Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by John Gray
$45.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
A philosophical meeting of minds, as John Gray reads Thomas Hobbes to understand our current predicament Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision co ...Show more
Toxic at Work: Surviving Your Psychopathic Workmates, From the Dominant Bullies to the Charming Manipulators by David Gillespie
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
Most bullies are psychopaths, but not all psychopaths are immediately recognised as bullies. Some blind us with their charm and dazzle us with their success. Some are ferociously talented and startlingly effective (at least in the short term). But they all share a common trait that makes them highly dan ...Show more
Conversations on Love: with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more by Natasha Lunn
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
*THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'This book might just change your life' Sunday Times'Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place' StylistAfter years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships ...Show more
I Don't by Clementine Ford
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against marriage for the modern woman. Provocative, controversial and above all, compellingly and persuasively argued. I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women ...Show more
Stories That Want To Be Told: The Long Lede Anthology by Judith Neilson Institute
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
Passion pieces from the next generation of Australian longform journalists. Nine Australian writers, mentored by nine experienced Australian journalists, developed stories that they knew needed to be shared. With direction from Amanda Hooton of GW, Claire Keenan explores Catholicism in rural Australia, ...Show more
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
A personal trip into the uncanny Mirror World of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine. What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who share ...Show more
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our li ...Show more
How to Do Nothing - Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
A galvanising critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity and reveals what we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value i ...Show more
The New World Disorder: How the West Is Destroying Itself by Peter R. Neumann
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
A coruscating analysis of current international relations, setting out the dangers the world will face if the West does not succeed in reinventing itself. The West is facing an unprecedented crisis. Russia has launched a war of aggression against Ukraine - just months after the USA suffered a foreign po ...Show more
The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life by Paul Callaghan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
Tired of going around in circles? The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us family, health, bills, a mortgage, a career that it can be hard to remember what's most important- you. It's time to reconnect with your story. ...Show more
The Queen Is Dead: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Tears of Strangers and Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to My Country and Australia Day, comes an extraordinary and powerful call to action. 'History is not weighted on the scales, it is felt in our bones. It is worn on our skin. It is scarred in memory.' The Que ...Show more