Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world’s mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated..
For more than 50 years Wendy McCarthy has been on the leading edge of Australian feminism and her tr..
When novelist and experienced hiker Simon Cleary sets off to follow the course of the river that has..
On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in early April Captain Tom Moore 99-year-old Second World War..
Meadowland gives a unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to Decembe..
Consisting of articles taken from his popular column in The Yorkshire Post Julian Norton's The Diary..
Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of pape..
In 2004 the body of a young Perth woman was found on the grounds of a primary school. Her name was R..
In this compelling investigation Michael Smith explores the critical moment in a spy's life: that sp..
Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly it is often as much do..
In The Genius of Birds acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance o..
In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..
Every day Dr Rachel Clarke tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives...
Described by the author as simply “a work of love” Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling an..
The basis for the musical phenomenon 'Cats' this collection of 14 inviting rhymes - the mixture of t..
Bianca Hunt has hosted TV shows rocked runways given multiple TEDx talks and founded a talent agency..
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Murder is the most vile crime known to man.It can be triggered by love or money or sex. Those are th..
Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over ..
On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..
At the age of twenty-eight Ben Bravery woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal ..
From his childhood love of animals through his training and first steps in the profession and the pr..
Drawing on lessons from his remarkable life former child soldier turned activist author entrepreneur..
Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on..
Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy John Darwin did the unthinkable - he paddled o..
For four months and five hundred miles Colin Thubron walked the mountains of Lebanon following track..
After all the build-up and focus on pregnancy and birth the fourth trimester is often swept aside. B..
This is the story of the last acrimonious days of The Beatles a final chapter reconstructing for the..
From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of Picasso owls have captivated and inspi..
It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as 'St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder ..
Crime fiction is the single most popular genre in international publishing and Australia has some of..
In 1943 German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be forme..
Can we resurrect dinosaurs Jurassic Park-style? Are we living in The Matrix's digital simulation? Do..
In 1948 a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide Australia. Well-dressed and unmarked he h..
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation..
Operation Market Garden the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine ..
‘Now when I hear birdsong I feel an entry to that understory. When I am feeling too squeezed on th..
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Asteroids killer sharks nuclear bombs viruses deadly robots climate change the apocalypse - why is H..
Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a ne..
In 1940 Britain stood perilously close to invasion. One by one the nations of Europe had fallen and ..
Once upon a time a burnt-out Claire Dunn spent a year living off the grid in a wilderness survival p..
In the far south of New Zealand in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri Ruth Shaw runs two tiny..
This is the account of a unique journey - a 600-mile trek on foot around Cyprus in the last year of ..
When cash-strapped single mum Callie visits the beautiful Cotswold village of Rowan Vale on a school..
A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis. In..
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany an unlikely band of British ..
On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in Moscow ho..
D-Day 6 June 1944 was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation..