My Promised Land - The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE ECONOMISTWinner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of ...Show more
The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics by Gilad Atzmon
$35.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
An explosive unique crucial book tackling the issues of Jewish Identity Politics and ideology and their global influence.
Buy Me the Sky: The Remarkable Truth of China's One-Child Generations by Xinran
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
With journalistic acumen and a novelist's flair, Xinran tells the remarkable stories of men and women born in China after 1979 - the recent generations raised under China's single-child policy. At a time when the country continues to transform at the speed of light, these generations of precious 'one an ...Show more
Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss
$24.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
This book is not a story. It is a how-to book. 'This Stylelife Challenge' is not meant to be read. It is meant to be performed. Whatever experience level you have, whatever strengths and weaknesses you may have, the stage has been set for you to perform at your highest capacity. 'The Stylelife Challenge ...Show more
Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out by Ivana Milojevic
$39.95 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: Peace & Conflict
Breathing: Violence In, Peace Out investigates the long-term impact of transgenerational trauma and of personal and collective experiences with war and other acts of collective violence. It also looks at the possibilities for the emergence of more peaceful futures, including the individual and social p ...Show more
Farmageddon - The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating - as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens ...Show more
The Sociology Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by Sarah Tomley,Mitchell Hobbs,Megan Todd,Marcus Weeks,DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to sociology. Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Sociology Book introduces you to the subject that tells you all about what society is and what makes it tick. With over 80 ideas from the world's most renowned sociologists, c ...Show more
All Your Friends Like This: How Social Networks Took Over News by Hal Crawford
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
ALL YOUR FRIENDS LIKE THIS is a topical, punchy and provocative look at how social networks are taking over the news. How do you get your news? Chances are not from a newspaper or the TV - that's so old-school. If you're anything like the rest of us, you get it from Facebook or Twitter. The great powe ...Show more
Nemesis - One Man and the Battle for Rio by Misha Glenny
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND. This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil?s most notorious criminal. FATHER. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang c ...Show more
Shrinking the World: The 4,000-year Story of How Email Came to Rule Our Lives by John Freeman
$34.95 AUD
Category: Sociology
The first email was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The flood of messages is ceaseless. As the toll of email mounts, reducing our time for leisure and contemplation, and separating us from each other in the lonely battle with the inbox, John Freeman enters a ple ...Show more
An End to Murder: Human Beings Have Always Been Cruel, Savage and Murderous. Is All That About to Change? by Colin Wilson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Creatively and intellectually there is no other species that has ever come close to equalling humanity's achievements, but nor is any other species as suicidally prone to internecine conflict. We are the only species on the planet whose ingrained habit of conflict constitutes the chief threat to our own ...Show more
Damned Whores and God's Police by Anne Summers
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and else ...Show more