True stories: discovery, historical & scientific books

How do you develop a life-saving drug when every second counts and one mistake could be catastrophic?  Read More >>

Nicolas Baudin's voyage of discovery to Australia (1800-1804), included both specialist field collectors and aspiring...  Read More >>

Charles Theophilus Hahn, born upper middle class in 1870, was a cleric who worked in industrial towns in Yorkshire,...  Read More >>

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A landmark historical investigation into crimes against humanity and the nature of evil that is over two decades...  Read More >>

Travel writer Julia Cooke's exhilarating portrait of Pan Am stewardesses in the Mad Men era.  Read More >>

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The story of the race for the Covid-19 vaccine as you've never heard it before This is the definitive account of...  Read More >>

The story of the race for the Covid-19 vaccine as you've never heard it before This is the definitive account of...  Read More >>

The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist,...  Read More >>

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides...  Read More >>

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Arranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day...  Read More >>

A memoir set in 1960s South Carolina, Duck Tale contains 66,000 words, 83 illustrations, and bonus recipes.  Read More >>

Based on the author's own research, this book shares stories of the destitute of Mildenhall and the surrounding...  Read More >>

Jack Dunn's explosive true account of the greatest literary fraud in history and a book which will change forever...  Read More >>

Shining a light on the largely untold story of elite-schooled child and youth soldiers under the Nazi regime  Read More >>

When Damien Cave brought his young family to Sydney to set up the New York Times' Australian Bureau, they encountered...  Read More >>

A powerful reflection on life in isolation, in pursuit of the dream of Mars.  Read More >>

A remarkable debut novel telling the story of Angus MacKay's (1812-1859) turbulent life - from his boyhood on Raasay,...  Read More >>

The Thought, A journey of Seven Generations, juggles between political slavery and the humanitarian approach to...  Read More >>

In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning...  Read More >>

‘Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman’s witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will...  Read More >>

The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valleyfrom the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all....  Read More >>

Local prosecution associations were a method of controlling crime which was devised in the second half of the eighteenth...  Read More >>