Category: General non-fiction

Good value for giggles

World’s Weirdest Obsessions, by Matt Roper (Penguin, RRP $14.95): We all have obsessions: for some of us it’s the quite sensible compulsion to buy designer handbags, for others it’s collecting stamps or not stepping on cracks on the footpath. This…

Killers at Large

Killers at Large, by Nigel Cawthorne (Constable & Robinson, RRP $29.99): The proliferation of cop shows on television makes it clear that we have a fascination with solving mysteries. However, in real life, sometimes the mystery is never solved and the…

Dyer offers a fresh outlook

Future Tense The Coming World Order, by Gwynne Dyer (Scribe, $32): Freelance journalist-columnist Gwynne Dyer has a knack of taking complex, controversial stories and offering a fresh view. From the Middle East to Afghanistan, Dyer has a depth of understanding…

Unexpectedly fun read

The Accidental Renovator, by Barbara Biggs (Sly Ink, $29.95): Aussie author Barbara Biggs continues to recount the story of her life in this latest book. While she had a truly awful start to life, being sold to a paedophile at…

Take me to your leader

Who Really Runs the World? by Thom Burnett and Alex Games (HarperCollins, $19.99): Here’s a nice juicy read for all the conspiracy theorists out there. Journalist Alex Games has co-authored this little gem with Thom Burnett, which is apparently a…