Can We All Be Feminists? - Seventeen Writers on Intersectionality, Identity and Finding the Right Way Forward for Feminism by June Eric-Udorie
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
"The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read" (Bustle), edited by a remarkable and inspiring twenty-year-old activist who the BBC named one of 100 "inspirational and influential women" of 2016. 'Not just a key read but a mandatory one' Stylist September Top Ten Books Why is it difficult fo ...Show more
Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics by Tanya Dalziell
$45.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics is an accessible guide to the writings of the award-winning Australian author Gail Jones. Bringing together ideas from literature, art, politics, philosophy and photography, Gail Jones: Word, Image, Ethics introduces a vibrant set of terms and concepts to highlight how an ...Show more
The Stuff of Thought: : Language as a window into human nature by Steven Pinker
$26.95 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can ...Show more
Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums, and What They Tell You About Yourself by Jeremy Stangroom
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Are you an authoritarian or a libertarian? Are we morally obliged to end the world? And just what's wrong with eating your cat? Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these, and many other questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to challeng ...Show more
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
$34.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" "You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has ...Show more
Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann
$22.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: very good
A scorching collection of essays from the Booker-shortlisted author of Ducks, NewburyportThe worst thing about men taking over the cooking of fancy food in restaurants is that every dish now arrives covered in ejaculant, all those drizzles and foam and schmeers...Things Are Against Us is the first colle ...Show more
The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it by Mary Ann Sieghart
$35.00 AUD
Category: Essays
You probably, in the abstract, believe in equality between men and women, and accept that women are as intelligent and competent as men. But do you actually take women as seriously? Do you listen as attentively to what they say? Do you read the books they write? For a lot of us, the answers to these que ...Show more
Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump by Neal Katyal; Sam Koppelman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
What is impeachment? How does it work? And why is it so urgent to impeach Donald Trump? In this clear and direct book, celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal explains what impeachment is, why it's in the U.S. constitution and why Donald Trump has left Congress an ...Show more
Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide by Richard Dawkins
$19.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world's greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn't.Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he'd felt certain they must have had ...Show more
Between You and Me - Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Essays
The most irreverent and enjoyable book on language since Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding the New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience and sharpened pencil to help the rest of us, in a charming language book as ...Show more
Breaking the Ice: How We Will Get Through Australia's Methamphetamine Crisis by Matthew Noffs
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
'The so-called war on drugs has been a colossal failure, and this book offers further proof that we must treat drug use as a public health issue, not as a crime' Sir Richard Branson This landmark book, from Matt Noffs and his team at the Noffs Foundation, is a much-needed voice of reason in the national ...Show more
The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Winner of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2012 Walkley Book Award, and Australia's bestselling political book of 2012.The book of the TV series Making Australia Great.'This man is perhaps the sanest journalist in Australia. He believes in facts and figures. He has a unique grasp of politics in ...Show more