AWW The Sustainable Cookbook by Australian Women's Weekly
Category: Sale Book
Sustainability is easy to practise, this book gives guidelines to follow when shopping for food and storing it correctly u there are many efficiencies and savings to be made. Food preparation and slick cooking techniques can also help keep a household sustainable for the future. The recipes are simply d ...Show more
Self Sufficiency: Hen Keeping - Raising Chickens at Home by Mike Hatcher
Category: Sale Book | Series: Self-Sufficiency Ser.
Self-sufficiency and organic living have never been more prominent and hen keeping is becoming increasingly popular. Part of a growing series of authoritative and inspirational titles, this book provides an introduction to some of the key aspects of aspiring to a self-sufficient lifestyle by keeping yo ...Show more
Let My People Go Surfing - The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual by Yvon Chouinard
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"Brillient" - Daphne (Staff) In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. Fro ...Show more
Break Away: The Heroes and Hellraisers That Made Road Cycling by Euan Ferguson
Category: Non Fiction
No sport demands and celebrates the suffering of its participants like road racing, yet the pursuit of cycling was formed out of a spirit of emancipation, freedom, invention and revolution. It started with Victorian adventurers who took their new machine across continents, up unscaled peaks and into the ...Show more
False Flags: Disguised German Raids of WW II by Stephen Robinson
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: General Adult
Secondhand. An epic story of maritime daring and intrigue that will appeal to anyone interested in the world wars or maritime history, not just military experts. False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raider ...Show more
Jane Austen by Zena Alkayat
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Life Portraits
ALSO IN THIS SERIES: Virginia Woolf, Coco Chanel and Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography follows Jane Austen's life and work (which includes Pride Prejudice, Sense Sensibility and Emma) and celebrates the legacy of the much-loved literary icon. It also explores Austen's inspirations and ...Show more
Self Sufficiency: Beekeeping by Joanna Ryde
Category: Sale Book | Series: Self-Sufficiency Ser.
As sustainability and organic living become increasingly popular, so does a desire to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. This timely book will help you to achieve self-sufficiency and make beekeeping a reality. Beekeeping is about management, control and learning to understand the honeybee. It can a ...Show more
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New York Times Bestseller - National Book Critics Circle Finalist - Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 - Economist Books of the Year 2015 - New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2015 A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our f ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
Being Mortal - Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Wellcome Collection Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
Letters of Note - Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
Category: Non Fiction
Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter, to Q ...Show more