Item category 1: NONFIC

One November day, Gisèle Pelicot was called to a local police station and life as she knew it ended. Her husband of fifty years had been caught by a supermarket guard filming up women's skirts. But on his computer was shattering evidence: for nearly a decade, he had been secretly drugging and ra...

Bron Lewis is one of Australia's most beloved comedians, regularly appearing on Have You Been Paying Attention? and Thank God You're Here. No stranger to madness - from watching her mother smash a casserole dish through the family dining table while going through 'the change', to finding herself ...

Rock star Jimmy Barnes rose from Cold Chisel to solo fame in Australia. Despite success, marriage and hit albums, he battled finances, drugs, touring stress, US market struggles and past trauma, ultimately expressing it all in writing.

Joe Root is one of England's top players. From practising with his brother while their father played cricket to performing all over the world, his journey has been full of ups and downs. But one thing never changed: his determination to turn things around and win for his team. Even when things go...

Kevin Durant is a scoring machine who can shoot from anywhere on the court and dominate with his size, skill, and versatility. Follow his journey from a standout high school player to an NBA superstar, and track all of his key stats along the way! This fun chapter book is packed with original ill...

Liza tells her story in her own words - and what a story it is. Born into Hollywood royalty, Liza was the daughter of legendary director Vincente Minnelli and the incomparable Judy Garland - and yet her beloved Mama's brilliance was matched by searing personal battles, making her mother both an i...

Harness pressure, reframe fear and perform at your best when it matters most. Instead of merely advising others how to excel under pressure, leading sports psychologist Ant Williams decided to practice what he preached, and took up sports that scared him. First free-diving and then ice-diving, An...

After buying an ancient stone house in Provence, Australian journalist Sheryle Bagwell finds in her attic an old edition of selected letters by the seventeenth-century French noblewoman Madame de Sévigné, who died, she discovers, in the grand chateau down the road. So begins Sheryle's new life ...

The Library that Made Me celebrates 200 years of the State Library of NSW - its evolution, its remarkable collection and its people. The Library has earned its enduring place in the heart of the city, and in the hearts of readers and visitors everywhere. In the early days members were vetted, wom...

This book is dedicated to feet, much maligned and underappreciated, but without which we would travel far less. Rosalie Ham, the international bestselling author, burst onto the literary scene in 2000 with her novel The Dressmaker. After years of entertaining us with weird and wonderful older wom...