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 Promise of Things by Ruth Quibell
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Some of our strongest, most lasting relationships are hidden in plain view:those we have with objects. What do our possessions do for us? And how do they do it? In The Promise of Things, Ruth Quibell explores what our possessions say about us: who we think we are, what we long for and struggle against. ...Show more
The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: VMC
'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all te ...Show more
The Pleasures of Leisure by Robert Dessaix
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. We are working longer hours, consuming more than ever before; technology erodes the work-life balance further; increasingly, people feel that only work gives existence ...Show more
Gender Trouble by Judith P. Butler
$50.00 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler¿s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the ca ...Show more
Untrue - Why Nearly Everything We Believe about Women and Lust and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free by Wednesday Martin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Men are biologically programmed to want sex with lots of different women, whereas women are designed to stay true to one person, right?Wrong.In Untrue, New York Times-bestselling author Wednesday Martin reveals that we are just at the beginning of understanding women?s sexuality properly. From New York ...Show more
No Place Like Home - Repairing Australia's Housing Crisis by Peter Mares
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
More than a million lower-income households in Australia pay above the affordability benchmark for their housing costs. More than 100,000 people are homeless. Seventy per cent of us are concerned we'll never own property. Yet owning a home is still seen by most Australians as an essential part of our wa ...Show more
Dopesick: Dealers Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
'A shocking investigation ... [Dopesick] is essential' The Times. Beth Macy takes us into the heart of America's struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs and once-idyllic farm towns, this powerful and moving story illustrates how a nation ...Show more
Poverty Safari - Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass by Darren McGarvey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
The Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Winner of the Orwell Prize 2018. Darren McGarvey has experienced poverty and its devastating effects first-hand. He knows why people from deprived communities all around Britain feel angry and unheard. And he wants to explain . . . So he invites you to come on a safa ...Show more
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And a ...Show more
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
Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs by Julia Banks
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Power Play is an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world, from the trailblazing Julia Banks.Julia Banks shocked Australia when in 2018 she announced she would stand as an independent MP, resigning from the Coalition Government's Liberal Party, having experienc ...Show more