When China Rules the World by Martin Jacques
$26.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese. Jacques argues that we cannot understand China in western terms but only through its own history and culture. To this end, he introduces a powerful se ...Show more
Screw Business as Usual by Sir Richard Branson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? Richard Branson, at his brilliant and motivating best, reveals how with his exciting new vision for the future. It is time to turn capitalism upside down - to shift our values, to switch from a profit focus to caring for ...Show more
On Friendship by Michel de Montaigne
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas 6 | Reading Level: near fine
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship with Food by ALLEN, JOHN S.
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
The Fourth Gospel by John Shelby Spong
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretiv ...Show more
The News - A User's Manual by Alain De Botton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
Alain de Botton explores our relationship with 'the news' in this book full of his trademark wit and wisdom. Following on from his bestselling Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton turns now to look at the manic and peculiar positions that 'the news' occupies in our lives. We invest it with an authorit ...Show more
The Underground Girls of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys by Jenny Nordberg
$29.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
An Afghan woman's life expectancy is just 44 years, and her life cycle often begins and ends in disappointment: being born a girl and finally, having a daughter of her own. For some, disguising themselves as boys is the only way to get ahead. Nordberg follows women such as Azita Rafaat, a parliament ...Show more
The Whitlam Mob by Mungo MacCallum
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
'We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra . . . ' In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam government's key figures - from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns - as well as 'the other mo ...Show more
Economics of Just About Everything: The hidden reasons for our curious choices and surprising successes by Andrew Leigh
$26.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
A fun and illuminating book full of surprising facts and amazing insights about how the laws of economics affect our everyday lives.
Debt : The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded by David Graeber
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Before there was money, there was debt. Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems-to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There's not a shred of evidence to sup ...Show more
Supermarket Monsters: the Price of Coles and Woolworths' Dominance: Redback by Malcolm Knox
$19.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Series: Redback Ser.
Down, down . . . In hardware, petrol, general merchandise and liquor, and above all in groceries, Coles and Woolworths jointly rule Australia's retail landscape. On average, every man, woman and child in this country spends $100 a week across their many outlets. What does such dominance mean for supplie ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of Australia: How a great nation lost its way by Nick Bryant
$22.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
A forensic look at the Lucky Country, from the inside and outside. Never before has Australia enjoyed such economic, commercial, diplomatic and cultural clout. Its recession-proof economy is the envy of the world. It's the planet's great lifestyle superpower. Its artistic exports win unprecedented accla ...Show more