Political Correctness Gone Mad? by Stephen Fry; Jordan B. Peterson; Michael Eric Dyson; Michelle Goldberg
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Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: very good
"Without free speech there is no true thought." Jordan Peterson Is political correctness an enemy of free speech, open debate and the free exchange of ideas? Or is it a progressive force, eroding the dominant power relationships and social norms that exclude marginalised groups from society?
Is Masculinity Toxic?: A primer for the 21st century by Andrew Smiler
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Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This timely title weighsmasculinity's capacity forgood against its potentialfor destruction in thecontext of contemporarydebates on the topic. In the wake of the MeToo movement and the upsurge in both feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of impassioned debate ...Show more
The Memeing of Life by Studio Kind; Angus Harrison
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Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
Welcome reader. Please, make yourself comfortable: pull your chair nearer the fire, put your feet up on the dog, settle your cheeks into the toilet seat. This is The Memeing of Life, an exhaustive, exhausting, guide to the world of internet memes. Perhaps you have no idea what a meme is, so have bou ...Show more
Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons from the Champions of Everyday Life by Michael Foley
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Category: Philosophy
It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many phi ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 47: Political Animal: David Marr on Tony Abbott by David Marr
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Category: Political / Economic | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Winner of the 2013 John Button Prize The essential work on Tony Abbott is now an expanded, updated short book - and a crucial election-year companion. Australians want to know: what kind of man is Tony Abbott, and how would he perform as prime minister? In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows tha ...Show more
Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement by Toni Morrison
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Category: Essays
As Americans we often take our freedom of speech for granted. When we talk about censorship we talk about China, the former Soviet Union. But the recent presidential election has shined a spotlight on profound acts of censorship in our own backyard. Both provocative and timely, "Burn this Book" includes ...Show more
Mullahs Without Mercy Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons (1st Edition) by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
$34.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Geoffrey Robertson QC explains how to avoid war in the Middle East and a catastrophic nuclear disaster. - What is worse: Iran getting the bomb or America bombing Iran? - Will our children ever live in a world without nuclear weapons? - Can states that mass-murder their own people be trusted with a weapo ...Show more
The Art of Thinking Clearly - Better Thinking, Better Decisions by Rolf Dobelli
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
THE SECRETS OF PERFECT DECISION-MAKING Have you ever...Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it? Overpayed in an Ebay auction? Continued doing something you knew was bad for you? Sold stocks too late, or too early? Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external cir ...Show more
Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years by Samantha (ed) Trenoweth
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Category: Political / Economic
Bewitched and Bedevilled looks at the reasons Julia Gillard, our first female Prime Minister, was so vehemently attacked, the varied reactions to being a female prime minister, her unfortunate position at the receiving end of a barrage of sexism and misogyny and how much this played a part in her politi ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 80: The High Road: What Australia Can Learn From New Zealand by Laura Tingle
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Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
In a tumultuous year, Australia and New Zealand have never been closer, as we move towards a shared travel zone. But why, despite being so close, do we seem to know so little about each other? And is there such a thing as national character? In this wise and illuminating essay, Laura Tingle looks at lea ...Show more
How to Think Like Shakespeare - Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott L. Newstok
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Think like Shakespeare offers an enlightening and entertaining guide to the craft of thought — one that demonstrates what we've lost in education today, and how ...Show more
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan Osnos
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Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: very good
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States--Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL--to illuminate the origins of America's political fury. Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 aft ...Show more