The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
Watsonia: A Writing Life by Don Watson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Essays
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale... Watsonia collects the fruits of a writing life. It covers everything from Australian bush humour to America gone berserk; from Don Bradman to Oscar Wilde; from Animal Farmto the Australian parliament. Wher ...Show more
What If We Stopped Pretending? by Jonathan Franzen
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it. 'Today, the scientific evidence verges on irrefutable. If you're younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth--massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, im ...Show more
The Moth: Occasional Magic - True Stories of Defying the Impossible by Catherine Burns (Introduction by, Editor); The Moth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Essays
Before television and radio, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. Their bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. Storytelling phenomenon The Moth recaptures this lost each week in cities across America, ...Show more
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Reading Level: near fine
Written by one of Australia's former prime ministers and China expert, this book challenges the politicians, strategists and generals on both sides as they happily embark on the slippery slope of decoupling, containment, confrontation, conflict and Cold War. Possibly even the unthinkable: war itself. ...Show more
A Field Guide To Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Canons | Reading Level: good-very good
In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting, Beautifully written, this book combines memoir, histo ...Show more
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf
$14.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Series: Vintage Wolf Ser.
Provocative, punchy and important, this is one of the essential classics of modern feminist literature. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wol ...Show more
Essays and Aphorisms: Pocket Hardbacks by Arthur Schopenhauer
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many ...Show more
Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity by Ross Garnaut
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
'The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality- Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world.'-Ross Garnaut We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the ...Show more
Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty; Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
$79.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: very good
The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system. Thomas Piketty's bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate a ...Show more
Windfall: Unlocking a Fossil-Free Future by Ketan Joshi
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment | Reading Level: very good
We've had a decade of distraction and inaction on climate change, but what made things go so very wrong in Australia? And what can the rest of the world learn from our mistakes – and opportunities? In Windfall, renewable energy expert Ketan Joshi examines how wind power inspired the creation of a weird, ...Show more
Fight for Planet A by Craig Reucassel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
What we can do when there's no planet B. Based on the hit ABC series - don't leave earth without it Most Australians accept that climate change is real, but many don't know what to do about it and feel powerless to make a difference. In Fight for Planet A, Craig Reucassel shows that it isn't as scary as ...Show more