Beautiful Failures by Lucy Clark
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
'I imagine we would all agree on the things education should not be. It should not, surely, make one quarter of all kids drop out and be lost to learning. It should not, surely, make children feel so bad about themselves that they hurt themselves, or shut down, or become lacking in any confidence about ...Show more
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to a friend. I have some suggestions for how to raise Chizalum. But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be d ...Show more
The Museum of Broken Relationships (HB) by Olinka Vistica
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
When Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic split up, they did what no separated couple had ever done before - they set up a museum dedicated to mementos of love, and the touching, often humorous stories of how that love developed. And how it ended. The Museum of Broken Relationships, in the Old Town of Za ...Show more
The Prisoner by Kerry Tucker
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Kerry Tucker seemed to be a typical suburban mother of two, but she was harbouring a terrible secret- over the years she had stolen $2 million from her employers.When her crime was discovered she was sentenced to seven years at a maximum-security prison, alongside some of Victoria's most notorious crimi ...Show more
The Death of Expertise : The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols
$30.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows ...Show more
Digital Ape How to Live (in Peace) with Smart Machines by Nigel;Hampson Shadbolt
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
How smart machines are transforming us all - and what we should do about it. The smart machines revolution is re-shaping our lives and our societies. Here, Shadbolt and Hampson - Britain's pre-eminent authorities on AI - dispel terror, confusion, and misconception by demonstrating that we are not about ...Show more
One: Valuing the Single Life by Clare Payne
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
More adults than ever before are now living alone-one quarter of all households in Australia are currently single-person households. They are forging new ways of having contented and connected lives.Onegives insight to the once maligned and now increasingly chosen status of being single. It is an inspir ...Show more
Learning Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney; David Cole; Edward M. Hallowell (Foreword by)
$0.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
Written by two Ivy League graduates who struggled with learning disabilities and ADHD, Learning outside the Lines teaches students how to take control of their education and find true success with brilliant and easy study suggestions and tips.Every day, your school, your teachers, and even your peers dr ...Show more
Social Leap, The: How and Why Humans Connect by William von Hippel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Leading researcher into social intelligence and evolutionary psychology William von Hippel argues that the main advantage early primates had against other animals was their ability to live, and thrive, in social groups. Furthermore, this ability was such a revolutionary advantage that it was the chief e ...Show more
Influence Her - The 7 Habits Every Woman Leader Needs to Inspire Change at Work by Dion Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Women around the globe are being called to change the world through a new kind of leadership - but to do this, we must be clear in purpose, reconnected to our 'womanity' and strengthened in our capacity as high-level influencers. Women in leadership is a big topic these days, and for good reason. But i ...Show more
Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap by Annabel Crabb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
When New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced her pregnancy, the headlines raced around the world. But when Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg became the first prime minister and treasurer duo since the 1970s to take on their roles while bringing up young children, this detail passed larg ...Show more
A World Without Email: Find Focus and Transform the Way You Work Forever by Cal Newport
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Constant communication has become part of the way we work as we check our emails every 5.4 minutes. But at what expense?Bestselling author Cal Newport argues that this steady flow of distractions disrupts us from achieving any meaningful work, causes us undue stress and is costing businesses millions in ...Show more