Reconnected by Andrew Leigh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Friends are good for your health. The strength of your social relationships is a remarkably good predictor of how long you will live. Strong social connections also make communities more resilient, efficient and satisfying. But today Australians have fewer close friends and local connections than in the ...Show more
The Motherhood by Jamila Rizvi
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
'Welcome to The Motherhood, my dear.'After her son was born, Jamila Rizvi felt isolated, exhausted and confused. While desperately in love with her new baby, the world she'd known had disappeared overnight and so had her sense of self.Jamila's salvation came in the form of a letter. A dear friend, Clare ...Show more
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
$22.95 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' DAILY MAIL 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' OBSERVER From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the jungle, the mysterious ruins of lost worlds and vanished civilizations continue to haunt us. How could ...Show more
Aboriginal Self-Determination: The Whiteman's Dream by Gary Johns
$29.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
"The old Law was not about human rights. It was about unconditional loyalty and obedience ⦠We still respect and honour our ancestors and want to keep our culture. But my people are confused. If they go the blackfella way they break whitefella law, if they go whitefella way they break blackfella law. ...Show more
Kin by Nick Brodie
$29.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
When author and historian Nick Brodie traced his own family tree, he began to see the pattern of European settlement in Australia. As he learnt about the generations of his family, Nick uncovered the social and cultural contexts and historic circumstances that shaped his ancestors: the Irish, the convic ...Show more
Notes on Suicide by Simon Critchley & David Hume
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
We have to look suicide in the face, long and hard, and see what features, what profile, what inherited character traits and wrinkles emerge.' 'This book is not a suicide note. Ten days after Edouard Leve handed in the manuscript of Suicide to his publisher in 2007, he hanged himself in his apart- ment. ...Show more
The Intelligence Trap: Why smart people do stupid things and how to make wiser decisions by David Robson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
'As a rule, I have found that the greater brain a man has, and the better he is educated, the easier it has been to mystify him,' Houdini to Arthur Conan Doyle Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else-they may be even more susceptible to them. This is the "intelligenc ...Show more
Beyond Belief by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
What do people actually mean when they say 'God'?Around two-thirds of us say we believe in God or some 'higher power', but fewer than one in ten Australians attend church weekly. In Beyond Belief, Hugh Mackay presents this discrepancy as one of the great unexamined topics of our time. He argues that whi ...Show more
At Home - A Short History of Private Life Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson
$59.95 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. This was the thought that inspired Bill Bryson to start a journey around the r ...Show more
Out There by Kerri Sackville
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
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Kimberley Stories by Sandy Toussaint (Editor)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
There are a thousand ways to connect to country. Kimberley Stories is one of them. Once known, never forgotten, the Kimberley gets under your skin. Kimberley Stories tunes readers into one of Australia's most intriguing and exotic regions via the work of talented authors and artists. Interweaving fictio ...Show more
The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism by GOLDHAGEN, DANIEL JONAH
$51.90 AUD
Category: Sociology