| Author: | Steven Johnson |
| Category: |
Philosophy |
How did our mastery of artificial cold help give birth to at least four million babies, create the golden age of Hollywood and unlock the secrets of the universe? And what about our battle against dirt? How did that create the flat screen and the iPhone?This book is a celebration of ideas: how they ha... read more
| Author: | Matthew Evans |
| Category: |
Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
A scorching manifesto on the ethics of eating meat by the best placed person to write about it - farmer and chef Matthew Evans, aka The Gourmet Farmer.
'Compelling, illuminating and often confro... read more
| Author: | Nick Bruining |
| Category: |
Political / Economic |
Guide on how you don't need $1m in order to retire comfortably
| Author: | David Leser |
| Category: |
Sociology |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
One of the most talked-about and widely praised articles of 2018, expanded into the water-cooler book of the #MeToo era. 'How to find the right words to frame this horror? How to understand why men do what they do to women? How to comprehend this malign force th... read more
| Author: | Clementine Ford |
| Category: |
Essays |
The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the best-selling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl .
'Everyone's afraid that their daughters might be hurt. No one seems to be ... read more
| Author: | Stan Grant |
| Category: |
Essays |
Australia is poised at a critical moment of its history - but the time to act is now. Since publishing Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream.... read more
| Author: | Michael Wolff |
| Category: |
Political / Economic |
Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller FIRE AND FURY, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege. With FIRE AND FURY, Michael Wolff defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in SIEGE, he has written a... read more
| Author: | Niki Savva |
| Category: |
Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
'How good is this book! So much intrigue. So many revelations. Such a brilliant read.’Laurie OakesIn an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story o... read more
| Author: | Alan Krueger |
| Category: |
Political / Economic |
Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from rock artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain the principles of economics, and ... read more
| Author: | Greta Thunberg |
| Category: |
Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues |
The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation 'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thu... read more
| Author: | Louise Swinn |
| Category: |
Essays |
Edited by Louise Swinn, Choice Words is a timely collection of stories, essays, rants and raves from high profile women that seeks to demystify abortion and its surrounding stigma.
| Author: | Sally McManus |
| Category: |
Essays |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
Most of us believe in fairness. Why then do we have creeping inequality in the land of the fair go? The answer lies in stagnant wage rises, gender pay inequity, insecure work and the lack of real opportunities for all while corporations are still consuming large profits and executives cl... read more
