The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews by Adam Biles (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
An illuminating collection of interviews between the prestigious Shakespeare and Company and the best writers of our time Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world's most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it's long been a meeting place for ...Show more
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel Cargle
$35.00 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
How we can use knowledge, empathy and action to reimagine the world around usOver the past year, we have seen a profound awakening. Institutions and communities have taken down statues and flags, the names of white supremacists in universities and on buildings have been replaced and as we continue to se ...Show more
Spell Of The Sensuous: Perceptions by David Abram
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception a ...Show more
Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
In this New York Times bestselling investigation, Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of mi ...Show more
No Fixed Address Short Black 11 by Robyn Davidson
$6.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Short Blacks
In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu Sadhu, leaving behind family and wealth to live as a beggar; the pilgrims of Compostela walking away their sins; the circumambulators of the Buddhist ko ...Show more
Empathy by Roman Krznaric
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Influential popular philosopher Roman Krznaric argues our brains are wired for social connection: empathy is at the heart of who we are. It's an essential, transforming quality we must develop for the 21st Century. Through encounters with actors, activists, groundbreaking designers, undercover journ ...Show more
Living Democracy: An Ecological Manifesto for the End of the World As We Know It by Tim Hollo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
There's a mounting sense of desperation in the face of ecological crises, gaping economic inequality and racial injustice, and a post-truth in politics that's divorced from reality. But what if it were possible for us to not just survive, but thrive, in the 21st century? What if the solutions to our eco ...Show more