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Discover new nonfiction books at Readings, with biography, memoir, essays and analysis.
Sam Wasson
A visionary who was ahead of his time, the book presents Francis Ford Coppola's great adventure in film-making.
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Robin Sharma
A groundbreaking book redefining wealth and success from international bestselling author whose books have sold over 25 million copies.
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Dr Charan Ranganath
A radical reexamination of memory, by the pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher.
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Tim Duggan
Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us.
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Terry Eagleton
A clear-sighted and entertaining defence of literary realism, and an account of its key practitioners
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Stuart Kells
From Wall Street to the supreme court, how the world's largest banks control the money markets and crush competition
Elizabeth Kolbert, Wesley Allsbrook (illus.)
Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act
Judith Butler
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world
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Maja Göpel, David Shaw (trans.)
After her previous book, Rethinking Our World, eloquently untangled the complex world we live in, Maja Göpel delivers the encouragement and the tools we need to go into action…
Anna Shechtman
Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen’s Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator’s compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle…
Vanessa Pirotta
Dive beneath the surface with acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta as she reveals the mysterious world of humpback whales — and gets mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale…
Peter Pomerantsev
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him…
Lauren Oyler
A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture
Daniel de Vise
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular…
Venki Ramakrishnan
Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan transforms our understanding of why we age and die - and whether there's anything we can do about it.
A.C. Grayling
In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space
Chris Dixon
A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet
Justin O'Connor
Culture Is Not an Industry argues that art and culture in the UK need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future…
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Paul Tilley
Shaping Australia's tax reform policymaking.
Jean-Pierre Filiu, Andrew Brown (trans.)
This magisterial and up-to-date history of the Middle East will be essential reading for students and scholars and for anyone interested in the history and politics of one of the…
Jeremy Black
A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy.
Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg
The epic story of how F1 saved itself from collapse and became the world's fastest growing sport through guile, fearlessness, and above all, reinvention.
Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley takes on the world's most powerful corporations by showing how the causes of our modern crisis are a result of our capitalist system
Frank Tallis
Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the…
Des Fitzgerald
An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.
Ramie Targoff
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to…
Cal Newport
From the New York Times bestselling author of Deep Work, Slow Productivity is a groundbreaking philosophy for creating great work at a sustainable pace.
Marek Kowalkiewicz
An insider's guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives
Elena Kostyuchenko, Ilona Chavasse (trans.), Bela Shayevich (trans.)
Blending personal memoir with frontline reportage, this is an intimate and fearless portrait of contemporary Russia by one of Russia's most prominent independent journalists
Tammi Miller
This book is not a substitute for therapy … but it will give you the skills you need to help you meet your mental health goals.
Kate Luckins
A practical, inspiring and entertaining guide to living sustainably for those craving a total lifestyle upgrade without the guilt. Written by Dr Kate Luckins, Founder of the global clothes-swapping movement…
David Lindenmayer
Lifts the lid on destruction of native forests by government corporations and logging industry that is making bushfires worse, killing wildlife and costing taxpayers millions, for the sake of woodchips…
Richard Rorty
What Can We Hope For? gathers nineteen of Richard Rorty’s essays on American and global politics, including four previously unpublished and many lesser-known and hard-to-find pieces.
Lisa Mosconi
The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain outlines the latest science showing how to navigate perimenopause and menopause successfully, and come out the other side with an…
Ross King
Embark on a captivating journey through 3000 years of Italy's rich history
David Finkel
A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbours, in this immersive account by the Pulitzer…
Nathan Thrall
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision
Juan José Millás, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Thomas Bunstead (trans.), Daniel Hahn (trans.)
A dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal.
Marina Kamenev
Written by journalist Marina Kamenev, Kin: Family in the 21st century is an incisive and powerful look at how families are created today, and how they might be created in…
David Hardaker
The inside story of the global megachurch and its charismatic leader, Brian Houston.
Cameron K. Murray
The Great Housing Hijack reveals how vested interests pull the strings on the property market in Australia, and offers a solution for genuinely affordable housing for those who need it.
Ellie Middleton
The go-to book on neurodivergence for anyone looking for a diagnosis, trying to make sense of one, or trying to be a better ally
Daniel Goleman, Cary Cherniss
Bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman & Cary Cherniss reveal practical methods for applying the principles of EI to more readily enter an optimal state of high performance and…
Darian Leader
A delightfully thought-provoking study of why we have sex, from award-winning psychoanalyst Darian Leader
Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry
Leading global experts provide a sweeping, empowering playbook to tackle what Yuval Harari has described as one of the biggest threats to humanity, for fans of Shoshana Zuboff's internationally bestselling…
Jeff Tweedy
A mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy.
Rowan Moore
A powerful examination of how property shaped the modern world - and why it now threatens the freedoms and stability it was meant to sustain.
Slavoj Zizek
The 'most dangerous philosopher in the West' returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament
