Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: good-very good
‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry ‘Mind-blowing...Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Belton ‘A jaw-dr ...Show more
The Welcome to Country Handbook: A Guide to Indigenous Australia by Marcia Langton
$32.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
The Welcome to Country Handbook by Professor Marcia Langton is your accessible introduction to First Nations Peoples, history and cultures. Drawn from the bestselling Welcome to Country, this guide is essential reading for every Australian, and an excellent resource for cultural awareness training in th ...Show more
Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics by Matthew Goodwin
$26.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
'Forceful ... The fundamental thrust of Goodwin's argument is right ... a new centre ground of British politics is being formed - even if both parties have yet to fully comprehend it' The Times *A bold new theory for our ongoing political instability, from the co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller N ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | 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
On Hope by Daisy Jeffrey
$16.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: On ... Series | Reading Level: near fine
As extreme weather becomes the norm, scientists agree that our climate is changing. But it seems too many of our leaders aren't listening to the science and are failing to act. In On Hope, one of the lead organisers of the Australian Climate strike, 17-year-old Daisy Jeffrey shows how ordinary people ar ...Show more
Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all by Hannah Ferguson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
Articulating sharp, progressive perspectives on the social and political issues that matter, Bite Back offers constructive talking points to provoke and inspire meaningful change. The Co-Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from diet culture to the futur ...Show more
The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World by Chao-Hwei Shih
$36.99 AUD
Category: Essays
Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on such issues as animal welfare, gender equality, the death penalty and more. An unlikely duo-Professor Peter Singer, a preeminent Australian philosopher and professor of b ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...Show more
The New World Disorder: How the West Is Destroying Itself by Peter R. Neumann
$36.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
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
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
$24.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
Imagine a world where… Your phone is too big for your hand Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you’re a woman. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplac ...Show more
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
$36.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems - and how we can solve them We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that w ...Show more
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu Debate by Peter Sutton & Keryn Walshe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production. Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's Da ...Show more