Non-fiction favourite reads

Tasmania's favourite non-fiction books 
 

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Almost French : a new life in Paris Sarah Turnbull
Wild Swans : three daughters of China Jung Chang
A fortunate life A B Facey
Forbidden Love Norma Khouri
  April fool's day Bryce Courtenay
The strength in us all Sara Henderson
  The surgeon of Crowthorne Simon Winchester
Notes from a small Island Bill Bryson
  Au Revoir Mary Moody
The diary of a young girl   Anne Frank
  Down under Bill Bryson
  Fate is the hunter E. K. Gann
  From strength to strength Sara Henderson
  Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway Susan Jeffers
Bonds that make us free: healing our relationships, coming to ourselves C Terry Warner
  Too close to the fallls: a memoir Catherine Gildiner
  A parrot in the pepper tree Chris Stewart
  Driving over lemons : an optimist in Andalucia Chris Stewart
  King of the wilderness : the life of Deny King Christobel Mattingley
  Women who run with the wolves : contacting the power of the wild woman Clarissa Pinkola Estes
  Celestine Prophecy James Redfield
  Never Tell Me Never Janine Shepherd
  Street 2 : more confessions of an undercover cop Lachlan McCulloch
  Jamie Oliver : the biography Stafford Hildred
Consolations of philosophy Alain de Botton
  Resilience Anne Deveson
  Meaning of life Bradley Trevor Greive
  My life Burt Reynolds
  John Curtin : a life David Day
  The art of happiness: a handbook for living Howard Cutler & Dalai Lama
  Hillary Clinton: the inside story Judith Warner
  Prophet Kahlil Gibran
  Up the duff : the real guide to pregnancy Kaz Cooke
  Parcel Arrived Safely:  Tied With String Michael Crawford
  Billy Pamela Stevenson
  Hear The Train Blow Patsy Adam-Smith
  Anzacs Patsy Adam-Smith
  Nancy Wake : a biography of our greatest war heroine Peter FitzSimons
  Snow leopard Peter Matthiessen
  Year in Provence Peter Mayle
  Journey from Venice Ruth Cracknell
  The road less travelled Scott Peck
  One crowded hour Tim Bowden
  The future eaters Tim Flannery
  Testament of youth Vera Brittain
  Once a cowboy Walt Garrison
Perfume from Provence (Lady) Winifred Fortescue
  Subtle is the Lord Abraham Pais
  The art of travel Alain de Botton
  When the gods came down Alan F Alford
  The last of the wind ships Alan Villiers
  On the edge of the primeval forest Albert Schweitzer
  Glenorchy 1804-1964 Alison Alexander
  The six wives of Henry VIII Alison Weir
  Italian without the fuss Ana Stojanovic
  A rage to kill : and other true cases Ann Rule
  Last dance, last chance : and other true cases Ann Rule
  The shadow dog Anthony Hill
  The worst journey in the world Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  The bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad
  Light on yoga : Yoga Dipika B. K. S. Iyengar
  Aug-14 Barbara Tuchman
  Awakening heart : my continuing journey to love Betty J Eadie
  Not without my daughter Betty Mahmoody
  Notes from a big country Bill Bryson
  Walk in the woods Bill Bryson
  Angling in Australia : its history and writings Bob Dunn
  Art of happiness : a handbook for living Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
  Memories, dreams, reflections C G Jung
  Eight bells & top masts : diaries from a tramp steamer Christopher Lee
  This Sceptred Isle (Radio program) Christopher Lee
  The well-tempered garden Christopher Lloyd
  Great Melody Connor Cruise O'Brien
  His bright light : the story of my son, Nick Traina Danielle Steel
  Children of the matrix : how an interdimensional race has controlled the world for thousands of years - and still does David Icke
  Shakespeare : his life, work and era Dennis Kay
  Song for Mary : an Irish-American memory Dennis Smith
  Diana's story Derek Longden
  Great Minack stories Derek Tangye
  Mosaic Diane Armstrong
  Under Milkwood Dylan Thomas
  Power of Now Eckhart Tolle
  Ten Thousand Sorrows Elizabeth Kim
  Almost Too Late Elmo Wortman
  Flame Trees Of Thika : Memories Of An African Childhood Elspeth Huxley,
  They Tied A Label On My Coat Hilda Hollingsworth,
  Deschooling Society Ivan Illich,
  A Funny Old Life J D Sleightholme
  Haiku : Poetry Ancient & Modern : An Anthology Jackie Hardy
  Brick : A World History James Campbell
  Lord God Made Them All James Herriot
  All Creatures Great And Small James Herriot
  All Things Wise And Wonderful James Herriot
  If Only They Could Talk James Herriot
  Jamie's Kitchen Jamie Oliver
  From Rice To Riches: a personal journey through a changing China Jane Hutcheon
  Guns, germs and steel: a short history of everything for the last 13,000 years Jared M. Diamond
  Prison Diary Jeffrey Archer
  French leave John Burton Race
  Toxic Sludge Is Good For You : Lies, Damn Lies And The Public Relations Industry John C. Stauber
  How Children Fail John Holt
  The great bust : the depression of the thirties John Lang
  Five Days In London, May 1940 John Lukacs
  Testament : the Bible and history John Romer
  Drug guide Jonathan Upfal
  Lamps and shades : beautiful ideas to make and decorate Juliet Bawden
  A history of God Karen Armstrong
  Kindness of strangers Kate Adie
  Janet Oke: Heart For The Prairie; the story of one of the most beloved novelists of our time Laurel Oke Logan
  Cider with Rosie Laurie Lee
  Yeltsin : a revolutionary life Leon Aron
  Under the olive tree Manuela Darling-Gansser
  Mighty Heart : The Brave Life And Death Of My Husband, Daniel Pearl Mariane Pearl
  Longrain: Modern Thai Food Martin Boetz
  Last Tango In Toulouse Mary Moody
  Gardening With Light And Colour Marylyn Abbott
  Adventure Of English Melvyn Bragg
  Stupid White Men Michael Moore
  Creating a Music Webside Mike Simmons
  Geisha Of Gion : The Memoir Of Mineko Iwasaki Mineko Iwasaki
  Toast Nigel Slater
  Thoughts Of A Late Night Knitter Pam Ayres
  River Patrice Newell
  Flaws In The Glass : A Self-Portrait Patrick White
  There Was A Ship Patsy Adam Smith
  Reach For The Sky Paul Brickhill
  Riding the iron rooster : by train through China Paul Theroux
  Cat collectibles Pauline Flick
  Indirect procedures : a musician's guide to the Alexander technique Pedro de Alcantara
  Wisdom of the elders Peter Knudtson
  Vroom with a view Peter Moore
  Gardens in China Peter Valder
  1 23 follow me! Philippe Dupasquier
  Something amazing : Cape Wrath to Cape Horn by way of Peru Rebecca Ridgway
  Uses of literacy : aspects of a working-class life with special reference to publications and entertainments Richard Hoggart
  Ricky Ponting's World Cup diary Ricky Ponting
  Fatal storm : the 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Rob Mundle
  King Hussein : A Life On The Edge Roland Dallas
  Entering the stream Samuel Bercholz & Sherab Kohn
  Afghanistan : Chronotopia Simon Norfolk,
  Across the top Sorrel Wilby
  Blackie Stephen Downes
  Never say die Steve Waugh
  Violette Szabo : the life that I have Susan Ottaway
  Heddy and me Susan Varga
  The architect of desire : beauty and danger in the Stord White family Suzannah Lessard
  Clash of fundamentalisms Tariq Ali
  My feudal lord Tehmina Durrani
  Lady Cottington's pressed fairy book Terry Jones
  In the middle of nowhere Terry Underwood
  Spooling through : an irreverent memoir Tim Bowden
  The Satyricon Titus Petronius Arbiter
  Ice Tristan Jones
  Seagulls in my soup Tristan Jones
  The diary of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf
  Desert flower : the extrordinary life of a desert nomad Waris Dirie
  One step beyond Warren Macdonald
  White mughals William Dalrymple
  A long walk in the Australian bush William J. Lines
  World lit only by fire William Manchester
  The yin/yang of painting Zhang Hongnian
  Zoya's story : an Afghan woman's battle for freedom Zoya
The best of Banjo Paterson A. B. Paterson
  Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah
  Magi : the quest for a secret  tradition Adrian Gilbert
  Stone of heaven : the secret history of imperial green jade Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
  Inside the Third Reich Albert Speer
  Roots Alex Haley
  Will to win Alice Peterson
  A house by the shore Alison Johnson
  Why men lie and women cry Allan Pease
  The best I can be Allana Corbin
  Summit fever Andrew Greig
  The burning of Bridget Cleary Angela Bourke
  More great working dog stories Angela Goode
  Sam and Co, the heroic search dogs of the fells Angela Locke
  Search dog Angela Locke
  The Viceroy's daughters Anne De Courcy
  Tisha Anne Purdy
  Young digger Anthony Hill
  Celtic art in cross stich Barbara Hammet
  Small wonder Barbara Kingsolver
  A distant mirror Barbara Tuchman
  Broken song Barry Hill
  The plague and I Betty MacDonald
  A short history of nearly everything Bill Bryson
  All titles Bill Bryson
  In a sunburned country Bill Bryson
  Lost continent:travels in small town America Bill Bryson
  Mother tongue: the English language Bill Bryson
  Neither here nor there: travels In Europe Bill Bryson
  Irish country style Bill Laws
  Body for life Bill Phillips
  Coping with stress Bob Montgomery
  Living with anxiety Bob Montgomery
  Songlines Bruce Chatwin
  A recipe for dreaming Bryce Courtenay
  Explorers of Western Tasmania C J Binks
  The Screwtape letters C S Lewis
  Caddie Caddie
  Candace Bahouth's medieval needlepoint Candace Bahouth
  The olive farm : a love story Carol Drinkwater
  The garden sourcebook : the essential guide to planning and planting Caroline Boisset
  From the holy mountain Charles Dalrymple
  The world of Charmian Clift Charmian Clift
  Bridge across my sorrows : the Christina Noble story Christina Noble
  The carpet wars Christopher Kremmer
  Jane Austen : a life Claire Tomalin
  Samuel Pepys : the unequalled self Claire Tomalin
  Unreliable Memoirs Clive James
  Islands of Men Colin Simpson
  Morrison of Peking Cyril Pearl
  Colours of the mountain Da Chen
  Jackson's track Daryl Tonkin
  A child called 'It' Dave Pelzer
  Living planet David Attenborogh
  Trials of life David Attenborogh
  Diamonds and demons David Bernstein
  Joy Of [Pi] David Blatner
  Tales from the animal hospital David Grant
  Willie Gavin, crofter man : portrait of a vanished lifestyle David Kerr Cameron
  Dark victory David Marr
  Fly fisher in Tasmania David Scholes
  Vet On The Wild Side David Taylor
  In God's name : an investigation into the murder of Pope John Paul I David Yallop
  Jeannie : a love story Derek Tangye
  Gull On The Roof Derek Tangye
  The Waiting Land: a spell in Nepal Dervla Murphy,
  Fractal cuts : exploring the magic of fractals with pop-up designs Diego Uribe
  Heroine Of The Desert Donya Al-Nahi
  Stravinsky's Lunch Drusilla Modjeska,
  Rolls Royce Edward Eves
  Late Love Eileen Simpson
  Cowslips And Clover Elizabeth Cragoe
  Concise Oxford dictionary of quotations Elizabeth Knowles, editor
  Social Animal Elliot Aronson
  Raw Scent of Vanilla Emilia Bresciani
  Remedies and memories Harry Cooper
  One fourteenth of an elephant Ian Denys Peek
  The Fatal Friendship Ian Jones
  Tiger's Eye Inga Clendinnen
  Paula Isabel Allende
  1000 Play Thinks Ivan Moscovich,
  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo J. R. R. Tolkien
  Storyteller : The Many Lives Of Laurens Van Der Post J.D.F. Jones,
  Backyard Self-Sufficiency Jackie French
  Challenging Times James Hird
  Red China Blues: my long march from Mao to now Jan Wong
  Stumpwork Embroidery Jane Nicholas
  Burning House: unlocking the mysteries of the brain Jay Ingram
  Meet me at the Savoy Jean Nicol
  Princess Jean P. Sasson
  Bend Of The River: A Family Pastoral Jerry & Skye Rogers
  Night Without Armor: Poems Jewel
  The road from Coorain Jill K. Conway
  True north Jill Ker Conway
  A Year by the sea: thoughts of an unfinished woman Joan Anderson
  A portrait of fryn : a biography of f. Tennyson jesse Joanna Colenbrander
  Reluctant Mariner Joanna Hackett
  Touching The Void Joe Simpson
  Money secrets of the rich: learn the7 steps to financial freedom John Burley
  Victorian Style : an alphabetical compendium of design  crafts, ideas, and more John Freeman
  Byzantium (5 titles with Byzantium in title by this author) John Julius Norwich
  Soldiers: a history of men in battle John Keegan & Richard Holmes
  Judi Dench - With A Crack In Her Voice John Miller
  Heroes John Pilger
  Complete book of self-sufficiency John Seymour
  New Christianity for a new world John Shelby Spong
  Sailing alone around the world Joshua Slocum
  Wild Swans: Three daughters of china Jung Chan
  The century of the surgeon Jurgen Thorwald
  Glorious interiors : needlepoint … Kaffe Fassett
  Waterlily ; a Blue Mountains journal Kate Llewellyn
  Long way home : the story of a homes kid Kate Shayler
  Kennel Club's illustrated breed standards Kennel Club (GB)
  Don’t sweat the small stuff for women Kristine Carlson
  Short history of Tasmania L.L. Robson
  Hold me close, let me go Lara Adair
  Raj : the making and unmaking of British India Lawrence James
  Prose works of Henry Lawson Lawson, Henry
  Black chicks talking Leah Purcell
  Between silk and cyanide Leo Marks
  History Of Rome Livy
  Kimono : fashioning culture Liza Crihfield Dalby
  John Curtin : a biography Lloyd Ross
  Abt railway : Tasmania's west coast wilderness railway Lou Rae
  Pavarotti : my world Luciano Pavarotti
  Castaway Lucy Irvine
  Goodness had nothing to do with it Mae West
  Puzzles of childhood Manning Clark
  Icing on the damper Marie Mahood
  A thousand  days in Venice Marlena De Blasi
  Sahara Marq De Villiers
  Mariners Are Warned Marsden Hordern
  Cannabis, A History Martin Booth
  In Sunshine Or In Shadow Martin Flanagan
  A man called possum Max Jones
  Dude, Where's My Country? Michael Moore
  21st Century Dog Michael Rosen
  Because The Horn Is There Miles Smeeton
  Strong Women Stay Slim Miriam Nelson
  Shoes Were For Sunday Molly Weir
  One Pair Of Feet Monica Dickens
  One Pair Of Hands Monica Dickens
  The Man who listens to Horses Monty Roberts
  Beating The Odds : The Fall And Rise Of Bev B Murray Mottram
  Beauty Myth Naomi Wolf
  Conversations with God 1 11 111 Neale Donald Walsch
  Friendship with God Neale Donald Walsch
  Walk In The Wilderness Nic Hagarth
  How To Eat Nigella Lawson
  Niki De Saint Phalle : My Art, My Dreams Niki De Saint Phalle
  Europe Norman Davies
  John Curtin : Savior of Australia Norman E Lee
  John Curtin, saviour of Australia Norman E. Lee
  Are You Somebody Nuala O'Faolain
  Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
  Bravemouth Pamela Stevenson
  The First Tasmanians Pat Price
  Moonbird People Patsy Adam Smith
  A royal duty Paul Burrell
  The old Patagonian express : by train through the Americas Paul Theroux
  Fresh air fiend : travel writings, 1985-2000 Paul Theroux
  Oleanda jacaranda : a childhood perceived Penelope Lively
  Toujours Provence Peter Mayle
  Evolution's captain : the dark fate of the man who sailed Charles Darwin around the world Peter Nichols
  Beyond the mist : what Irish mythology can teach us about ourselves Peter O'Connor
  A year of reading Proust : a memoir in real time Phyllis Rose
  Alive : the story of the Andes survivors Piers Paul Read
  If this is a man Primo Levi
  The sea around us Rachel Carson
  Romulus, my father Raimond Gaita
  Modoc: the true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived Ralph Helfer
  The complete book of tatting Rebecca Jones
  Into the heart of Borneo Redman O'Hanlon
   In trouble again : a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon Redman O'Hanlon
  A step to far : Peter Bland and the obsession of adventure Richard Yallop
  Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance Robert M. Pirsig
  Rich dad poor dad : what the rich teach their kids about money - that th Robert T Kiyosaki
  That perfect stitch Roxanne McElroy
  Fishing in the Styx Ruth Park
  My Place Sally Morgan
  Simple abundance Sarah Ban Breathnach
  Holy cow - an Indian adventure Sarah MacDonald
  Sean & David's long drive Sean Condon
  The dark side of Camelot Seymour M. Hersh
  Emma & I Sheila Hocken,
  Bean patch Shirley Painter
  Ten thousand miles without a cloud Shuyun, Sun
  Floating brothel Sian Rees
  Love is where it falls Simon Callow
  Fermat's last theorem Simon Singh
  Science of secrecy Simon Singh
  The Tibetan book of living and dying Sogyal Rinpoche
  Introducing environmental politics Stephen Croall & William Rankin
  Crazy Horse and Custer Stephen E. Ambrose
  Shadow lines Stephen Kinnane
  What flower is that? Stirling Macoboy
  Survival Stuart Diver
  Weary : the life of Sir Edward Dunlop Sue Ebury
  The twelve Caesars Suetonius Tranquillus
  The magic apple tree : a country year Susan Hill
  Susan Irvine's rose gardens Susan Irvine
  Girl, interrupted Susanna Kaysen
  Searching for Charmian Suzanne Chick
  No man is an island Thomas Merton
  Utopia Thomas More
  The Kon-tiki Expedition Thor Heyerdahl
  Penelope bungles to Broome Tim Bowden
  Throwim way leg : an adventure Tim Flannery
  An Italian education Tim Parks
  Fair shares  : ethics and the global economy Timothy Gorringe
  The right stuff Tom Wolfe
  The mind map book Tony Buzan
  Into the blue Tony Horwitz
  Colour : travels through the paintbox Victoria Finlay
  Great convict escapes in colonial Australia Warwick Hirst
  1788 Watkin Tench
  City of Djinns : a year in Delhi William Dalrymple