Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life Story of Building the World's Most Popular Brand by Neville Isdell & David Beasley
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
The first book by a Coca-Cola CEO tells the remarkable story of the company's revival. Neville Isdell was a key player at Coca-Cola for more than 30 years, retiring in 2009 as CEO after regilding the tarnished brand image of the world's leading soft-drink company. This first book by a Coca-Cola CEO tell ...Show more
A Point of View by Clive James
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
The BBC Radio 4 series, "A Point of View", has been on the air since 2007. This is the book of the radio series. Over the years, it's had a variety of presenters - including the national treasure that is Clive James - talking for ten minutes about anything and everything that has captured their imagina ...Show more
Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity? Anita Heiss, successful author and passionate campaigner for Aboriginal literacy, was born a member of the Wiradjuri nati ...Show more
Girl in a Green Gown - The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait by Carola Hicks
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The "Arnolfini" portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. It intrigues all who see it. Scholars and the public alike have puzzled over the meaning of this haunting gem of medieval art, a subtle and beautiful double portrait of a wealthy Bruges merchant and h ...Show more
Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care by Ken Hillman
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
This gripping collection of stories about the experiences of intensive care patients, their families and carers, is about ordinary people facing terrible tragedies and the ways they cope with them. The author, an experienced intensive care clinician, takes the reader on a journey inside an intensive car ...Show more
Arguably by Christopher Hitchens
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Pre-read / Used. Fair to Good Condition. inscription in front cover. spine creasing. He raises hackles or receives resounding cheers, he's loved or hated but never ignored. Christopher Hitchens is possibly the most provocative writer of our time, fearless and forthright with no subject off limits. T ...Show more
The Office - A Hardworking History by Gideon Haigh
$45.00 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In 'The Office: A Hardworking History', Gideon Haigh traces from origins among merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York and the space age sweatshops of Silicon Valley, finding an extraordinary legacy of invention and ingenuity, shaped by the telephone, the typewriter, the elevator, t ...Show more
Captain Pugwash (Book & CD) by John Ryan
$17.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: Captain Pugwash
Frances Lincoln are delighted to present paperback editions of this classic picture book series. There's nothing more likely to prompt our portly hero into action than the prospect of treasure. So when the valiant cabin boy Tom espies a mound of yellow stuff aboard a nearby ship, the Captain sets off in ...Show more
Paddington Goes for Gold by Michael Bond
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: Paddington
A brand new picture book starring Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, as he takes part in a local family sports event, with hilarious results! When Paddington attends a local family sports event with the Brown family, he can't wait to try his paw at as many activities as possible. But, as a ...Show more
The Diaries of Donald Friend: Vol 1 by Anna Gray (ed)
$59.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
When Friend died in 1989, he left over 40 volumes of his diary. Now, the National Library has embarked on a major publishing project to to realise his wish that the diaries be edited and published. This first volume will cover Friend's early life as a student, his adventures in Nigeria and army experien ...Show more
A Secret Gift (POD) by Ted Gup
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
"A book for our times, sharing stories of the Great Depression of the 1930s and the generosity of a man who understood hardship.A timely and powerful work of America at its worst - and Americans at their best - woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author's ...Show more