

Why do we have creeping inequality in the land? The answer lies in stagnant wage rises, gender pay inequity, insecure...  Read More >>

The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (Vol. 1 of 2)

The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (Vol. 1...

Author: Dieu Ly
ISBN: 9786047774098
Format: Hardback
$343.99

The Singapore Story by Lee Kwan Yew began in 1994 from being an excellent student exchange, to getting married and...  Read More >>

The End of the End of the Earth: Essays

The End of the End of the Earth: Essays

Author: Jonathan Franzen
ISBN: 9781250234896
Format: Paperback
$44.88

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author ofFreedom and The Corrections. Franzen's...  Read More >>

On Humbug

On Humbug

Author: Robert Dessaix
ISBN: 9780733643903
Format: Paperback
$16.99

With his trademark eloquence and humour, Robert Dessaix, one of Australia's eminent writers, tackles humbug in the...  Read More >>

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